Foundryman: Smelting & Casting

Attributes: .................Strength & Constitution

Level: .........................DF: 3 BCS 40%; 500 Exp

The character has been trained in the art of casting from moulds, smelting and refining metals from an ore source.

During the pre-industrial times that C&S is set metals and metalworking were refined on a very small scale in crucibles and small furnaces, backyard anvil and forge. Blast furnaces, machine tools and other modern goodies we take for granted simply had not been imagined. The amount of metal that can be smelted from an ore depends upon the size and quality of the furnace being used in the refining process. A given melt takes around two to five days to complete from start to finish. A foundry set up would rarely have had more than two or three furnaces in operation, with some being in a state of being torn down and re-built; output would not be more than 1,000lb of metal per week.

A blacksmith or weaponsmith can smelt small amounts of base metals, 10 to 20 lbs at a time, in a backyard crucible. A goldsmith or silversmith can smelt small amounts of precious metals, roughly 1 to 5 lbs at a time. However characters with the Foundryman: Smelting and Casting skill can smelt 50 lbs of metal for each 10% of his TSC%. For example a Character foundryman with a TSC 75% can smelt or cast 7 x 50 Lbs = 350 lbs of metal per melt or pour.