a corrupted enchantment?

[smallking]

Ok

So, I had a failed final cast on a 7x piece of enhansive armor. Thing became . . .

some blackened leather

After speaking to the owner, they had a spare set of the original armor they want just up to 6x which wasn't a problem for me, and I told them I'd take the blackened leather to 4x for them for shits and giggles.

Thing took the first temper just fine, told me

The faint glow fades from some blackened leather.
As the liquid coats the surface of the blackened leather, a misty aura fills the air surrounding it, dancing around your fingers as you gesture over it with a soft incantation spilling from your lips. Small runic symbols flare to life at various points along the surface of the leather, their blurry edges wavering in response to the cadence of your voice and the liquid in these areas absorbing quickly beneath the surface. When the last of the liquid has vanished, the symbols dissipate and the leather appears faded. You scrutinize the blackened leather, notice nothing amiss, and conclude that the tempering seems to have been successful. You estimate that the blackened leather should be ready to enchant in about 1 to 2 days.


Problem is on day two I ended up going out of town unexpectedly for almost two weeks. Came back to

The layers of essence permeating the blackened leather unfold before you to reveal the familiar patterns of a tempering enchanting project, which you recognize as one of your own. It is currently tempered and ready to be enchanted. It is on the final step of the enchanting process. You notice a chaotic, shadowy aura surrounding it which you are sure indicates a corrupted enchantment.

Tried removing the temper to see if that fixed things.

The underlying patterns of essence within the blackened leather indicate that it has been enchanted, and you notice your own enchanter's mark on it. You notice a chaotic, shadowy aura surrounding it which you are sure indicates a corrupted enchantment.


Is what I have now . . . So, is the blackened leather a lost cause now? Or am I missing something to get the project started up again?

Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions that are out there.

[ZeP]

Looks like it was good to go before you removed the temper. "It is currently tempered and ready to be enchanted" line is the key. Maybe highlight that.

[smallking]

Sadly I thought the Corrupted enchantment line meant I'd left the temper on there too long.

And now the stupid thing won't take a new temper. So I'm stuck trying to figure out if its a lost cause now, it needs some time to "reset", or theres some new potion I need to get besides the ayveneh potion to get it to accept a new temper. I'm not terribly keen on wasting another pour on the leather until I know more.

[BriarFox]

Sarmoc potions are not immediate. Keep using 405 until you see that it's normal again.

[ZeP]

His sarmoc message is gone. It would say something about the temper being reversed. Maybe there is a short time after the messaging goes away but before a new potion will work again?

[smallking]

Well, thats the other thing . . . I applied the Sarmoc potion 5 days ago.

The layers of essence permeating the blackened leather unfold before you and you notice faint patterns of essence unraveling from about the blackened leather, indicating to you that the temper is in the process of being reversed. You notice a chaotic, shadowy aura surrounding it which you are sure indicates a corrupted enchantment.

Was the message I was getting then when I first poured the potion onto the leather. Guess I can wait a little while longer to see what happens. Hopefully it won't make me wait the same duration that the temper was on there before accepting a new temper

[ZeP]

Something is not right. Do you log your sessions? Maybe take a look at your pour log and make sure you didn't pour on the armor you are wearing or on a project in a disk.

[smallking]

Yeah, I'm positive I'm pouring on the armor I tempered, and then apparently unnecessarily untempered . . . Such is life. Guess I'll try retempering it tonight, and seeing if it'll stick. If not . . . well, its off to buy some more ayveneh potions and keep testing.

[ZeP]

If you never resolve it do an assist and ask if there is a bug involved. It has to be either that or some dead time after the sarmoc messaging goes away.

[smallking]

Yeah, that'll be my next step tonight if the tempering fails, to assist and see if something beyond my control happened. I got it to temper once, so I'm pretty sure I can get it to temper again. :-) Just was wonder if anyone else had a lot of experience around this area that might have some insight.

[Stry]

The 'corrupted enchant' means it was cursed down to a -5 DS penalty instead of just 0x.

To correct it you simply have to enchant it once to get it to 0x. Then from there you start the process over and go from 1x back up to 4x or whatever you go up to.

I did this to a perfect maul on a 6x cast. Took the blackened maul back to 5x later.

Definitely not a bug, and all you needed to do was cast 425 at it and it would have been back to 0x.