Editing Techniques

'''Techniques''' help to improve the performance of your [[Crafting|crafted]] [[weapons]]/[[armors]].

==Techniques Overview==
* Hardened - adds [[Hardness]]
* Serrated - adds [[Critical Strikes]] bonus
* Balanced - adds [[THC]]
** Flexible - for [[Bows]]
** Mechanical Improvement - for [[Crossbows]]
* Masterwork - adds [[Passive]] chance for [[Weapons]], reduces Penalties for [[Armors]], and adds [[DR]] for [[Shields]]
* Lightened - increases [[Max AP]] allowed
* Reinforced - increases [[VsCritical]] protection

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
!
!Melee/Thrown weapons
!Bows/Crossbows
!Armors
!Helmets
!Shields
|-
|Hardened edge||[[Hardness]]||||||||
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|Serrated edge||[[Critical Strikes]]||||||||
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|Balanced weapons||[[THC]]||[[THC]]||||||
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|Masterwork weapons and armors||[[Passive]]||[[Passive]]||Penalties||Penalties||
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|Lightened armor||||||[[Max AP]]||[[Max AP]]||
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|Reinforced armors and shields||||||[[vsCritical]]||[[vsCritical]]||[[vsCritical]]
|-
|Hardened armors and shields||||||[[Hardness]]||[[Hardness]]||[[Hardness]]
|-
|Masterwork shields||||||||||[[DR]]
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|Lightened shields||||||||||[[Defense]]
|}

==Weapon Crafting Techniques==
Up to four techniques can be applied to handheld/[[Throwing Weapons|thrown]] weapons, and two for [[bows]]/[[crossbows]]. Refer to: [[Crafting#Technique and Options unlocked by Crafting Levels]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
!!!colspan=4|Handheld/Thrown weapons
|-
!!!!!!!colspan=2|Bows/Crossbows
|-
!
!Hardened edge
!Serrated edge
!Balanced weapons
!Masterwork weapons and armors
|-
!
![[Hardness]]
![[Critical Strikes]]
![[THC]]
![[Passive]]
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|L2||||||style="background: green;"| 3|| style="background: green;" |4
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|L3||style="background: green;"| 12|| style="background: green;" | 5|| ||
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|L4||||||style="background: blue;"| 6|| style="background: blue;" |8
|-
|L5||style="background: blue;"| 14||style="background: blue;"| 10||||
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|L6||||||style="background: blue;"| 9||style="background: blue;"| 12
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|L7||style="background: blue;"| 16||style="background: blue;"| 15|||||
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|L8||||||style="background: blue;"| 12||style="background: blue;"| 16
|-
|L9||style="background: blue;"| 18||style="background: blue;"| 20|||||
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|L10||style="background: blue;"|20||style="background: blue;"|25||style="background: blue;"|15||style="background: blue;"|20
|}

== Armor Crafting Techniques ==
Up to four techniques can be applied to [[Armors]], and three for [[Helmets]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
!!!colspan=4|Armors
|-
!!!colspan=3|Helmet!!
|-
!
!penalties
![[VsCritical]]
![[Hardness]]
![[Max AP]]
|-
!
!Masterwork weapons and armors
!Lightened armor
!Reinforced armors and shields
!Hardened armors and shields
|-
|L2||style="background: green;"| -2 ||style="background: green;"| 5|||
|-
|L3||||||style="background: green;"| 12 ||
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|L4||style="background: blue;"| -4 ||style="background: blue;"| 10|||
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|L5||||||style="background: blue;"| 14||style="background: green;"| 1
|-
|L6||style="background: blue;"| -6 ||style="background: blue;"| 15 |||||
|-
|L7||||||style="background: blue;"| 16 ||
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|L8||style="background: blue;"| -8 ||style="background: blue;"| 20||||
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|L9||||||style="background: blue;"| 18 ||
|-
|L10||style="background: blue;"|-10 ||style="background: blue;"|25 ||style="background: blue;"|20 ||style="background: blue;"|2
|}

== Shield Crafting Techniques ==
Up to four techniques can be applied to [[Shields]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!
![[VsCritical]]
![[Hardness]]
![[DR]]
![[Defense]]
|-
!
!Reinforced armors and shields
!Hardened armors and shields
!Masterwork shields
!Lightened shields
|-
|L2||style="background: green;"| 4|| ||||
|-
|L3||||style="background: green;"| 5|| style="background: green;" | 1||
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|L4||style="background: blue;"| 8|| ||||style="background: green;"| -5
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|L5||||style="background: blue;"| 10||style="background: blue;"| 2||
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|L6||style="background: blue;"| 12||||||
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|L7||||style="background: blue;"| 15||style="background: blue;"| 3||
|-
|L8||style="background: blue;"| 16||||||style="background: blue;"| -10
|-
|L9||||style="background: blue;"| 20||style="background: blue;"| 4||
|-
|L10||style="background: blue;"|20 ||style="background: blue;"|25 ||style="background: blue;"|5 ||style="background: blue;"|-15
|}