Coating

Coating is the practice of covering an item with a material in order to confer specific effects or increase overall effectiveness or quality of the item. 
By far the most common use of coating is oiling weapons and clothes. Oils are enhancements which provide specific, though temporary, additional qualities to the item they are applied to. Some oils are specific to certain items, while others are general purpose. 
== Mechanics ==
All coatings have a minimum duration of 24 hours. Some last longer, but with rapidly diminishing returns.
Only one type of coat can be applied at a time, but they can be layered. The effects of coating do not stack. Using a new oil will replace any current oil and its corresponding effects.
== Usage ==
Coating is a practice common to all the races of Welt. While it has practical applications among the dalmer, who oil their outfits and the other races who poison and oil their weapons to kill various creatures and monsters, there are many other uses of coating observed among the races of Welt.
=== Warding ===
A clever usage of coating use the use of materials that keep harmful lifeforms at bay. through trial and error, many different essences and oils have been found to repel certain creatures.
=== Religious practices ===
Many cults and religions coat ceremonial weapons and items of clothing in order to impart holy benefits to them.
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