ok so i am working in the forge trying to learn two handed weapons. I'm finally at a place where I'm not consistently having major failures and making "something" .... well though it can't be a perfect because i am not a master I finally see this:
"You pause and lift the still glowing bronze staff-cap from the anvil. A moment of close inspection is all you need to tell that you have done your best work this time. You smile as you plunge the hot staff-cap into the tempering trough. "
and of course i was happy to see that.... but then i see this and i am not sure i have ever seen this before.....
"With a satisfying * HISSSSSSSSSSS * the searing heat from the staff-cap transforms the trough's contents into a column of vapor! At the rising vapor's first touch, the crystal's dim, reddish glow bleeds downward through the steam and into the staff-cap.
In less than a heartbeat, the crystal has been drained to lifeless darkness, the steam has swept upward and faded from view, and only the dim, reddish aura seeping into the bronze staff-cap gives any evidence that arcane power has been harnessed by a weaponcrafter's skill."
The hiss part i understand but i don't know i have even seen the second messaging...... does that mean anything or is that just the messaging that accompanies a "best piece"
