[[alchemy]]
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| It's in the nature of alchemical process that it doesn't scale up. It's not just a case of automating the production line so that you've got five people mixing the tears of a virgin into your gold dust; you need to make sure that each of those five people know the //significance// of mixing a virgin's tears in this way, that they've read and appreciated the Five Primary Texts arguing for and against the symbology of virgins' tears in the recipe, and that they've themselves personally undergone the experiences you've undergone to learn the recipe. | It's in the nature of alchemical process that it doesn't scale up. It's not just a case of automating the production line so that you've got five people mixing the tears of a virgin into your gold dust; you need to make sure that each of those five people know the //significance// of mixing a virgin's tears in this way, that they've read and appreciated the Five Primary Texts arguing for and against the symbology of virgins' tears in the recipe, and that they've themselves personally undergone the experiences you've undergone to learn the recipe. | ||
| - | But you can make some small savings which will let you make quantities larger than the amount described here. To do this, you will need to spend extra AP on the recipe and have a healthy level of Administration. The end result still won't be quite as good as an alchemical production you've single-handedly made -- time and effort and personal attention count for a lot in this discipline -- but an army outfitted with True Steel armour (which, by the way, will take Administration 5 to pull off) will still have an edge over another army. | + | But you can make some small savings which will let you make quantities larger than the amount described here. To do this, you will need to spend extra AP on the recipe and have a healthy level of Administration. The end result still won't be quite as good as an alchemical production you've single-handedly made -- time and effort and personal attention count for a lot in this discipline -- but an army outfitted with True Steel armour (which, by the way, will take Bureaucracy 5 to pull off) will still have an edge over another army. |
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