Crafting (no ontology)
From Mazeworld
Crafting is an aspect of the game that allows the contestant to build weapons and other useful items out of materials. Crafting remains an essentially minor aspect of the game, and is mostly very optional, although it is required for certain missions to be completed.
Crafting requires three kinds of items: a toolkit, at least one blueprint, and adequate materials.
Items for crafting can be found at random in the rooms, but they can also be found for sale in a workshop, a shop that is dedicated to this type of items.
In the Mazes, it is customary to give nicknames to weapons one has crafted himself or herself. Typically it is done by engraving a name, or a symbol somewhere on the weapon. It is possible to engrave an already existing weapon as well, for symbolic or affectionate purposes; i.e., to give a nickname to one's favorite firearm for example.
Toolkits
Toolkits are key items, as such, they cannot be lost. They are belts with lots of pouches, said pouches are themselves full of tools suited for engineering. There are three different toolkits, each corresponding to a certain level. Finding a better toolkit than the one currently equipped (if any is) will result in an upgrade of the lower one.
- The Standard toolkit, also known as the Level 1 kit - which costs 300 P$
- The Advanced toolkit, also known as the Level 2 kit - which costs 750 P$
- The Expert toolkit, also known as the Level 3 kit - which costs 1500 P$
- Upgrading from a lesser toolkit (LT) to a better one (BT) costs BT-LT=Final cost. For example, upgrading from Level 1 to Level 2 costs 750-300 = 450 P$.
Once an Expert toolkit has been found, it is impossible to upgrade anymore. It is also impossible to downgrade a toolkit.
Blueprints
Blueprints are rolls of blue paper detailing how a certain item is made, and using what ingredients. There are many different blueprints.
Blueprints detail their designation name (which hints at what is the resulting object), the ingredients needed to craft it, and a level, which corresponds to the toolkit level you need to carry in order to craft the object. When all conditions are met, the objects are consumed (except the blueprint) and one instance of the item is created for the contestant to use.
n corresponds to either 1, 2 or 3. You need a level n toolkit to build a level n blueprint.
- Level 1 blueprints cost 100 P$
- Level 2 blueprints cost 250 P$
- Level 3 blueprints cost 400 P$
Crafting ingredients
Sometimes, specific items are needed to craft certain items, as they are required on the recipe of a blueprint. These items can be weapons, usually explosives, though there exist certain items which serve little to no other purpose than to be crafting ingredients for specific blueprints. Those items are:
- .454 Casull pistol magazine
- Bottle of motor oil
- Bottle of picric acid
- Bottle of vinegar
- Box of 250 safety matches
- Box of alumina fibers
- Butane gas canister (Max fuel: 200)
- Chlorine tablet
- Ceramic-plated jockstrap
- Copper wire (roll of 10)
- Custom 9-round revolver cylinder
- Custom revolver frame
- Duct tape (roll of 10)
- Electronic circuit
- Giant drill bit
- High-carbon steel wire
- HITB battery
- Hollow metal pipe
- LED display
- Long Titanium Nitride barrel
- Long pistol slide
- Long pistol frame
- Mobile phone battery
- Odd recoil spring
- Pair of rubber handles
- Portable stove kit
- Stylish old revolver grip
- Tiny pistol barrel
- Tiny shotgun barrel
- Titanium-plated jockstrap
Notes
- Once a crafted item is finished, the blueprint is kept and can be reused later to craft more of the same item.
- Items obtained via crafting are called "crafting-only", because they cannot otherwise be acquired via normal means; these items are unique and are normally never found in the inventory of other encounters.
