Artificer

For the purposes of this world, the story of The Artifactorium, and the story of how Zook Bafflestone created and lost control of it, the title of Artificer is meant to be a sought after moniker. In current day D&D, and within many other games, the artificer is a class or easily attainable skill set for players. However, in order to show a passage of time and dissemination of information, possibly even perpetuated by Zook Bafflestone himself through his book Zook Baflestone's Artificery for Humans, the title of Artificer is meant to be seen by the denizens of The Artifactorium as a title through which the bearer has sacrificed time and energy to have it bestowed upon them. Playing up this fact through the discovery phase of The Artifactorium is up to the game master and should be dependent upon how impactful or fun this information may be to the players.

While one may suppose that any being which poses the wherewithal to begin the arduous trek to mastering artificery would be likely to assume the title of Artificer on a whim you would be mistaken. The title of Artificer is one that is passed from master to apprentice upon the completion of their master's work, which is a specific project handed to the prospective new Artificer by their master or guild liaison.

Qualifications

A prospective Artificer must first complete an apprenticeship to a titled Artificer before being placed under the Master Artificer for a period of no fewer than three years. Once the residency to the Master Artificer has been completed, the Master Artificer will assign a "Great Work" to the title hopeful which must be completed within the following two years. If the "Great Work" is completed within the assigned time and to the satisfaction of the Master Artificer, then the title of Artificer is granted. If at any point these requirements are not met or are not met to the satisfaction of the trainers involved, the prospective Artificer is removed from the program and assigned the option of joining an Artificer as no more than an Artificer's helper.

Type

Professional

Form of Address

Sir

Equates to

The title of Artificer should be equated with any professionally acquired title just below the ultimate rank for any supreme or ruling rank held in the same organization. For example, a learned practitioner of spellwork would most often be given the title of Wizard upon completion of training and significant work done toward wizardry, but would still be required to report to and obey one with the title Arch-Wizard, of who there is only one such in the world.

Source of Authority

Board of Trained Artificers

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