9.5.5 The talent of Ventier
The talent of Ventier is the time-honored craft of creating wind
instruments, as well as reeds. The fifer and the bugler of your wartime
military units have now been gifted with the means to stir your militia
to battle!
To become a Ventier, you must visit the master Ventier of Aetolia,
Philippa. Located in the Grand College of Aetolia, she will teach you
all she knows of Ventier for a fee of 75 credits. Once you have learned
this Talent, you will be as skilled as any other Ventier, but your own
personal crafting style will be the ultimate test of your creativity.
To create a wind instrument, there are several steps you should follow:
1) Purchase a blank design sketch.
2) Acquire a chart of the same type as the arrangement you wish to
design, then DESIGN <sketch> COPY <chart>. This will make a copy of the
existing layout on your blank sketch. DESIGN <sketch> ERASE will
completely erase a sketch, allowing you to start fresh.
3) Customize your sketch's appearance when held, when viewed in a room,
and when examined closely.
4) Take your design sketch to a craft guild office and DESIGN <sketch>
SUBMIT it for evaluation. The craft guild will review your sketch and
make a chart from it if the design is approved.
5) When the chart is finished, you will be notified by letter that your
chart is ready to pick up. Return to the craft guild office and DESIGN
REQUEST <chart>, using the chart number specified in the letter from the
craft guild. The craft guild charges a fee for the creation of the
chart.
Use DESIGN LIST to list all of the sketches you are holding, and CHARTS
to view all of the charts you hold. To create any of the charts that you
own, simply CHART #.
See also: HELP PAPERLESS CRAFTING, HELP TALENTS
