The Craftsman

Son of the workshop. The school of things. You fight the fight before the fight.
You are a 2nd-year student at the Cyorian Royal Magical Academy.

1. Origins

Pick 1. Your origin grants a Connection — a person, organization, or access you can leverage during play.

Origin	You come from...	Connection
Industrial Pioneer	Your family are engineers, factory managers, locomotive conductors — grease and soot.	Factory Foreman: once per quest, industrial-grade parts, specialized tools, black-powder explosives, or heavy machinery and workshop access outside the [[Cyorian Academy\
Alchemist's Apprentice	You apprenticed under an [[Alchemy\	alchemist]] — chemical burns, sulfur smells, healthy respect for volatile reactions.
Merchant Family	Your family runs a trading business: magical goods, alchemical supplies, mundane imports.	Trade Contacts: once per quest, source a specific item, ingredient, or piece of information through the family network; rare and restricted items require a +Social roll.

2. Attributes

Fixed array. Sum +4.

Attribute	Score
Mental	1
Social	-1
Physical	0
Memory	1
Calculation	3
Finesse	2
Willpower	-2

Mana: 4 + Highest of (Calculation, Finesse, Willpower) = [7] Boxes Ready Glyphs: 2 + Highest of (Calculation, Memory) = [5]

3. Starting Schools

1 dot in Artifice (support school) — crafting permissions and reliability, no Technique Glyph tiers
1 dot in Animation (constructs and golems) grants 1 Spell Formula

Baseline casting starts with your school-native starter glyph. You may hold a number of Mastered Spells in active recall equal to your Memory attribute. Triggering a finished Artifice item is not live casting: no roll, and it costs 2 Mana ticks (1 if you took Combat Artifice).

4. Playbook Moves

Signature Move (auto-granted)

The Right Tool: Once per scene, when you need an item you didn't prepare, you can jury-rig one from parts at hand. Roll +Calculation.

10+: It works perfectly for the scene.
7-9: It works, but you choose the flaw — fragile, loud, or one-use.
6-: It fails spectacularly, and the GM makes a hard move.

Choose 2 of 6

Born in the Workshop: You begin with a personal toolset and a workshop corner at the Academy. When you Engrave Artifice, roll +Calculation instead of +Finesse.
Appraiser's Eye: When you examine a magic item or Artifice, roll +Calculation. 10+: you learn its full function, its quirks, and who made it. 7-9: you learn its main function — the hidden bit stays hidden, and the GM chooses what you miss. 6-: you trigger something, and the GM makes a hard move.
Field Modification: When you modify a piece of gear — yours or an ally's — on the fly, roll +Finesse. 10+: choose 2 — extra effect, no material cost, done quickly. 7-9: it works, but the GM picks the flaw: consumes materials, takes time, or might fail later. 6-: you break it worse, and the GM makes a hard move.
Family Blueprints: Once per session, declare a design from your family's workshop; it exists — a gadget, a tool, a formula sketch — within reason. The GM sets the material and time cost to build or retrieve it.
Combat Artifice: When you trigger an Artifice item you personally crafted, the activation costs 1 Mana tick instead of 2.
Scavenger: When you spend a moment to drain a magical object or ambient ward, roll +Calculation. 10+: clear 2 ticks from your Mana. 7-9: clear 1 tick, but draw hostile attention. 6-: the drain surges wrong, and the GM makes a hard move from backlash, collapse, or magical contamination.

5. Starting Gear

A leather apron and your personal toolset
A spare parts bag that rattles when you walk
A half-finished project you refuse to explain
A key to your workshop corner

6. Bonds

Format: "I have a bond of [Emotion/Concept] with [NPC Name] because [Reason]."

Someone here brings you broken things to fix because...
Someone here thinks your workshop is a fire hazard because...

7. Advancement

Fiction-first milestone hooks — the GM can use them when you spend SP/IP or when a chapter closes. Growth shows in the story, not on a table.

The workshop's child. What are you building that no one asked for — and who is it really for?
Tools vs. hands. When a spell would do the job faster than a crafted item, which do you choose?
Signature. What do you want your work to be remembered for? What would you refuse to build?