Catastrophic enchant failure.

[Mobius1]

So, I was doing the final cast on a 6x enchant today, and this happened:


You gesture at a perfect ebony-hilted black dagger.

Something doesn't seem right...

Visible wisps of essence dance across the surface of the black dagger as you chant quietly, your sure gestures guiding them to slowly coalesce into small softly glowing runic symbols. Glancing over the formation of the runes, your chant falters as you notice their forms contorting oddly. You gather something has gone terribly wrong.

Suddenly, the black dagger blossoms into a growing ball of intense white flame, the ensuing explosion sending metallic debris through the air. The black dagger being in your hand, you take the brunt of the blast!
... 70 points of damage!
Blow to your back removes the spinal column!
You become solid again.

It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...

Is there always a chance of this happening? My character is only level 40, but max trained for enchanting. I used to do 7x enchants without ever failing!

This BS pisses me off so bad. Why the hell would the make it so your item can be blown up?!? Can't you just fail the bloody enchant instead? WTF

[Asha]

Inorite. I keep asking for a win button but they still won't fucking listen.

[Gelston]

Enchanting has a random 3% chance of failure, regardless of training, on the final cast of a project.

Something doesn't seem right...

Indicates that it was indeed the 3% failure.

[Kitsun]

It is traumatizing to lose months worth of enchanting work due to a die roll that you can't minimize. Setback failures I can live with but I think training should eliminate catastrophic failure.