I had an order to craft a set of Solo Elder Seals. The player designated some focus effects to be included. I studied the effects offered in several ways: prepared scrolls offered for sale by the new Cultural Merchant, Culturist Devari, upstairs in the Dogle Pitt bank, PoK. I studied the effects offered by the list of Seals as reported in the "Solo Elder Seals" scroll. My customer had designated seven effects desired, leaving me to select an eighth as appropriate. The crafting became very complicated in part because some of the scrolls offer two or more effects, and grants them in identical qualities. As these do not stack, I plotted to avoid putting more than one version of the same effect in any of the eight Seals. I noted that the recipes listed in the "Solo Elder Seals" are not comprehensive, that is, some armor slots are restricted to use of maybe only two Mechanoinstructions. As I proceeded, experimentally I tried to expand the options for a less well-apportioned slot, buy putting one of the Mechanoinstructions not listed for a slot in anyway. It did not work. I had come upon the focus Parry/Block for which there was no prepared Mechanoinstruction but which would have been perfect for my customer. I had considered crafting it from a Tablet. But, seeing that even inserting one pre-crafted in a non-specified slot did not work, quickly I gave up that idea. In final assembly of the Seals for my customer, I was mandated to include some effects for which he has no need just so he could have the generic purity in each.
Be prepared to spend a lot of planning time. Do not bother with experimentation.
Be prepared to spend a lot of planning time. Do not bother with experimentation.
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