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.: Help for enchanting (skill)

Enchantments are not forged — they are grown. In Chrysalis, living mutations dwell
within carefully crafted settings, binding themselves to your weapons and armor
through long use and shared struggle. The skill is governed by Perception,
since coaxing a mutation to bond with an item requires attunement and patience.

━━━ How Enchantments Work ━━━

An enchanted item claims a portion of your life force. You will see a dark section
in your vital bars — that energy belongs to the enchantment now. As you adventure
with the enchanted item, the bond deepens. You will know when it changes — the
item itself will tell you.

Removing an enchantment is possible at an enchanting circle, but the separation is
not clean. Expect to feel weakened for a time.

━━━ Requirements ━━━

  Station:   An enchanting_circle must be in the room with you.
  Materials: Chrysalis settings and the item you wish to enchant.
             Chrysalis settings are created through jewelcrafting.

━━━ Known Recipes ━━━

  Serpent's Edge        Skill 0   1x chrysalis-setting, 1x weapon             4 rounds
  Stone Ward            Skill 5   1x chrysalis-setting, 1x armor              4 rounds
  Hawk's Perception     Skill 12  1x chrysalis-setting, 1x helmet              5 rounds
  Fortified Stance      Skill 18  1x chrysalis-setting, 1x body-armor          5 rounds
  Quickened Reflexes    Skill 25  1x chrysalis-setting, 1x light-armor         6 rounds
  Crystalline Form      Skill 32  1x chrysalis-setting, 1x heavy-armor         6 rounds
  Apex Predator        Skill 40  1x chrysalis-setting, 1x masterwork-weapon   8 rounds
  Unbreakable Bond      Skill 48  2x chrysalis-setting, 1x legendary-item     10 rounds

━━━ Enchantment Types ━━━

Each enchantment brings a different mutation to bear:

  Serpent's Edge        A reptilian hunger that sharpens your blade.
  Stone Ward            The weight and resilience of stone in your defense.
  Hawk's Perception     Predator's vision that sees through the veil.
  Fortified Stance      Roots that ground you against all shaking.
  Quickened Reflexes    Arachnid speed that makes the world slow.
  Crystalline Form      Gemstone hardness woven into your being.
  Apex Predator        Primal hunting instinct made manifest.
  Unbreakable Bond      A fusion of wills — item and bearer as one.

━━━ Skill Progression ━━━

Enchanting improves through use. Each completed enchantment attempt (success or
failure) has a chance to advance the skill. Enchanting progresses faster per use
than combat skills because enchanting opportunities are less frequent.

There is no trainer for enchanting — practice is the only teacher.

━━━ Commands ━━━

  craft list          Show all recipes, including enchanting ones, with status.
  craft       Begin enchanting an item.
  disenchant    Remove an enchantment from an equipped item.
  skills              Check your current enchanting skill level.

See Also:

  help craft, help jewelcrafting, help disenchant, help skills