Lockpick creation with forged keyblank 08/03/2013 04:06 PM CDT
A small question with the forged keyblanks. With every kind that i use to carve a lockpick with, the result seem to be of horrible quality.

An iron keyblank of quality :
The keyblank is made with metal.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a quality of 92, placing it at 'somewhat pure' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a hardness of 70, placing it at 'rather hard' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a durability of 40, placing it at 'decent durability' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a workability of 50, placing it at 'of about average difficulty to work with' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has an electrical resistance of 30, placing it at 'a great conductor of electricity' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a thermal resistance of 50, placing it at 'good at transfering heat and cold' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a physical resistance of 75, placing it at 'very good at repelling physical blows' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are confident that the keyblank might weigh a few stones.
You are certain that the keyblank is worth exactly 598 Kronars.
Roundtime: 16 seconds.

make a lockpick of quality :
The lockpick is made with metal.
You are certain it is in bad condition.
You are certain it is not at all worn.
You are certain it is a near perfect tool.
You are confident that the lockpick might weigh a few stones.
You are certain that the lockpick is worth exactly 393 Kronars.

And a steel keyblank of quality :
The keyblank is made with metal.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a quality of 87, placing it at 'somewhat pure' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a hardness of 80, placing it at 'quite hard' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a durability of 80, placing it at 'great durability' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a workability of 40, placing it at 'somewhat challenging to work with' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has an electrical resistance of 30, placing it at 'a great conductor of electricity' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a thermal resistance of 50, placing it at 'good at transfering heat and cold' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the keyblank has a physical resistance of 80, placing it at 'exceptionally good at repelling physical blows' on the official Trader's Scale.
You wonder if the keyblank might weigh a few stones.
You are certain that the keyblank is worth exactly 1097 Kronars.

make a lockpick of quality :
The lockpick is made with metal.
You are certain it is in horrible condition.
You are certain it is not at all worn.
You are certain it is a near perfect tool.
You are confident that the lockpick probably weighs a few stones.
You are certain that the lockpick is worth exactly 260 Kronars.


Am I doing something wrong to get such horrible results? Or is it that the forged keyblanks are not made to be carved with the mech lore skill?
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Re: Lockpick creation with forged keyblank 08/03/2013 06:29 PM CDT

They're just terrible to carve right now. Might wanna track down someone who has a significant amount of carving (and happens to be a thief until we lose lockpick carving to the masses) and see if they can do anything with it? Every time I've tried, no matter the material, they just end up useless junk.

-O
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