Report 574

Report #574
Skillset: Tinkering Skill: New
 Org: Cantors Status: Rejected Mar 2011
Furies' Decision:
We do not find this to be necessary.
Problem: Tinkering right now doesn't have much that's profitable - out of its
enchantments, only really Tempo and Truetime enchantments ever sell.
Solution #1: Keeping with the idea that it's intended as a bard skill, allow
 Tinkers to create a few different types of fireworks (giving
 displays of ASCII art to the whole area, like those purchased and
 used during the Festival of Light and so forth). These would have
 somewhat expensive commodity costs (suggestions being a full
 powerstone per firework and would possibly also require large
 amounts of gold, silver, platinum, etc.) and possibly also take a
 long period of time to enchant during which the Tinkerer cannot
 be interrupted. There would be a few (3~5) different types of
 fireworks based on the Tinkerer's org (and, perhaps, one or two
 generic designs available for all those Rogues out there), and
 could possibly require different commodities for different types.
 That's up to the discretion of the admins, though.
Player Comments:
---[Senna on 3/1 @ 09:01 writes]:
After some discusson on the envoy aether, I wanted to make some clarifications:
First of all, this has nothing to do with the Firework skill in Glamours, nor
would it be an enchantment (despite the powerstone use). It would be a single-
use item that functions exactly as the fireworks in the Festival of Light did
(though from what Eventru tells me, those were custom-made for the event). There
would only be a small number of preset designs to choose from (for example, a
Celestian Tinkerer might use ENCHANT FIREWORK STAR|DOLPHIN|TURTLE, with those
three as the only available types). I am also willing to put substantial time
into working with whoever it is to design and colour the firework explosions, as
that was apparently a very time-consuming part of the process as well.
---[Talan on 3/9 @ 01:05 writes]:
Those fireworks were a cute idea, for sure. I think they should stay reserved
for special occassions though. I don't really think that very expensive
'boutique' sorts of additions are what tinkering needs on the whole, I'm sorry.
---[Raeri on 3/9 @ 05:16 writes]:
While a cool addition to Tinkering, I don't really see this as being a fix to
the profitability aspect. A good start might be to condense the effect of the
music boxes into one (pick a colour) and make the other two do different things.
Pretty much everything from Tinkering is already quite prohibitively expensive
for most people.
---[Nydekion on 3/14 @ 11:56 writes]:
Eh, I don't see anything wrong with this report. Seems like good flavor and is
extra income for a tinkerer, go for it.
---[Senna on 3/18 @ 01:51 writes]:
Keep in mind that these are meant to be EXTREMELY expensive and time-consuming
to make. This means that they'll be used sparingly, only for particularly
special occasions (think Bookbinding Stamps) - they've been out quite some time
now, and only 26 people/orgs even have their own stamps. Because of how
expensive they are, though, Tinkerers can make a lot of money per firework, and
it's a nice way to, say, add a celebratory touch to a Knighting ceremony or
something.
---[Raeri on 3/20 @ 08:28 writes]:
Sure, I'll go with Solution 1. My comment was more to say that Tinkering also
needs other changes, and that this Solution probably won't fix everything. It's
a start though!