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credits
Writing and Game Design:Christopher Pinch, Jordan Richer
Project Management:Ricardo Evangelho
Original Story:Peter Wingaard Meldahl
Art Direction:Ole Ivar Rudi (Olli)
Illustration:Ole Ivar Rudi (Olli), Petter Amland, Aslak Helgesen
Graphic Design:Ricardo Evangelho

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 the teslamancer
Raising the plasma globe of her metal staff, a raven-haired texts, this is to avoid attracting attention from Elektropian
woman in ornate robes sizes up a nightmarish grue while her police. On the other hand, students of Tesla Tower are taught
companions look on in silent awe. As it pounces, she flicks a to keep what they know safe from foregin spies. Few disci-
hidden switch on the staff’s hilt, unleashing a brilliant arc of plines are as destructive as teslamancy, and in the wrong hands,
blue lightning that sizzles the creature’s flesh, smiting it before the power they wield can be catastrophic. Some speculate that
its claws can reach her. teslamancy may have destroyed the ruined civilization to the
Poring over a set of blueprints in complete focus, a west. Even those who doubt this claim remember Solomon’s
bespectacled man pushes away the wild strands of hair that colleague Galvan, whose reckless experimentation gave rise to
fall in front of his face as he scrawls notes upon the schematics, the undead horrors known as draugr.
brows furrowed in concentration. Here, deep in his labora- Teslamancers are generally aloof and quiet around those
tory, electricity crackles along large copper coils tipped with who aren’t initiated, and wary even of each other. One never
silver spheres. He pays them no mind, turning to adjust a half knows when they have met someone who somehow got their
finished device with two precise twists of a wire. As he closes hands on forbidden knowledge. However, teslamacers who
the circuit, the device begins to levitate and the man grins have proven themselves trustworthy are part of an elite circle.
wide, hastily recording the results of his test. Fellow scientists are a valuable resource, and teslamancers will
Upon reaching an imposing metal wall in the ancient gladly share their research with those they trust.
technoruins, a heavily robed person with sharp features and
close cropped hair reaches into their bag. They reveal a large KNOWLEDGE FROM THE PAST
compass-like device, and use it to scan the wall, watching Although they shroud themselves in mystery, Teslamancers
closely as its many needles dance to an invisible current. When are scientists first and foremost. At their core, they seek to
the needles spike, the robed figure pauses, double checking the uncover and understand the principles behind the powerful
device’s readings, before cautiously extending their hand to electrical technologies created by earlier civilizations. Despite
the barrier. The holographic wall fizzles where their arm passes having made many advances since the time of Solomon Tesla,
through, and they beckon a team of archeologists to follow teslamancers still don’t know everything about how electricity
their lead to the other side. works and what it can do. Their studies and experiments are
Teslamancers are perhaps the strangest and least well driven by their search for scientific truth.
understood of all the scientists in the eastern nations. Masters The holy grail of teslamancy involves unlocking the secrets
of electricity, they keep their knowledge almost as well hidden behind the technorelics, and many teslamancers would risk
as the invisible forces they command. With the help of their lives for good data or a sample device to experiment on.
ingenious devices inspired by ancient technology from far off While there are those in Tesla Tower who seek this power
lands to the west, teslamancers perform feats such as levitating, for its own sake, for others, learning how to replicate
casting bolts of lighting, creating electric holograms, and even ancient technologies is an opportunity to create
teleportation. These appear to some as sheer wizardry. In truth, advancements for the good of the
much of the knowledge teslamancers possess is incomplete, world. Others still are invested
and though great strides have been made, few have been able in learning what part tesl-
to match the wonders of the old technorelics. Their studies amancy played in the
have been a great boon to the nation of Elektropia, whose destruction of this
capital, Teslagrad, is powered by gigantic spires arrayed around ancient civilization,
a massive stone and metal pillar known as Tesla Tower. Inside to prevent history
of Tesla Tower, teslamancers study in secrecy within lecture from repeating itself.
halls, libraries, and laboratories where they learn to build and
maintain the marvels that bathe Teslagrad in electric light.

FOR SCIENCE!
Teslamancy was created by Solomon Tesla back before the
king of Elektropia was deposed. Even in the days of monarchy,
their scientific knowledge was a closely guarded state secret,
but since the revolution, books and papers penned by the tesla-
mancers of Solomon’s day have gone missing from Tesla Tower.
Now, teslamancy is a secret that is imperfectly kept at best.
Whether or not they are loyal to the Tower, all teslamancers
tend to keep knowledge of their art to themselves. For those
who have gone rogue or discovered teslamancy from forbidden

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CREATING A
TESLAMANCER
Teslamancers are students of secret knowledge and have
seen things that most people would struggle to comprehend.
Whether out of altruism or fear of exposure, you must guard
your knowledge carefully.
How did you come to study teslamancy? Were you a natu-
ral prodigy, or did you need to work to advance in your stud-
ies? Are you a student of Tesla Tower or are you self-taught?
What is your relationship to the Elektropian community
of teslamancers?
What took you away from your lab and into the field? Do
you seek to unravel a mystery of teslamancy? Do you wish to
innovate and improve upon your craft? Or do you simply wish
to test your latest invention?
QUICK BUILD
To quickly build a teslamancer, you can use these help-
ful tips. To begin with, your Intelligence score is the most
important of your attributes and should be highest, followed
by Dexterity to increase your armor class, or Constitution
to increase your hit points. Next, choose a background that
fits with your character, anything that focuses on research or
tinkering would be a good fit. Finally, choose a teslamancer’s
staff with the ionizing set of properties as part of your starting
equipment, and add the following level 1 teslamancy effects
to your teslamancer’s journal: feather fall, magic missile, and
mage armor.

THE TESLAMANCER
Proficiency Craft
Level Innovation Features
Bonus Dice
1st +2 1d6 3 Teslamancy, Quick Recharge
2nd +2 1d6 3 Disciplinary Specialization
3rd +2 1d6 3 -
4th +2 1d6 3 Ability Score Improvement
5th +3 2d6 4 -
6th +3 2d6 4 Disciplinary Specialization feature
7th +3 2d6 4 -
8th +3 2d6 4 Ability Score Improvement
9th +4 3d6 5 -
10th +4 3d6 5 Disciplinary Specialization feature
11th +4 3d6 5 -
12th +4 3d6 5 Ability Score Improvement
13th +5 4d6 6 -
14th +5 4d6 6 Disciplinary Specialization feature
15th +5 4d6 6 -
16th +5 4d6 6 Ability Score Improvement
17th +6 5d6 7 -
18th +6 5d6 7 Signature Teslamancy
19th +6 5d6 7 Ability Score Improvement
20th +6 5d6 7 Flawless Circuits

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CLASS FEATURES
As a teslamancer, you gain the following class features.
HIT POINTS
Hit Dice: 1d6 per teslamancer level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution
modifier per teslamancer level after 1st
PROFICIENCIES
Armor: None
Weapons: Daggers, quarterstaffs, and spring pistols
Tools: Teslamancer’s supplies, and your choice of either alche-
mist’s supplies or tinker’s tools
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History, Insight,
Investigation, and Nature
TESLAMANCY
The science of teslamancy involves the generation and
manipulating of electric currents to achieve a variety of incred-
ible effects.
CRAFTING
At 1st level, you can make and use teslamancy devices.
Teslamancy devices are any technological item that creates
a teslamancy effect. To craft these items, you need access to
teslamancer’s supplies, or a teslamancer’s laboratory, along with
any other relevant materials (decided by the GM).
Project Size
Tiny
Innovation Multiplier
½×
Small 1×
Medium 2×
Large 3×
Huge 4×
If a project requires more innovation than you could spend
in one day, then the project dictates the number of days (and
long rests between them) required to complete it: 6 innovation
requires two days, 9 requires three, etc.
An entire day’s allotment of innovation equates to 8 hours
of work. Crafting times in smaller increments are determined
by the GM. Most crafting is completed in extended periods
of downtime, but innovation can also be used on the fly in
dungeons to make repairs to existing gadgets, jury-rig small
teslamancy devices capable of producing a rudimentary
level effect (see Level 0 Projects in Step 2 of the Crafting
Technology section for more details), as well as other applica-
tions based on your class.
Teslamancers Supplies
Teslamancer’s supplies contain tools for working with
metals, crystals, and glasswork, as well as conductive wires,
switches, and charge monitors used for creating electri-
cal circuits.

Primary Media:
Metals (specifically magnets and conductive metals)
Secondary Media:
Crystals (specifically glass tubes and insulating ceramics)

Depending on their focus, teslamancers may also have

basic familiarity with small mechanical parts (such as those
used in clockwork devices) or alchemical substances (such as
those required to make chemical batteries).

Innovation
Starting at level 1 you gain a total of 3 innovation, which is
expended whenever you work on a project at a rate of 1 inno-
vation per Difficulty Level multiplied by the project size, at
a minimum of 1 (see the table below). Innovation represents
the creative spark that pushes you onward, as well as the
amount of mental energy you have to design and create a
piece of technology. Your innovation is fully replenished
at the end of each long rest. Your total daily innovation
increases at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

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TESLAMANCY EFFECTS
Teslamancy devices can generate a wide range of useful effects. These range from altering electrical charge to create attraction
and repulsion, firing bolts of electrical energy, or generating holograms and other visual projections. Though based on spells
from the 5e core rules, these effects do not have any required verbal, somatic, or material components other than the teslamancy
device made to create them. Any effect that requires concentration also requires that the character using it has the device causing
the effect in their possession while concentrating. Losing possession of a teslamancy device while concentrating on one of its
effects immediately ends that effect.
The list of effects here are suitable for teslamancy devices, but you are free to create your own effects (with the GMs approval)
to add to your journal, and design teslamancy devices around them.
A teslamancy device created or upgraded by you can’t have more rudimentary effects than 2 + Half your teslamancer level (up
to a maximum of 5).
A teslamancy device created or upgraded by you can’t have more effects of 1st level or above than 1 + your Teslamancer level.

Rudimentary Effects: Level 4 Effects (available at 7th level):

• Dancing Lights • Fire Shield
• Light • Freedom of Movement
• Magnetic Ward* • Resilient Sphere
• Produce Flame Level 5 (available at 9th level):
• Sacred Flame • Arcane Hand
• Shocking Grasp • Flame Strike
Level 1 Effects (available at 1st level): • Planar Binding
• Burning Hands • Hold Monster
• Color Spray • Telekinesis
• Faerie Fire • Teleportation Circle
• Feather Fall • Wall of Force
• Floating Disk Level 6 (available at 11th level):
• Guiding Bolt • Chain Lightning
• Mage Armor • Globe of Invulnerability
• Magic Missile • Programmed Illusion
• Magnetize* • Sunbeam
• Shield • Wind Walk
• Thunderwave • Word of Recall
• Unseen Servant
Level 7 (available at 13th level):
Level 2 Effects (available at 3rd level): • Arcane Sword
• Arcane Lock • Forcecage
• Branding Smite • Project Image
• Heat Metal • Reverse Gravity
• Knock
• Levitate
Level 8 (available at 15th level):
• Mirror Image • Repulsion Field*
• Misty Step • Control Weather
• Scorching Ray • Sunburst
• See Invisibility • Power Word Stun
• Shatter Level 9 (available at 17th level):
• Spider Climb • Ion Storm*
Level 3 Effects (available at 5th level): • Time Stop
• Blink • Magnetic Barrier*
• Call Lightning • Power Word Kill
• Daylight
• Fly *- An effect based on a new spell outlined on pg. X.
• Lightning Bolt
• Major Image
• Tiny Hut
• Water Walk
• Wind Wall

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Charges
Teslamancy devices are powered by electrical currents and
only have a limited number of charges that are expended to
create teslamancy effects. These charges can only be restored
through recharging, which can be done over a long rest,
provided a teslamancer has access to either their teslamancy
supplies or a laboratory. Any teslamancy device you create
can have a number of charges up to twice your teslamancer
level. The amount of charges a teslamancy device has, should
be decided between the player and the GM during the
Blueprints step of crafting a teslamancy device.
Teslamancy effects expend a set number of charges from
a device based on their level. Rudimentary level teslamancy
effects do not consume charges from a device you create.
Teslamancy effects of 1st level expend 1 charge for each use.
Teslamancy effects of 2nd and 3rd level expend 2 charges for
each use. Teslamancy effects of 4th and 5th level expend 3
charges for each use. Teslamancy effects of 6th level or higher
only consume 1 charge, but each of these effects can only be
used once between recharging the device. Attempting to use
such an effect again before recharging shorts the teslamancy
device, rendering it inoperable until it is repaired.
Any effect based on a spell that can be made stronger by
casting it using a higher level spell slot can be charged up in
the same way by spending additional charges determined by
the level of the effect. For example, to charge up a 3rd level
teslamancy effect, it would cost 2 additional charges of the
device for every spell slot level above the base level of the effect.
A teslamancy effect cannot be charged beyond the level of the
highest level teslamancy effect you currently have access to,
decided by the equivalent spell slot level required to cast the
stronger version in the core rules.
TESLAMANCY DEVICES
Teslamancers rely on their devices to have access to their
class skills and abilities. You begin play with a teslamancy
device of your choice, and can automatically upgrade a tesla-
mancy device you possess with new properties each time you
gain a level. This represents the result of incremental work and
tinkering during your adventures.
A teslamancy device upgraded in this way gains 2 addi-
tional charges, and one additional effect from your journal, up
to the highest level you have access to. Each time you upgrade
a teslamancy device, you can choose to replace one of its
effects with another teslamancy effect in your journal, up to
the highest level you have access to.
Teslamancers can also create new teslamancy devices during
their downtime. This follows the rules outlined in Crafting
Technology.
Variant Rule: Upgrading with Boons
and Flaws
At the discretion of your GM, you can choose to take a
Craft Action as a part of upgrading your device, rolling up to
your maximum number of crafting dice. Dice returning a roll
of 6 will upgrade your item with a new boon, while each roll
of 1 will give the new item a flaw (just as in the Fine-Tuning
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and Appraisal steps of the crafting process). This optional
strategy can result in a higher quality device, but any player
who wishes to do this must also accept any flaws incurred as
normal. Unlike normal crafting, boons gained as a part of
this roll can be used to remove (or downgrade) existing flaws
possessed by the device.
QUICK RECHARGE
At first level, you have learned how to create a simple
generator, which you can use to recharge devices powered
by electricity. When you finish a short rest, you can spend
2 points from your daily innovation to restore a number of
charges equal to your teslamancer level, divided as you choose,
among any teslamancy devices you have access to. Unlike regu-
lar recharging, this doesn’t restore the use of teslamancy effects
of 6th level or higher.
At 15th level, your quick recharge can restore one use
of a single teslamancy effect of 6th level or higher. Doing so
requires that you spend a number of charges equal to the level
of the effect to restore its use.
You can’t use this feature unless you have access to your
Teslamancer's supplies, or a teslamancy lab during your rest.
SIGNATURE TESLAMANCY
At 18th level you achieve mastery over your Teslamancy.
Choose a 1st level and a 2nd level teslamancy effect you have
access to. You can add these to any teslamancy device you
create, without increasing the Difficulty Level of the craft.
These effects do not consume charges to use at their base level,
though using them at higher levels requires they be charged
up as normal. They are otherwise treated as rudimentary level
effects for you.
FLAWLESS CIRCUITS
At 20th level, your skill with crafting electrical devices
is such that you can ignore small setbacks, or improve your
creations beyond normal skill. Whenever you craft a tesla-
mancy device you gain two boons which you can use to negate
flaws in your crafting, or add additional features to your
crafted technology.
DISCIPLINARY
SPECIALIZATION
There comes a time when each teslamancer must choose
which discipline of their science to specialize in, and this
shapes the path a teslamancer will take. Though students of
different disciplines often compete to advance knowledge in
their field, each one represents a facet of teslamancy rather
than an exclusive school. Though every teslamancer has a basic
understanding of each discipline, the most fantastic insights
in teslamancy have been gleaned thanks to the efforts of such
dedicated specialists.
IONIZATION
You focus your study on ionization, the science of creat-
ing, storing, and releasing electrical charge. While the most
straightforward application of ionization is to unleash arcs
of powerful lightning, the underlying principles can also be
applied to create particle barriers, attractive or repulsive effects,
and even the teleportation of matter. You also learn secrets that If you use this feature again before you finish a long rest, roll
make you more effective at generating charge, allowing you to 1d4 for each level of the effect you used immediately after you
recharge your devices more quickly.
Ionization Specialist
Beginning when you select this specialization at 2nd level,
you gain access to a series of ionization effects you can apply
to any teslamancy device you create. These are added auto-
matically to your journal once you reach the chosen level, and you. Creatures caught in this area can make a Dexterity saving
count as teslamancy effects for you.
Teslamancer Ionization
Level Effects
3 Misty Step, Spider Climb
5 Hypnotic Pattern, Water Walk
7 Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement
9 Antilife Shell, Flame Strike
11 Chain Lightning, Disintegrate
13 Arcane Sword, Teleport
15 Control Weather, Sunburst
17 Time Stop, Ion Storm*
Additionally, any teslamancy device you create which
includes at least one ionization effect can be completed in half
the time it would normally take to produce.
Charge Direction
Beginning at 2nd level, you can create pockets of relative
safety within your teslamancy. When you activate an effect of a
teslamancy device that affects other creatures that you can see,
you can choose a number of them equal to 1 + the effect's level.
The chosen creatures automatically succeed on their saving
throws against the effect, and they take no damage if they
would normally take half damage on a successful save.
Potent Teslamancy
Starting at 6th level, you learn how to unleash the full
devastating potential of your teslamancy devices. When an
effect created by a teslamancy device deals lightning or radiant
damage to an opponent, add your Intelligence modifier to
one dice roll of the effect. You can only benefit from this extra
damage once per turn.
Improved Charging
Beginning at 10th level, you can instead spend 4 points
of innovation during a short rest to restore all charges to a
teslamancy device you have access to. At 15th level, this also
restores the uses of each effect of 6th level or higher that the
device has expended.
You still require your teslamancer's supplies or access to a
lab to do this.
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Overcharge
Starting at 14th level, you can increase the power of simple
teslamancy effects. When you activate a damage dealing tesla-
mancy effect of 1st through 5th level, you can deal maximum
damage with that effect.
The first time you do so, the device suffers no adverse effect.
use it. Each time you use this feature again before finishing a
long rest, roll an extra 1d4 per level of the effect.
If the result is 15 or higher, the device breaks, and cannot
be used again until it is repaired.
If the roll exceeds 20, the device explodes, dealing 10d10
lightning damage to you and each creature within 10 feet of
throw against your Device save DC to take half damage from
this effect, but you cannot.
ELECTROMAGNETISM
Your area of study is electromagnetism, the art of creat-
ing devices which use electricity to generate or manipulate
magnetic fields. These can be used to exert limited control
over metal objects, or create strong magnetic fields to shield
yourself or your allies from harm. Magnetism can also be used
to disrupt metal machinery or other teslamancy devices.
Electromagnetic Specialist
Beginning when you select this specialization at 2nd level,
you gain access to a series of electromagnetic effects you can
apply to any teslamancy device you create. These are added
automatically to your journal once you reach the chosen level,
and count as teslamancy effects for you.
Teslamancer Electromagnetic
Level Effects
3 Blur, Invisibility
5 Protection from Energy, Slow
7 Greater Invisibility, Resilient Sphere
9 Arcane Hand, Wall of Force
11 Blade Barrier, Globe of Invulnerability
13 Reverse Gravity, Forcecage
15 Magnetic Field*, Control Weather
17 Magnetic Barrier*, Meteor Swarm
Additionally, any teslamancy device you create which
includes at least one electromagnetism effect can be completed
in half the time it would normally take to produce.
Magnetic Pulse
Beginning at 2nd level, whenever you activate an effect of
your teslamancy device, you can spend a bonus action to cause
your device to release a magnetic pulse that attracts or repels
an item composed partially or entirely of metal within 30 feet
of you. When you activate this effect, you choose whether
the pulse attracts or repels the item. The item is then either
pulled towards your device at a speed of 30 feet per round, or
repulsed at the same speed until it is 60 feet away from you.
Any creature holding or wearing the magnetized item can
make a Strength saving throw to resist the effect. On a failure,
they are pulled or pushed along with the item. A creature hold-
ing the item can let go of it instead of making a saving throw
to avoid being moved.
Force Shield
Starting at 6th level, as a reaction, you can expend a charge
from a teslamancy device wielded by you to create a protec-
tive field of magnetic force around you or an ally you can see
within 30 feet of you. This magnetic field grants a +2 bonus to
AC and resistance to lightning damage against a single attack.
This can potentially cause the attack to miss. If the attack was
made with weapons or projectiles made partially or entirely
from metal, the attacker must repeat their attack roll. If the
new roll is lower than their initial attack roll, the attacker uses
that roll instead, otherwise they retain their original roll.
Disruptive Field
Beginning at 10th level, you have learned to create even
more powerful magnetic fields. The range of your magnetize
effect is now 60 feet, and objects that you repel are pushed
until they are 120 feet away from you. Additionally, if the item
you magnetized was a teslamancy device or a technological
item composed partially or entirely of metal, you can make
an opposed Intelligence check against the item's wielder. On
a success, you disable the device for as long as it remains
magnetized.
Field Generator
Starting at 14th level, you can use your teslamancy devices
to create strong bursts of magnetism that can potentially save
your life. When you are hit by an attack, you can spend 5
charges from a teslamancy device wielded by you (costing no
action) to take only half of the damage the attack would deal,
or no damage at all if the attack deals lighting, radiant, or
force damage.
Additionally, all creatures within 10 feet of you must make
a Strength saving throw when you activate this ability, or be
pushed away by strong repulsive force. On a failure, creatures
are knocked back 30 feet and land prone. A creature that is
prevented from traveling 30 feet by a solid barrier, stops when
they hit that barrier, taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage for each
5 feet they didn't travel.
BIOELECTRICS
You have begun delving into research materials penned by
disciples of the rogue teslamancer Galvan, which deal with
manipulating the electric fields generated by living things.
Bioelectrics can be used to create devices that can detect or
record the faint impressions left by a bioelectric field. It can
also be applied to siphon electrical charge from living beings
or to record and detect residual bioelectric fields from those
who died. Those skilled in this discipline can even generate
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new bioelectrical fields in dead tissue, allowing for the creation
of electrically animated zombies known as draugr. Though
the creation of draugr is forbidden in practice, it can allow a
skilled teslamancer to give dead flesh the semblance of life, or
to extend life spans artificially using specialized devices. The
manipulation of living bioelectric fields can also be used to
disrupt the basic functions of life. In the hands of a skilled
teslamancer, this knowledge is deadly.
Bioelectric Specialist
Beginning when you select this specialization at 2nd level,
you gain access to a series of bioelectric effects you can apply
to any teslamancy device you create. These are added auto-
matically to your journal once you reach the chosen level, and
count as teslamancy effects for you.
Teslamancer Bioelectric
Level Effects
3 Hold Person, Ray of Enfeeblement
5 Animate Dead, Vampiric Touch
7 Blight, Death Ward
9 Hold Monster, Raise Dead
11 Circle of Death, Create Undead
13 Finger of Death, Resurrection
15 Feeblemind, Power Word Stun
17 Power Word Kill, True Resurrection
Additionally, any teslamancy device you create which
includes at least one bioelectric effect can be completed in half
the time it would normally take to produce.
Charge Siphon
Beginning at 2nd level, you learn how to siphon off charge
from a living creature’s bioelectric field at the moment of their
death, to create a charged barrier around yourself. Once per
turn, whenever you kill a creature with a teslamancy effect,
you gain temporary hit points equal to the damage you dealt,
or twice the damage dealt if the effect you killed the creature
with dealt lightning or necrotic damage.
Residual Field
Starting at 6th level, you gain the ability to add a bioelec-
tric field detector (BFD) to a teslamancy device you create.
Treat this as an additional effect of the device that doesn’t add
to its Difficulty Level. The BFD allows you to create one of the
following effects by expending a certain number of the device's
charges (listed for each effect). Each effect lasts up to 10
minutes, as long as the user maintains concentration to keep
focused on adjusting the device's field sensitivity and power
output levels.
 Detect Fields. You detect the bioelectric fields generated
by creatures within 120 feet of you. Based on the reading from
your device, you can pinpoint their direction and distance
from you, as well as their creature type.
At any time while you maintain concentration on the effect,
you can spend an action to analyze the readings of a particu-
lar creature to discern their mood and become aware of any
actions they are currently performing.
This effect cannot penetrate through any material that is
more than 5 feet thick.
This costs 2 charges to use.
Reassemble Field. By spending 1 minute analyzing a
single corpse, you can use this effect to reconstruct the bioelec-
tric field of the deceased creature. This creates a blue, faintly
buzzing electrical hologram in the shape of the creature. This
effect otherwise works like the speak with dead spell.
This costs 3 charges to use.
Improved Siphon
Starting at 10th level, when you activate your Charge
Siphon, you can restore 2d6 + 2 charges divided as you choose
among any of your teslamancy devices.
At 15th level, you can spend these charges to restore the
use of a teslamancy effect of 6th level or higher, following the
same rules as your Quick Recharge ability.
Once you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you
complete a short or long rest.
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Electronecromancy
Starting at 14th level, you can integrate various teslamancy
devices into undead you create or creatures you revive from
death. Whenever you activate a teslamancy effect that creates
one or more undead creatures, you can choose to empower
them. Empowered undead gain an additional +1 bonus to
their AC from natural armor, and their Constitution and
Dexterity scores increase by 2 each, to a maximum of 22.
Empowered undead are immune to lightning damage, and
deal an extra 2d8 lighting damage when they hit with their
attacks. This effect doesn't add anything to the activation
time of teslamancy effects which create undead creatures to
fight for you.
Additionally, you can apply this knowledge when you
use any effect that resurrects slain humanoids to augment
them, though the process takes longer. This requires 5,000
gold pieces worth of materials and a week's worth of time to
assemble, and requires access to teslamancer's supplies, or a
teslamancy lab.
A creature augmented in this fashion gains the same
bonuses as your empowered undead creatures. In addition, the
augmented creature no longer needs to eat or sleep, they no
longer age, and their type changes to undead. The augmented
creature can still take short and long rests as normal, though
they recover hit points as the machinery inside them regen-
erates their bioelectric field, rather than from sleep. A crea-
ture can only be resurrected in this fashion once. If they are
destroyed in this form, there is no way to recover them.
For the same amount of time and resource investment,
you can choose to augment yourself in this way, becoming a
techno-organic undead creature. This is irreversible.
NEW SPELLS
These spells were designed to be used as effects for devices
created by teslamancers, but they have been written here in
full for use in other 5e settings. They are included on the
Sorcerer and Wizard spell lists.
Ion Storm
9th-level conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Sight
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
An eerie glowing storm cloud forms, centered on a point
you can see and spreading to a radius of 360 feet. Lightning
flashes in the area, thunder booms, and strong winds roar.
Each creature under the cloud (no more than 5,000 feet
beneath the cloud) when it appears must make a Constitution
saving throw as the glow flares up, bursting with a blinding
intensity. On a failure, a creature takes 2d6 radiant damage
and is blinded for 1 minute.
Each round you maintain concentration on this spell, the
storm produces additional effects on your turn.
Round 2. The shockwave from the energetic burst reaches
those below. Each creature beneath the cloud takes 2d6 thun-
der damage.
Round 3. You call six bolts of lightning from the cloud to
strike six creatures or objects of your choice beneath the cloud.
A given creature or object can't be struck by more than one
bolt. A struck creature must make a Dexterity saving throw.
The creature takes 10d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
Round 4. Shrapnel is stirred up by the raging winds
beneath the cloud. Each creature under the cloud takes 2d6
piercing damage.
Round 5–10. Gusts, debris, and intermittent lightning
bolts surround the area beneath the cloud. The area becomes
difficult terrain and is heavily obscured. Each creature there
takes 1d6 lightning damage. Ranged weapon attacks in the
area are impossible. The wind and debris count as a severe
distraction for the purposes of maintaining concentration on
spells. Finally, gusts of strong wind (ranging from 20 to 50
miles per hour) automatically disperse fog, mists, and similar
phenomena in the area.
Magnetic Barrier
9th-level abjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
A shimmering plane of magnetic force forms a vertical
transleucent barrier--up to 90 feet long, 30 feet high, and
1 inch thick--centered on a point you can see within range.
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Alternatively, you can shape the barrier into a sphere up to 30
feet in diameter centered on a point you choose within range.
The barrier remains in place for the duration. When you
cast this spell you choose the direction of the magnetic force
which forms the barrier, deciding which side will damage
those trying to move past it. If you position the barrier so
that it passes through a space occupied by a creature, you
must choose which side of the barrier the creature is moved to
when the barrier is placed. Creatures in its path take 5d8 force
damage when shunted to one side of the barrier or the other.
The barrier sheds bright light out to a range of 60 feet and
dim light for an additional 20 feet, but only from the side you
choose to be harmful to move through. If another creature
that can see the barrier moves to within 20 feet of this side
of it, or starts its turn there, the creature must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or become blinded for 1 minute.
Creatures on the other side of the barrier can pass through
it, however any who do so are immediately caught in the
magnetized field and propelled forward 60 feet by the barrier's
repulsive force. Projectiles (or other objects) thrown or fired
through the barrier are similarly affected, having their range
doubled and do not suffer disadvantage on attack rolls made
out to their maximum range. Other ranged attacks made from
this side of the barrier are not affected.
Projectiles or thrown objects cannot pass through the
damage dealing side of the barrier, nor can any effect that
deals lightning damage, or that is generated by a teslamancy
device. When a creature attempts to reach into or pass
through this side of the barrier, it must face the full brunt of
the barrier’s repulsive force. Creatures cannot teleport through
the barrier, and even creatures that are out of phase with
reality (thanks to etherealness or a similar effect) are subjected
to its force. Passing through the wall takes 5 rounds, and each
round spent doing so causes a creature to encounter stronger
resistance. For every round spent moving through the barrier,
a creature must make a Constitution saving throw or be
affected as described below.
Round 1-2. The creature's body is repulsed by strong
magnetic force, taking 10d6 force damage on a failed save, or
half as much on a successful one.
Round 3-4. The creature's body is wracked by magnetic
forces that begin to tear it apart, taking 10d8 force damage on
a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. On a failed
save the creature is restrained and must repeat this step again.
If it fails this save twice in a row, the creature is repulsed 60
feet away from the wall.
Round 5. The creature faces electromagnetic forces so
strong their body begins to atomize, taking 10d10 + 40 force
damage on a failed saving throw or half as much on a success-
ful one. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, it
is disintegrated. A disintegrated creature and everything it is
wearing and carrying are reduced to a pile of fine gray dust.
If two magnetic barriers are cast overlapping one another,
a safe zone is created in the spaces where they overlap. If cast
completely overlapping another magnetic barrier, both spells
immediately end.
Magnetic Ward
Abjuration cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 round
You summon a magnetic field around yourself that repulses
metal. Until the start of your next turn, any attack made
against you with a weapon or projectile made partly or entirely
of metal has disadvantage.
Magnetize
1st-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (an iron nail)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You magnetize an object made partly or wholly of metal
within range, and can manipulate it freely. For the duration,
you can use a bonus action to move the magnetized object up
to 30 feet in any direction. The object can be no more than
5 cubic feet in size, and weigh no more than 15 lbs. An item
being held or worn by a creature pulls its user along with it
unless they succeed on a Strength saving throw to resist the
effect. A creature can choose to drop a held item instead of
making the saving throw to avoid being moved.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the spell can affect an object that
is 5 cubic feet larger in size, and up to 20 pounds heavier for
every two slot levels above 1st.
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Repulsion Field
8th-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (10-foot-radius sphere)
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron or
iron filings)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
A 10-foot-radius invisible sphere of magnetic force
surrounds you. Within the sphere, teslamancy devices lose
their power, and any mechanical object made partly or wholly
of metal locks up, becoming unusable. Creatures within the
field take only half damage from attacks and other effects that
don’t deal psychic damage, and attacks can’t be made with
a weapon that is either partially or wholly metal within the
field. All other attacks within the field are made with disadvan-
tage. Projectiles made either partially or wholly metal remain
outside the sphere and can't penetrate into it.
Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered
on you. The spheres created by different repulsion field effects
don't nullify each other.
Targeted Effects. Any effects that deal lightning or radiant
damage, or generated by a teslamancy device, that target a
creature or an object in the sphere have no effect on that target.
Areas of Effect. The area of an effect that deals fire,
force, radiant, or lightning damage, or any effect caused by a
teslamancy device, can't extend into the sphere. If the sphere
overlaps an area of such an effect, the part of the area that
is covered by the sphere is suppressed. For example, a blade
barrier ceases to be harmful within the sphere, creating a
gap in the wall if the overlap is large enough. While an effect
is suppressed, it doesn't function, but the time it spends
suppressed counts against its duration.
Teleportation. Teleportation fails to work in the sphere,
whether the sphere is the destination or the departure point for
such travel. A portal to another location, as well as an open-
ing to an extradimensional space, temporarily closes while in
the sphere.
TESLAMANCY DEVICES
These technological items employ teslamancy to create
various wondrous effects, and they require special skill to
make or to use effectively. Unless specified, they do not func-
tion for anyone without the ability to use teslamancy devices.
The difficulty level (DL) determines the amount of effort
required to build the devices.
TESLAMANCER'S STAFF (DL 1)
This metal staff with a glass orb at its top can be used to
create the shocking grasp rudimentary effect. Choose one of
the following upgrades (chosen when crafted). The staff has
two charges.
Dazzling
Creates the light effect. When you activate your light
cantrip, an enemy of your choice within 20 feet of it must
make a Constitution saving throw or have disadvantage on
their next attack roll.
Additionally, the device can create the following effects:
• color spray (1 charge)
• faerie fire (1 charge)
Ionizing
Creates the light effect. Can make shocking grasp attacks at
a range of 30 feet.
Additionally, the device can create the following effects:
• color spray (1 charge)
• shield (1 charge)
ELECTROSCOPE (DL 1)
This compass-like device has two charges. By spending a
charge, you can use the device to detect electrical currents and
magnetic fields within a 30 foot cone. This effect can be used
for up to 10 minutes, as long as the user maintains concentra-
tion to keep focused on adjusting the device's field sensitivity
and power output levels, otherwise the effect ends.
Choose one of the following upgrades (chosen
when crafted).
Electromodulator
Creates the message effect, though a recipient must wear a
special receiver to hear the message and reply. These receivers
count as difficulty level 0 crafts (though they are not destroyed
after each use), and choosing this upgrade means your device
comes with three of them.
Additionally, the device can create the color spray effect
(1 charge)
Built-in Dynamo
Creates the light effect. When you activate your light effect,
an enemy of your choice within 20 feet of it must make a
Constitution saving throw or have disadvantage on their next
attack roll.
Additionally, the device can create the shield effect
(1 charge)

Magnetic
Creates the mage hand effect, but can only be used on
metal objects.
Additionally, the device can create the following effects:
• mage armor (1 charge)
• guiding bolt (1 charge)

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CRAFTING TECHNOLOGY
The world of Teslagrad is a steampunk fantasy setting
where magic doesn’t exist. Yet, in its place, fantastic technolog-
ical inventions can create similarly wondrous effects. Crafting
technological items is something anyone can do, from a
common city mechanic to famed teslamancers operating in
secret laboratories. Following these rules, anyone can use it
to bring their ideas to life, provided they have access to the
right tools, knowledge, and skill sets. The rules we suggest
for making weird and wonderful gadgets in this game are
an altered version of the domestic magic rules found in
Witch+Craft by Astrologo Press (used with permission).
Crafting rolls require only a d6 and six steps:
1. Blueprint. You propose a project.
2. Challenges. The GM imposes a Difficulty Level based on
the specifications of the
project. They will also list the base materials required to make
the crafting attempt at all.
3. Preparation. You may prepare for the project in order to
improve your chances of success.
4. Craft Action. You begin the project, rolling to qualify
your success.
5. Fine-tuning. After the rolls are in, you may choose to
expend bonuses to alleviate any
potential flaws.
6. Appraising. When all is said and done, the item is created,
and its features and flaws known.
MAKING IT WORK
The most important part of any crafting attempt is negoti-
ation. What is possible, and what you’re
permitted to attempt, must always be worked out in
communication with the GM—and the GM should always
remember that with this system, creating shouldn’t be gated
to anyone. Making simple items is fun, making complicated
items is rewarding, and crafting always becomes easier if the
project receives help from someone else.
However, a GM may require that you respect the limita-
tions of your chosen class: only a teslamancer has the kinds of
special knowledge and skills to create teslamancy devices.
That said, even when you’re operating well within the
limitations of your class, powerful items
require extraordinary feats of preparation. If you wish to
craft a truly remarkable item, it’s not unusual for a GM to
propose an entire adventure around the acquisition of the
appropriate materials.
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STEP 1: BLUEPRINT
This is the first stage of any crafting attempt, during which
you’ll communicate exactly what it is you’re hoping to make,
including the properties you want your creation to have. Each
crafting attempt creates one item, unless it’s an item that is
traditionally found in sets, such as a pair of gloves or boots.
The item itself can be anything, limited only (at the GM’s
discretion) by the scope of your class’s ability: from something
as simple as a wrench to as complex as a motorbike.
Depending on the complexity of the proposed project, the
GM may need time to consider its scope and return an appro-
priate challenge rating. You can use this time to get ahead on
step 3 if you wish.
STEP 2: CHALLENGES
Once the project has been proposed, the GM must now
determine the project’s Difficulty Level. This imposes a DC
that you’ll need to beat in step 4. Determining the difficulty
requires some communication but ultimately the GM is the
final arbiter of this stage, and everything that comes afterwards
depends on the difficulty that has been set.
For classes that have the ability to create machines with
spell effects built into them, like the teslamancer, the difficulty
level should correspond to the highest level spell effect present
as one of the object’s properties. These classes, unlike simple
traders, have access to unique skills and training that allow
them to create extraordinary items at lower difficulty levels.
The difficulty is set based on the following levels:
Level 0 Projects
There are some projects so simple that even novices can
complete them without fuss. For these projects it's acceptable
to assume immediate success, though no boons can be added.
Common examples include making a simple wedge, or sharp-
ening a stick.
Also covered under these rules, small teslamancy devices
can be slapped together by teslamancers. These devices should
produce no more than rudimentary level teslamancy effects
and require that the creator has teslamancer’s supplies and any
necessary materials handy. These jury-rigged items require the
crafter to spend 1 point of their daily innovation to make, and
are destroyed after their first use.
Level 1-2 Basic/Simple
Items of this difficulty are simple or routine items that
even an apprentice should be able to tackle, such as a metal
wheel, a simple smith’s apron, a horseshoe, or a simple
distilled chemical.
Level 3-4 Intermediate/Advanced
Items of this difficulty require time, technique, and expe-
rience to synthesize. For example: a resilient smith’s apron, a
crossbow, or a complex, but harmless, chemical compound.
Level 5-6 Complex/Master
These items demand a commitment of time and energy,
require a master’s hand, and may produce effects on par with
magic. Attempting this project without the relevant proficien-
cies or even trade classes is likely impossible (at your GM’s
discretion). For example: a spring gun capable of repeated fire,
welding goggles that protect the wearer from being blinded, or
a magnificent airship. Projects of DL 5 or higher can only be
created one at a time (i.e. one glove, one boot) regardless of
convention.
Level 7+ Exemplary/Legendary
These items require cross-disciplinary training unattain-
able by most tradespeople. The base materials themselves are
difficult to acquire, and the project requires a certain amount
of preparation or high-quality materials as part of its base
materials.
A collaboration between at least two masters is a necessity,
and each of you must make and succeed on the craft action
checks independently of the other (though you may share
resources in your respective preparations).
Setting the DC
The DC of a project is determined by its level, and is
calculated like so:
(Difficulty Level × 5) + 5
Therefore, a DL 1 project will have a DC of 10, and a DL
7 project will have a DC of 40.
Base Materials
All crafting efforts require base materials to even begin the
attempt: gears can’t be made without sheet metal and cold saw,
and a pair of goggles can’t be completed without glass lenses.
GMs are, however, encouraged to take this step with as much
dramatic license as pleases your players: ultimately, go with the
level of detail that works for your group.
Acquiring these items does not grant any extra dice for
the craft action. These materials should be appropriate for
the difficulty imposed: Basic/Simple crafting materials can be
easily scrounged from a scrapheap or acquired affordably in
shops, while Complex/Master components are likely more
challenging to acquire.
Whatever the project level, all players should still be given
the opportunity to go above and beyond the call of these base
materials in order to prepare, as explained in the next step.
STEP 3: PREPARATION
Once the challenge has been set, you can begin to prepare.
Preparation falls into the following categories:
Knowledge. You study the subject in advance, either from
source materials or an NPC mentor (either of which may be
difficult to access).
High-Quality Materials. You spend time finding
high-quality materials that can’t be easily acquired from a shop.
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Assistance. You recruit a fellow player or an NPC of an
appropriate complementary skill to lend a hand or provide
guidance in the effort. The NPC must be different from your
mentor (if you have one) and the skill cannot be identical
to your own.
Sacrifice. You willingly sacrifice something of personal
value in order to improve the quality of the craft. Think of this
less as the demands of your work and more as your priorities
changing as your character develops and matures. The severity
of the sacrifice should match the level of the challenge.
You may choose to acquire one or all of these prepara-
tion advantages before you begin your craft action. However,
you can only earn each advantage once per project (unless a
technique provided by your trade class states otherwise). In all
cases, the GM is the final arbiter of what warrants a prepara-
tion benefit die.
Furthermore, a GM may choose to award 1d6 for inspi-
ration to any crafter who goes the extra mile to find creative,
immersive solutions to crafting problems. Inspiration d6s
cannot be sought and crafters should only possess one use of
inspiration at a time. GMs who use inspiration dice in role-
playing may prefer to allow crossover usage, in which case the
typical inspiration d20 would translate to a d6 when used for
crafting. Similarly, GMs may choose to limit the inspiration
die’s applicability to a crafter’s current project, or allow it to
apply to any project of the crafter’s choosing.
STEP 4: CRAFT ACTION
Once the preparation is underway, you can now begin the
crafting attempt. To do so, you must beat the crafting DC
as determined by the GM in step 2. Your goal is to beat this
DC using a d6 and whatever advantages you’ve earned from
preparation.
All crafting attempts by default start with a base 1d6 +
a related tool kit modifier and proficiency you might have.
Successfully beating this DC creates an item; failing to do so
destroys your materials. If you’re playing a trade class, or a
scientific class like the teslamancer, then your base crafting d6
pool increases along with your crafting tier. If you're playing
another class, you’ll want to consult the “Crafting Generalist”
rules in With + Craft to determine the appropriate base craft-
ing dice for your level.
Each advantage that you gained from the preparation
stage grants an additional d6 which may be added to your roll,
significantly improving your odds of success.
You may roll these d6 all at once, or one at a time, stop-
ping when you beat the DC if you so choose. Once a die has
been rolled it can’t be removed from your crafting attempt.
STEP 5: FINE-TUNING
There is, however, a catch. Any d6 that lands on a one
introduces a flaw, and likewise, any d6 that lands on a six
introduces a boon. Flaws and boons can stack to create unin-
tended (and potentially dangerous) side effects of your crafting
attempt and should therefore be considered carefully. The
more flaws an object has, the worse; and the more boons, the
better. For more
info, see the “Flaws and Boons” section below. Flaws can
be negated by spending a boon to cancel it out. This can be
done as many times as desired and does not remove the value
of the die roll from your total against the DC.
STEP 6: APPRAISAL
On Success
Once the dice are rolled and any flaws or boons canceled
out, it’s time to appraise. The GM will
officially grant the item any qualities it inherently possesses
and allow you to describe its finished state. However, it
will also possess any flaws or boons it may have gained in
the rolling.
On Failure
If you fail to meet the crafting DC, the item is a failure,
and the base materials required to make it are lost. It is up
to your GM to determine whether any of your preparation
(including high-quality materials) can be “reused” on a subse-
quent attempt, or whether this failure indicates insufficient
preparation and you’ll need to go back to the drawing board.
Flaws & Boons
Flaws & boons vary widely depending on the scope and
difficulty of the project at hand and are up to GM discre-
tion. More specific flaws and boons can be found in the
Witch+Craft book by Astrolago Press.
Unless canceled out and negated, flaws & boons always
stack: one flaw rolled is a minor flaw, while two flaws rolled
makes a substantial flaw. When four or more ones or sixes are
rolled and
left without being canceled out, then the flaws and boons
begin to multiply: four flaws rolled become one dangerous
flaw and one minor flaw; five flaws become one dangerous
flaw and one substantial flaw; six flaws becomes two danger-
ous flaws, and then a new stack is
made again. Likewise, the same is true of sixes when they
become boons.
Sometimes, you may prefer to keep your flaws and boons
all together. In such a case, the GM may flavor your flaw
and boon as complementary of one another: two sides of the
same coin.
Variant Rule: Desperate Measures
Sometimes a project is so close to coming together. With
this variant rule, you can
take a flaw or lose a boon during the fine-tuning step in
exchange for +3 to your craft roll. You can only do this once
per crafting attempt.
REPAIRS
The above crafting system can also be used to repair exist-
ing, but damaged, items—
whether they be of your own or someone else’s construc-
tion. Doing so will follow
the same process as crafting from scratch, except that the
components of the damaged item will be counted among its
base materials. Simple repairs should set the difficulty one
level below
what would be the item’s crafting difficulty—except for
DL 7+ Legendary/Exemplary projects, which, when damaged,
have a repair challenge rating equal to their crafting challenge
at minimum, and may even be more difficult to repair if the
item was originally crafted by someone else.
If an item is created with flaws, then repairs cannot
remove them.
UPGRADES
The crafting system can be used to upgrade existing
gadgets, whether they are of your own or someone else’s
construction. Upgrades require time and experience with an
item to understand its workings and learn how to improve
them, so upgrade attempts should be limited to once per level
for a given item, and should only be allowed on items that a
character has used or studied frequently.
This otherwise follows the rules for repairing an item,
however the difficulty level should be the same or higher than
the original item, depending on how much more powerful the
new item is.

Stack Value Effect Example

1 Minor
2 Substantial
3 Dangerous
(Flaw)
3 Groundbreaking
(Boon)
Non-mechanical,
typically cosmetic
The object has mechanical
features that make it perform
better or worse than expected
The item performs as
expected but with possi-
bly harmful consequences
for the user
The item performs as
expected and has a surprising giant’s strength on consumption (boon)
benefit or alternative function
The wrench is ugly (flaw)
The vehicle’s chassis gleams (boon)
The spring-gun’s barrel is poorly striated, attacks against armored
targets have disadvantage (flaw)
The scalpel never rusts and is immune to acid damage (boon)
The teslamancer’s staff works, but is prone to wild discharges,
dealing 1d10 lightning damage whenever you critically fail on
an attack roll (flaw)
The adrenaline shot also provides the benefits of a potion of fire

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 If an item is created with flaws, you can forego
any other benefits of an upgrade to remove a
single flaw present in the item. If this is done, the
crafting difficulty of the upgraded item will always
be one higher than the base item—except for DL
7+ Legendary/Exemplary projects, which have an
upgrade challenge rating equal to their crafting
challenge at minimum, and may even be more diffi-
cult to upgrade if the item was originally crafted by
someone else.
Failing to upgrade an item does not ruin it. A
character can stop after spending half of their total
crafting dice to restore the item to its original state
at no penalty. However, if a character fails to meet
the crafting DC to upgrade, the item remains the
same and any flaws (but not boons) accrued during
the crafting rolls are added to the original item.
A damaged item must be repaired completely
before it can be upgraded.

WORKSPACES
Workspaces vary in size and complexity, with
some projects requiring bulky equipment: station-
ary drills and saws for machining, forges for
smelting, or specialized laboratories for teslamancy.
When necessary, workspaces are considered part
of the base materials needed to begin a craft-
ing attempt.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For more inspiration and ideas about crafting
rules, trade classes, and generalist crafting for
all classes, see the rules outlined in the
Witch+Craft book by Astrolago Press.

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