Item Cosmetic Transformation states (paraphrased because it's long):
Hello! I notice this ritual is not spellcraftable. Is that intended? I foresaw an incredible use when the ritual was announced to assist players via spellcraft.
Case 1: The traveling player who cannot afford to ship their normal weapon/item/shield reps with them and have to borrow. My tag says "Black and White Kite Shield", but all this is available to borrow is a green coffin shield. That sucks, I can't use my fancy Stalwart Shield ritual this game.
Case 2: My "Silver Longsword with Black Pommel" didn't pass safety check (oops!) or broke mid-game and I don't have materials to repair it. It was a latex sword that accidentally got laid against the heater in the room and melted, and I need to borrow a boffer loaner that is no longer silver. Etc, etc.
Solution: Spellcraft an Item Cosmetic Transformation on it for 5 days to change the look (which has the benefit of stimulating the player economy for spellcraft usage and is a small treasure sink).
I know some chapters make allowances for this for their traveling players, but that is not a guarantee and this opens up a lot of options and may promote traveling. Those chapters that want to can provide this via plot means still!
If this needs to be a more formal proposal I can bubble up to my local owner!
Text Suggestion:
Spellcrafting Difficulty: 1 (Altering Size/Shape only)
Spellcrafting Reagents: 1
Spellcrafting Duration: 5 days
Spellcrafting Incant: I CALL UPON THE POWER OF <aspect> MAGIC TO CRAFT THE ITEM COSMETIC TRANSFORMATION RITUAL
Once this Ritual has been cast on an Item, that Item may have minor alterations performed on it until the Item leaves this Circle of Power or until the next Logistics period, whichever comes sooner. These alterations may be made even if the item is normally Indestructible due to other Rituals. Alterations which may be made include such things as scribing new spells or writing in an otherwise Indestructible book, altering the shape and size of a weapon, shield, or suit of armor (within the limits of its type), or adding mundane upgrades to an item such as Silvering or Strengthening a weapon.
The item's basic type may not be changed - for example, a Blunt weapon may not be made into a Polearm, nor may a Short Sword be made into a Long Sword. A stolen item may not have its physrep transformed using this Ritual, unless the player from which it was stolen chose to keep the original physrep and forfeit their right to attempt to find the item in-game via its physrep. This Ritual may otherwise be used to provide an in-game explanation for a changed physrep on an item, so long as the item's in-game functionality does not otherwise change.
Hello! I notice this ritual is not spellcraftable. Is that intended? I foresaw an incredible use when the ritual was announced to assist players via spellcraft.
Case 1: The traveling player who cannot afford to ship their normal weapon/item/shield reps with them and have to borrow. My tag says "Black and White Kite Shield", but all this is available to borrow is a green coffin shield. That sucks, I can't use my fancy Stalwart Shield ritual this game.
Case 2: My "Silver Longsword with Black Pommel" didn't pass safety check (oops!) or broke mid-game and I don't have materials to repair it. It was a latex sword that accidentally got laid against the heater in the room and melted, and I need to borrow a boffer loaner that is no longer silver. Etc, etc.
Solution: Spellcraft an Item Cosmetic Transformation on it for 5 days to change the look (which has the benefit of stimulating the player economy for spellcraft usage and is a small treasure sink).
I know some chapters make allowances for this for their traveling players, but that is not a guarantee and this opens up a lot of options and may promote traveling. Those chapters that want to can provide this via plot means still!
If this needs to be a more formal proposal I can bubble up to my local owner!
Text Suggestion:
Spellcrafting Difficulty: 1 (Altering Size/Shape only)
Spellcrafting Reagents: 1
Spellcrafting Duration: 5 days
Spellcrafting Incant: I CALL UPON THE POWER OF <aspect> MAGIC TO CRAFT THE ITEM COSMETIC TRANSFORMATION RITUAL