I wonder what would happen if we have Snerra Zharrgal to hold for a bit, in addition to her 4-piece combo so far? Because it feels like to me, that "Makerstrike" -- or something
like Makerstrike -- is feeling like the missing/final 5th piece for her set combo...
Course, we'll have to see if Snerra is able to figure out the Makerstrike idea on her own, too. Though if she does... Heh.
-- Genius's Touch
-- Prodigal Mind
-- Visions of ???
-- ???
Interesting! So, interesting fact. When Snerra's items first showed up, they had Prodigal
Touch.
Shining Standard:
- Prodigal Touch
- Visions of ???
Now, it's Prodigal Mind. And Genius Touch.
And some of Snorri's items too, have this. From traits that he got. Snorri used to have "Mind for Metal", before it evolved into "Soul of the Earth." And now, Snorri has "Mind for Constructs."
The Maiden gronti has this:
--
Soul of the Earth
--
Trollbane
--
Chaosbane
--
Mind for Constructs
Barak Azamar has this:
-
Conduit of the Earth: ??? The Oldest Magics, nai the Oldest Forces on the planet fill the armour, pulled forth by the heart of something that could never be satiated. The eternal energy of the ageless living earth flows like water through a channel carved in the stone and into the wearer.
And Zharrgal got Touched by the Earth, due to its construction:
- Touched by the Earth: It drinks deeply and greedily from the power that Barak Azamar releases. When used in conjunction with the armour, the weapon's abilities are greatly empowered, where the tool strikes with such heat and ferocity that no Forge is needed to heat the metal and tempers the item exactly as the wielder wishes.
So, I think the implication is pretty clear here: there's a relation and/or a progression. Touch, Mind, Soul. Perhaps "body" or "master" in there somewhere. Perhaps "Ancestor" or "Ancestor God" comes after Soul, or even further.
This might be a bit incorrect though. As, we had already had Soul of the Earth trait before making Zharrgal IIRC, and yet Zharrgal ended up with Touched by the Earth rather than Soul of the Earth. 'course, that could be artistic interpretation and freedom at play here. Zharrgal getting Touched by the Earth rather than just a "Touch of Earth" thing, or... ... Anyway. Zharrgal gets its own thing, due to its close connection to Barak Azamar and Snorri.
(And it's interesting to see Snerra having visions being a thing, too. Like Snorri himself does.)
[Set Combo, Rhunkiklad: Gromril-like, Magic Breaker, Glittering Beacon, ???] All enemy magic is passively siphoned to empower the Banner or anvil, bonus to active dispel attempts by the bearer. The Energy can be transferred to the banner until its effect can envelop an entire army or to the anvil to further enhance its ability to improve Rune Casting. Under the Mountain's aegis are we guarded, with Valaya's skill the magic is disrupted, and through Thungni's gift is repurposed.
It sounds like it's missing Makerstrike. That's what it feels like.
I'll bet that an Anvil of Doom, is probably the final end result of researching, understanding, compressing, and mastering all 5 of those rune-combos and Master Runes. And understanding and compressing the 5-piece set combo too.
And
then you need to figure out the right rune combo from the research you made, too.
Former Apprentice Summary Table
| Hold | Name | A.G.E | Personality, Quirks | Mastered Specialty | Exceptional Specialty | Exceptional Specialty | Exceptional Specialty | Regular Specialty |
| Drakk | Snerra Magnasdottir | Radical, Woman, 268 Yrs. Old | Happy Prodigy, Not an Angry Master Just a Disappointed One | General Subset: Casting | Talismanic Subset: Fortitude, Healing | Armour | Engineering Subset: Gronti | Weapon |
This seems a bit off.
I think it's missing an Exceptional specialty -- that of Banner runes. (... Unless her Eceptional Specialty in Banner Runes got elevated to the Mastery Specialty of 'General Subset: Casting'?)
Here's what Snerra's write-up is in the character sheet:
Specialties: General Rune Subset: Casting (Mastered), Talismanic Rune Subset: Fortitude and Healing (Exceptional), Banner Runes (Exceptional), Armour Runes (Exceptional), Engineering Rune Subset: Gronti (Exceptional), Weapon Runes.
And here's what it was just before the update:
Specialties: Talismanic Runes (Exceptional), Banner Runes (Exceptional), Armour Runes (Exceptional), Weapon Runes, Engineering Runes.
So the addition was Engineering Runes being elevated to an Exceptional Specialty, and the gaining of a Mastery.
Also, here's the old table for comparison, back from Turn 25.
Snerra has returned, a Master Runesmith ready to learn the higher art of Runecraft after proving herself, at the same time your newest set of bumbling buffoons have figured out what they are marginally less horrible at. A joyous occasion.
| Hold | Name | A.G.E | Personality Quirks | Exceptional Specialty | Exceptional Specialty | Exceptional Specialty | Regular Specialty | Regular Specialty |
| Drakk | Snerra Magnasdottir | Radical, Woman, 178 Yrs. Old | Happy, Prodigy | Talismanic | Armour | Banner | Weapon | Engineering |
| Drakk | Karstah Khazadsdottir | Moderate, Woman,
50 Yrs. old | Grumpy, Driven,
Spits hot fire. | | | | Odd and Esoteric | Weapon |
| Drakk | Nain Kazzarsson | Moderate, Man,
53 Yrs Old. | Calm | Talismanic | | | | |
