Blacksmith Refinement[edit]
A system designed for cursed blacksmiths, improving their cursed tools and craft with each refinement level. With every cursed tool you create in as a Cursed Tool Creator, you gain refinement, and you unlock new abilities to create, enhance, and fortify cursed tools.
| Benefit |
Description |
Refinement Points Needed
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| Forgeheart Resilience |
Each cursed tool you create reflects your growing skill and mastery, becoming increasingly resilient as your refinement and the tool's grade improve. Each tool gains 1 Durability per refinement point multiplied by half your Charisma modifier (rounded down), with the total Durability scaling based on the tool’s grade: Grade 4 tools gain 1/4 of this calculated Durability, Grade 3 tools gain 1/2, Grade 2 tools gain 3/4, Grade 1 tools gain the full amount, and Special Grade tools gain twice as much as the calculated Durability. This durability makes your tools significantly harder to damage or destroy as your expertise deepens. |
1+
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| Essence Economizer |
Your mastery of cursed energy flow enables you to forge tools that use energy with precise efficiency. The cursed energy cost to activate abilities in your tools is reduced by 1 (minimum cost of 1), allowing users to wield your tools longer in battle without exhaustion. |
50
|
| Swift Reinforcement |
You’ve developed advanced techniques to quickly mend and reinforce cursed tools, even under duress. Repairs on your tools now take a quarter of the usual time, allowing for quick adjustments in the field and minimal downtime. |
100
|
| Piercing Precision |
You’ve perfected the art of imbuing your weapons with an unbreakable sharpness. Each weapon you craft deals an additional 1d4 necrotic damage and has a +1 bonus to damage rolls, ensuring it cuts through defenses with deadly precision. |
150
|
| Veil of Fortitude |
You've refined your cursed craft to enhance the durability of your creations. Items you create whether weapons, tools, or other cursed objects become exceptionally resilient, gaining a protective aura. This fortitude grants them immunity to non-magical damage, making them durable and reliable against conventional wear and impact. |
200
|
| Harmonic Resonance |
Your refined tools are crafted to synchronize with their wielders’ energy, enhancing their performance. Allies wielding your cursed tools gain a burst of resilience, granting them a +1 bonus to a saving throw type of your choice (e.g., Strength, Wisdom, etc.) while using the tool. Additionally, once per short rest, they can choose to roll with advantage on that saving throw type, empowering them to withstand challenges that test their endurance and resolve. |
250
|
| Awakened Power Surge |
Your mastery of cursed crafting grants your tools exceptional durability and power. Once per long rest, you can reinforce one of your crafted weapons or tools, granting it the ability to be awakened as a free action in combat, granting a +2 bonus to damage and causing it to deal an additional 1d6 necrotic damage for 1 minute. |
300
|
| Spiritbreaker’s Resolve |
Weapons crafted by you are forged with an unyielding determination that disrupts the flow of cursed energy in your enemies. When you strike a creature with one of your crafted weapons, the impact reverberates through their cursed energy, weakening their defenses. On a successful hit, the target suffers a temporary curse that reduces their AC by 1 until the start of your next turn. This effect stacks up to a maximum of -3 AC, making it harder for them to resist further attacks, as each strike chips away at their cursed resilience. |
350
|
| Channeling Core |
You refine your tools to be conduits of cursed energy. Each tool now stores additional cursed energy equal to your Charisma modifier added twice, allowing it to sustain powerful abilities for longer or deliver a single potent strike, enhancing the wielder's control over their energy output. |
400
|
| Master’s Legacy |
You’ve reached the height of blacksmithing, creating tools that carry a fragment of your soul and skill. Each of your cursed tools gains supernatural resilience, receiving double the Durability from Forgeheart Resilience and resistance to damage from any cursed source. |
500
|
| Grade |
Refinement Points Gained
|
| 4 |
1
|
| 3 |
5
|
| 2 |
10
|
| 1 |
50
|
| Special |
120
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