Artisan
| Anyone may learn the Artisan trade skill. This craft generally involves the construction of furniture, though it does allow the creation of some smaller items that may be carried, such as pipes. Furniture usually involves a significant amount of commodities to craft, thus making this trade skill extremely expensive. However, furniture is much in demand by those with manses as well as guilds, cities and communes. At some point during the career of an artisan, the master artisan will so value one piece of furniture that he or she created that a special bond will be formed between them. |
| Skill | Learned At | Description |
|---|---|---|
| InteriorDesign | Inept+0% | A keen eye for design to determine furniture placement. |
| Stools | Inept+0% | A simple stool for practical purposes. |
| Boxes | Inept+50% | Fine boxes are elegant to hold jewelry and other items. |
| Chairs | Novice+0% | Every room should have a chair to sit upon. |
| Smalltables | Novice+50% | Where to set your drinks except on a small table. |
| Lighting | Apprentice+0% | Light fixtures to brighten up a room. |
| Baskets | Apprentice+33% | Weave baskets for picnics and other outings. |
| Couches | Apprentice+66% | Nothing is more comfortable than a well-made couch. |
| Rugs | Capable+0% | Lay out lovely rugs to keep the floors warm. |
| Pipes | Capable+50% | Carve pipes that are well beyond the ordinary. |
| Drapes | Adept+0% | Drapes are lovely window dressings. |
| Jewelryboxes | Adept+25% | Specialized boxes to hold jewelry items. |
| Chests | Adept+50% | Store items within chests. |
| Easels | Adept+75% | A necessity for the most intricate paintings. |
| Tapestries | Master+0% | Elegant wall hangings that tell stories. |
| Locksmith | Master+25% | Add locks to your creations for security. |
| Horns | Master+50% | Craft a horn of power. |
| Tents | Master+75% | For those that want to camp in style. |
| Largetables | Gifted+0% | Dinners seem to taste better upon a dining table. |
| Beacons | Gifted+25% | Craft miniatures of aetheric beacons. |
| Maintain | Gifted+50% | Upkeep furniture and turn back the sands of time. |
| Relaxation | Gifted+75% | Lounging can be a meditative experience. |
| Packaging | Expert+0% | Package furniture for someone else to assemble. |
| Timepieces | Expert+25% | Craft a piece to mark the time. |
| Desks | Expert+50% | Any scholar will tell you that a desk is required. |
| Pedestals | Expert+75% | An elegant pedestals provides focus for a figurine. |
| Cabinets | Virtuoso+0% | Nothing stores clothes better than well-made cabinets. |
| Racks | Virtuoso+25% | Special display cabinets to showoff weapons. |
| FightingRings | Virtuoso+50% | A ring for enchanted miniatures to wage battles. |
| TowelingStation | Virtuoso+75% | Let your figurines towel off to prevent wear. |
| Beds | Fabled+0% | Sleep better upon comfortable beds. |
| Bunkbeds | Fabled+0% | Comfortable beds when your space is limited. |
| Instruments | Fabled+25% | Only a true craftsman can create musical instruments. |
| Musicboxes | Fabled+50% | Craft a box to capture music. |
| Bookshelves | Fabled+75% | No library is possible without bookshelves. |
| Chandeliers | Mythical+0% | Make a room sparkle with most elegance. |
| Constructs | Mythical+33% | Build a colossus to do battle on nexus worlds. |
| Thrones | Mythical+66% | The ultimate in furnishings, suitable for royalty. |
| Prized | Transcendent+0% | Nothing can separate you from your prized furniture. |
InteriorDesign
| Syntax |
| INTERIORDESIGN |
Your keen eye for detail can quickly determine how much furniture can be placed within a room. Note that each artisan design will show how much space it will use up, as well as where in the room it will be placed.
| Additional Notes: |
| A pantograph allows totals up to 150%, but have it out before you check the interior design, or you'll see things at a maximum of 100% even if they're over that. |
Stools
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
A basic piece of furniture, stools are a simple place to sit upon.
Also see ARTISAN STOOLS.
Boxes
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Whether it be a simple gift box or elegant jewelry box, you can construct containers of fine quality and workmanship.
Also see ARTISAN BOXES.
| Additional Notes: |
| Boxes hold a maximum of four items. Kegs are also included within boxes. |
Chairs
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Chairs are comfortable, convenient, practical and traditional additions to almost any room.
Also see ARTISAN CHAIRS.
| Additional Notes: |
| Desks require chairs or swings; a rocker, couch, etc. won't work. |
Smalltables
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Small tables add a touch of class and utility to any room.
Also see ARTISAN SMALLTABLES.
Lighting
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Lighting includes all manner of items that might light an area, from sconces to lanterns.
Also see ARTISAN LIGHTING.
Wallfeatures
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Wall features include simple decorations for walls, such as sconces, etc.
Also see ARTISAN WALLFEATURES.
| Additional Notes: |
| Unlisted, but still a valid AB command as of 10 Jun 2023. |
Baskets
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Baskets are handy containers that can be taken anywhere. They are most useful when traveling, such as for for picnics, because food will decay at a slower rate while in baskets.
Also see ARTISAN BASKETS.
Couches
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Couches are extremely comfortable pieces of furniture that can be sat in by multiple people.
Also see ARTISAN COUCHES.
Rugs
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Rugs and carpets are simple floor coverings, adding warmth and comfort to a room.
Also see ARTISAN RUGS.
Pipes
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
You can craft pipes that not only are functional but have more ornamental value than the average smoking pipe. Pipes constructed by an artisan last significantly longer than average pipes.
Also see ARTISAN PIPES.
Drapes
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Drapes add a bit of elegance and class to any room. Further, if they are pulled closed during the day, the room will be cloaked in darkness as though it is nighttime.
Also see ARTISAN DRAPES.
| Additional Notes: |
| Closed drapes allow people to bind to the totems of Moon or Night even during the day. |
Jewelryboxes
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
You can construct jewelryboxes to hold necklaces, rings, ear rings, bracelets, etc. Jewelryboxes will slow the decay rate of jewelry items.
Also see ARTISAN JEWELRYBOXES.
| Additional Notes: |
| Jewelry boxes can hold twelve items and halves decay for jewelry items. They can have locks. |
Chests
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Chests are simple storage containers that cannot be removed from rooms once constructed.
Also see ARTISAN CHESTS.
Easels
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
An easel is a master painter's tool allowing the canvas to be held and the painter to focus on the scenery, be it in front of them or in their mind's eye. An easel is portable and takes up no space.
See also ARTISAN EASELS.
Tapestries
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> <direction> |
Tapestries are gorgeous works of weaving, often depicting scenes of historical events. You must specify a direction to hang your tapestry. If there happens to be an exit in that direction, the tapestry will also conceal that exit. Tapestries may only be hung in compass directions (i.e., not up, down, in or out, etc.).
Also see ARTISAN TAPESTRIES.
Locksmith
| Syntax |
| LOCKWORK LOCK <container|furniture> FOR <person> LOCKWORK KEY FOR <person> |
Costs for Lockwork:
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You may now add locks to artisan-crafted containers and furniture, as well as creating keys for them. In order to make a key, you must specify the person who the key is for and that person must be present in the same room as you. Also, to create a key for a container, the owner of the key must be present as well as the container or piece of furniture. The lock and key must both be tuned towards the same person.
Horns
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
You can construct horns to be tinkered with, transformed into horns of might!
Also see ARTISAN HORNS.
Tents
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
You may construct fabulous tents specifically for those with the hunting skill.
Also see ARTISAN TENTS.
Largetables
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
There is nothing finer than sitting in a chair while eating at a fine banquet table. Indeed, food will even be more nutritious. If you are lucky enough to have a chef serve you a hero fete while you are sitting at one of these sumptuous table, the chef will only need serve you half of what he normally would. (Note: The perfect banquet hall would have a large table and at least 5 chairs so that a chef could get the maximum benefit of a hero fete. Everyone, including the chef, must be sitting down on chairs though!)
Also see ARTISAN LARGETABLES.
| Additional Notes: |
| They also boost Brewmeister tea ceremonies in the same way. |
Beacons
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT BEACON |
| Cost: steel 12, wood 12, marble 12 |
Aetheric beacons are used by cities and communes to establish a temporary beacon on a Nexus World which they can teleport to, and are prized in these battles. You must be holding the commodities in your hands, and will create a miniature of a beacon which can then be utilized by the warring nations.
Maintain
| Syntax |
| INSPECT <furniture> MAINTAIN <furniture> |
| Cost: It varies by design. |
With your masterful eye for artisanry, you can repair damage to any furniture you know how to create, extending its life. If the furniture was not created by your hands, this will be a much more difficult process, requiring more commodities than it otherwise would. The commodity cost is related to the manufacturing outlay of the furniture you are repairing and can be discovered by first inspecting the piece.
Rockers
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Rockers are specialty chairs designed to, as the name implies, rock smoothly back and forth. So soothing is rocking in these well-designed chairs that it helps place a person in a more receptive meditative state, allowing faster regeneration of willpower.
TRADEMASTERS: Rockers are made from regular Chairs patterns. Use the DESIGN COMMENT field to request Rockers typing.
Also see ARTISAN ROCKERS.
| Additional Notes: |
| ROCK CHAIR to use a rocking chair once you're sitting in it.
Unlisted, but still a valid AB command. |
Relaxation
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> LOUNGE ON <lounger> |
Loungers and rocking chairs offer single-person seating. Relaxing on these will ease the mind into a more receptive meditative state, allowing faster regeneration of sanity. While rockers are built for indoor use, loungers must be set up outdoors.
TRADEMASTERS: Rockers are made from regular Chairs patterns, and then changed to rockers using the DESIGN <sketch> TYPE ROCKERS command.
Timepieces
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
You can construct timepieces to be tinkered with and enchanted.
Also see ARTISAN TIMEPIECES.
Desks
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Desks are extremely important for a writer as you may only compose while writing at a desk. There must be a chair in the room upon which to sit in order to write at a desk. Desks also slow the decay of letters and stationery stored within.
Also see ARTISAN DESKS.
Pedestals
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Nothing serves better for highlighting an object as the focal point of the room as an elegant pedestal. If a figurine is placed upon a pedestal, it will allow anyone to freely imbue their own figurine from the pedestal's. These can be placed in shop stockrooms and then be priced to allow the selling of esteem. As a secondary function, any object placed on the pedestal will be displayed upon it.
Also see ARTISAN PEDESTALS.
Cabinets
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Cabinets include fancy wardrobes or even a simple set of drawers. Clothing stored in cabinets do not decay.
Also see ARTISAN CABINETS.
Racks
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Racks is a category of furniture that refers to any type of furniture designed to display and keep weapons and armour. Indeed, they are so well constructed that weapon and armor will not decay if stored inside.
Also see ARTISAN RACKS.
| Additional Notes: |
| Racks also protect shields and musical instruments from decay. |
FightingRings
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Fighting rings are specially made for mage-enchanted replicas to engage in combat.
Also see ARTISAN FIGHTINGRINGS.
TowelingStation
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT TOWELINGSTATION ATTACH STATION TO <ring> |
| Cost: marble 3 cloth 1 |
A miniature toweling station will give figurines a chance to rest and recuperate when they lose a battle. A small pot of cement paste will also let them repair their wounds, regaining some of their decay time lost during the bout. The toweling station will not last forever - once the cement runs out and the towels are ruined, you will need to attach a new station for figurines to benefit.
Beds
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Beds can be luxurious pieces of furniture, whether canopied or simply designed for comfort. You will certainly rest better (and faster) while in a bed as opposed to the hard ground.
Also see ARTISAN BEDS.
Bunkbeds
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Bunkbeds are a great alternative to beds when one is short on space as they provide all the comfort of regular beds but take half the room. You will certainly rest better (and faster) while in a bed as opposed to the hard ground too. Bunkbeds have a top and bottom bed, and you can sit and lie down on either bunk. See HELP FURNITURE for the syntax.
Also see ARTISAN BUNKBEDS.
Instruments
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Only a true master craftsman can design quality instruments, and such is your skill. Each of your instruments is worthy enough to be played by a maestro.
See also ARTISAN INSTRUMENTS.
| Additional Notes: |
| Available instrument types are: lute, lyre, mandolin, viola, and violin. |
Musicboxes
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
You can construct music boxes to be tinkered with, which can play music once enchanted.
Also see ARTISAN MUSICBOXES.
Bookshelves
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
Bookshelves are necessities for proper storage of books and journals. These are unusual pieces of furniture insofar that their construction is limited to guildhalls, order temples and private aethermanses. These pieces of furniture are permanent and extremely expensive.
Also see ARTISAN BOOKSHELVES.
Chandeliers
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> |
One of the most elegant additions to rooms are spectacular chandeliers. While wildly expensive, there is almost nothing else that can bring such class to a room. The sparkling light from chandeliers will even briefly reveal dreamwalkers.
Also see ARTISAN CHANDELIERS.
Constructs
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT COLOSSUS |
| Cost: steel 20, wood 20, marble 20 |
Colossi are tools to defeat other organization's nexus world constructs. You must be holding the commodities in your hands. You will create a miniature of a construct which can be utilized by cities and communes.
Thrones
| Syntax |
| CONSTRUCT <design> FOR <person> |
Thrones must be built for specific individuals. Because of the cost and grandiosity of thrones, they are generally reserved for royalty or those in high positions of power. Sitting in a throne that was built especially for you will temporarily raise your charisma.
Also see ARTISAN THRONES.
Prized
| Syntax |
| PRIZE <furniture> PRIZE RETURN |
| Power: variable* (any) (to return) |
Sometimes you build a piece of furniture that is so beautiful and special to your heart that you always wish to return to it. By claiming a piece of furniture as your prized possession, you will be able to return to it. This ability has a powerful range that extends up through the known planes (but not across aetherspace). There are some limitations to this power. It costs 10,000 gold to place your golden seal upon a piece of furniture to claim it as your prized possession and you may only ever have one prized piece. Note that prized furniture does not decay.
The power cost varies depending on what plane you are returning from:
- Prime = 1 power
- Ethereal = 3 power
- Elemental = 3 power
- Cosmic = 4 power
- Astral = 5 power
(Any plane not listed above that you can return from is also 5 power.)