Artifice

Description
The artificer combines alchemy and enchantment of items and is often regarded as being just as unstable, unpredictable, and dangerous as the concoctions he brews and the items he makes. The artificer captures his own magic potential within the liquids and objects he creates, infusing his chemicals with virulent power to grant him impressive skill with poisons, explosives, and all matter of enchanted items. The process of capturing essence, using blood in some cases, borders on what The Chantry believe to be Maleficarum magic and it is therefore outlawed. Truthfully its origins lay in the Ancient Dwarva and in Arlathan, the secrets of capturing souls and creating enchantments without lyrium have been lost, but the process has been rediscovered in part in the school of Artifice.

Limits
Lyrium is not used. Since only dwarves and Formari can enchant items using lyrium the artificer uses other...alchemic means. In reality the only limits are ones imagination, but practically the more "creative" one gets the more dangerous and virulent the object created. The main reason so few artificers exist is because of their wayward experiments, not because of Templars.

Origins
This is a very rare school of magic that is considered by some but a shadow of what the Formari and Dwarves can do. However, the Ancient Elves used this school to enchant and it is believed that the current school that is taught is somewhat incomplete. To some it is a very new style of magic but in truth it is very, very old.

Precepts and how they are taught
There is but one way to learn this school, and that is from a master. Often disguised as a simple hedge mage, the process of becoming and artificer is similar to that of an apprentice blacksmith. The problem is finding a master, then getting them to teach you.

Abilities and Spell Trees

 * Novice Artificer
 * Create basic potions
 * Apply basic enchantment to objects (using alchemic liquids)


 * Adept Artificer
 * Create advanced potions
 * Apply advanced enchantments to objects and weapons


 * Master Artificer
 * Create enchanted object (using magic and smithing) - please note that the skill of smithing is rare when combined with magic and only master artificers possess this, they often mask themselves as the village/town smithy. This skill is very rare and the objects created are very small and infused with either blood magic or in even rarer cases - spirit.