a bit over my head here (minor spoilers?)[G5]

[Masquerade]

I'm an avernum fan, and i must say im a bit over my head in G5, the battles and gameplay are great but its mostly the item enhancements that have me stumped. I understand how they work but im unsure how you're suposed to "craft" specific items, im just slapping enhancments onto my equipment as i find them. Most of the equipment that you craft seems to be designed towards melee fighters anyway (im a spellslinger) so should i even bother with crafting uber items? All the creation bodyparts are clogging up my inventory.

 

A second question i have is do people notice if you create forbiden creations? i recently made a cryodrake and none of the shapers seem to have noticed. Will creating forbidden creations have repercussions or is the forbidden creations status just for show?

[Alorael at Large]

It's always helpful to improve your armor. Some of the equipment you can make is great for spells and shaping. But no, you won't get a huge amount of mileage out of adding some nifty new bits to your sword.

 

No, oddly it's perfectly okay to march around as a card-carrying Shaper with drayks, drakons, and gazers in tow.

 

—Alorael, who figures this has something to do with the difference between your temporary creations and the armies grown with large amounts of effort and equipment by other shapers. Since the games never comment, it's all speculation.

[Mod.]

You don't have to keep everything in your inventory. I remember one of the anvils had a few nice nearby spots to store stuff in. Moving that stuff to a different anvil is another story.

 

Adding enhancements is always somewhat helpful, as long as you save your best armor, (depending how far you are in the game) for the better enhancement items, such as golden crystals. Artifacts, the uber items you can create with rare ingredients, are always useful to create. If you are a spellcaster, the firesteel gauntlets will be extremely helpful if I remember right. Just remember there isn't enough ingredients to craft every artifact.

 

Crafting info can be found in strategy central, or try this link:

 

http://www.spiderwebforums.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=117179