Hello all.
Ok I have re-written this several times over so hear goes.
I have searched through the forums for several days now. I can not find any sections or post that covers basic trade skills or really getting started. I mean for example role playing: My father was a very well respected miner. Ok great that means I am sure I have seen my father go to work with some of his basic tools and even come home and talk to me about his day out in the fields digging. I would think there would be at least some basic skill he would have imparted to me as well. For example.. I was actually lucky enough today to meet some one who noticed I was having problems trying to figure out the mining and smithing process. He led me on an adventure. He had heard rumors of fields full of ore and coal. I mean I was headed out anyway right.. We gathered our supplies and head towards OJA ( I am sure I misspelled the name). On the way he turns left and says lets check this valley I smell ore. I looked at him crazy and said you can smell ore? He laughed and ran into a small valley. Glory be to he who wields the Two hammers sure enough with minimal effort on his part we pulled up ore right from the very ground he was standing on. We did pretty well filling our bags with the ores. It went well ok he did tell me to stop hitting me self in the head with the pick at least 2.. hmm or was it 3 times. But the point is we found iron ore.
We made it into the town and headed to the shops. I sold my rat furs and other scaps I had found in the sewers to make some pocket change. Later we checked the smith area and I found an upstairs area where I could practice smelting my ore into what ever it was you did with ore. I tried several different combinations and even dropped some supplies behind the forge itself.
By now I am sure my characters father was turning over in his grave. I mean who would have thought that you just left the iron ore in the forge it would become molten Iron. Warning.. Don’t eat the molten iron. Why would I say that.. umm don’t ask I was hungry by now and had to drop my apples to make room for more ore. Anyway back to the issue. I then tried dropping it in the water.. and waited.. waited etc. nothing.. picked it up with my hands.. ouch.. it was still molten iron. I accidentally dropped it in some other casing contraption next to the water.. checked my other ore in the forge and wow it was all nice and hot now. Whoops I misplaced my other one.. well when I finally looked at my message screen it said do you want to leave your iron ingot in the other container. I say my iron ingot.. no way.. give it back and so I opened it and sure enough there was my pretty ingot. Well now I have a bag full of ingots.. My characters dad wants to die a second time from embracement and I feel I am still not moving towards being a miner yet.
Wouldn’t this whole painful process have been avoided by just having an npc training school, or my dads old mining manuals etc.. notes.. or his old equipment.
Yes it was kinda fun to role play but still it was annoying.
Strictly OOC.
Isn’t there a way to find manuals or a trainer that will teach you basic ideas..
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