Post by Scoria on Aug 3, 2014 11:55:53 GMT
Research
Thread: Here, Posts 6, 7
Researchers: Scoria [Alchemist]
Number of Posts: 2, linked above.
Crafting Recipe Proposed:
Magitech Inductor
Materials Required: 1 Stabilized Mana Fragment, 1 Reinforced Wire
Posts Required: 1
This is in all technicality, a magitech object. As such, those without the required proficiency may find this particular object takes up more power than they'd like. This is a loop of wire coated in a crystalline material that is almost like mana fragments. The crystal has bonded to the wire, so it will not easily dissipate, but is malleable when mana is applied. The main benefit of this item is that it allows someone to feed mana into it in order to remotely power items at short distances such as the mana-powered flashlight or lamp that could normally be powered by hand-to-object contact. The quality of materials determines how many items can be powered, with how much power, at what range, and what the mana loss is in powering an object. In other words, this is a means of transferring power indirectly. You can now keep your lantern at your hip. Because this object must transfer power wirelessly, it has to be at least about wrist-sized. Much smaller than that and its range and utility are sharply decreased. Naturally, unless you are an incredibly experienced Alchemist or Magician or this item is of incredibly high quality (or both), there will always be some loss of mana. Practice with this is required. And of course, you can't use this to push mana into someone. Don't even try. This item can be used by people under its own item level and acts independently of any item it is crafted into for the purposes of its functionality, unless specifically specified. It is ignored in all calculations, unless noted otherwise.
Explanation: Basically an at-range means of powering stuff. Scoria discovered this because he was trying to cheat, and his goal for the moment was to create some kind of sonar or radar to find the chests. He used the mana-conducting wires he made earlier in an attempt to see if he could transfer mana through the air or other such mediums and then attempted to create proof of that concept in his attempts to better understand how mana and alchemy work. The result, for now, is a simple 'remote powering device'. Theoretically possible to create trigger traps and the like. Alchemy4Lyfe.
What that last part means is that if you sew a level 90 inductor into a level 1 pair of gloves, the inductor is not suddenly complete junk at doing what it does. The idea of 'gloves' that keep your hands warm is completely independent of the idea of an 'inductor' that will charge something wirelessly. On the other hand, if you decide to build a magitech bazooka and put this in as part of the blueprint, then it is part of the object itself and an actual obstacle or aid in making the machine work (and would therefore be noted to apply into the calculation normally, people who use this should note), because in that case the bazooka's quality increases or decreases based on this item. The quality of cloth has nothing to do with the shiny bracelet sewn into the wrist area.
Thread: Here, Posts 6, 7
Researchers: Scoria [Alchemist]
Number of Posts: 2, linked above.
Crafting Recipe Proposed:
Magitech Inductor
Materials Required: 1 Stabilized Mana Fragment, 1 Reinforced Wire
Posts Required: 1
This is in all technicality, a magitech object. As such, those without the required proficiency may find this particular object takes up more power than they'd like. This is a loop of wire coated in a crystalline material that is almost like mana fragments. The crystal has bonded to the wire, so it will not easily dissipate, but is malleable when mana is applied. The main benefit of this item is that it allows someone to feed mana into it in order to remotely power items at short distances such as the mana-powered flashlight or lamp that could normally be powered by hand-to-object contact. The quality of materials determines how many items can be powered, with how much power, at what range, and what the mana loss is in powering an object. In other words, this is a means of transferring power indirectly. You can now keep your lantern at your hip. Because this object must transfer power wirelessly, it has to be at least about wrist-sized. Much smaller than that and its range and utility are sharply decreased. Naturally, unless you are an incredibly experienced Alchemist or Magician or this item is of incredibly high quality (or both), there will always be some loss of mana. Practice with this is required. And of course, you can't use this to push mana into someone. Don't even try. This item can be used by people under its own item level and acts independently of any item it is crafted into for the purposes of its functionality, unless specifically specified. It is ignored in all calculations, unless noted otherwise.
Explanation: Basically an at-range means of powering stuff. Scoria discovered this because he was trying to cheat, and his goal for the moment was to create some kind of sonar or radar to find the chests. He used the mana-conducting wires he made earlier in an attempt to see if he could transfer mana through the air or other such mediums and then attempted to create proof of that concept in his attempts to better understand how mana and alchemy work. The result, for now, is a simple 'remote powering device'. Theoretically possible to create trigger traps and the like. Alchemy4Lyfe.
What that last part means is that if you sew a level 90 inductor into a level 1 pair of gloves, the inductor is not suddenly complete junk at doing what it does. The idea of 'gloves' that keep your hands warm is completely independent of the idea of an 'inductor' that will charge something wirelessly. On the other hand, if you decide to build a magitech bazooka and put this in as part of the blueprint, then it is part of the object itself and an actual obstacle or aid in making the machine work (and would therefore be noted to apply into the calculation normally, people who use this should note), because in that case the bazooka's quality increases or decreases based on this item. The quality of cloth has nothing to do with the shiny bracelet sewn into the wrist area.
