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Tom H:
When I craft a Fine Pawboard trap and it tells I could have done better but for the quality of my materials (roughly speaking), is it REALLY saying my skills can craft better than Fine, if only I use better boards? I'd test it myself but I don't have any Perfect boards...heh.

PALU:
Yes. It means that the success roll was sufficient for a better result than the material used allowed for, so in that particular case, having use a perfect board would have resulted in a top level trap.

The same logic applies to other cases as well. Tanning stages often result in that message for me, for example, and you can also get it when making javelins, as it's very hard to get hold of staves of better than normal quality (you can very occasionally buy them, but you can't craft them).

It can also be mentioned that there's a similar (but different) message when it's the quality of the tools used that holds the result back.

Tom H:
Thanks, Palu.

I also see the message a lot when working hides in which I've achieved 100% Master skills. Still, most of my 'superior' furs wind up being bird leathers...meh. I've still got 4 Cured Superior skins in the cellar because it's so difficult to find consistency. Used to have 5 but I tried and failed, even at 100%, zero burden. Whatevah...

PALU:
My experience indicates that a 100% skill, zero encumbrance, top quality materials, and top quality tools still only produces top quality results somewhere in the range of 1/4-1/7 of the attempts, although I think there may be modifiers that increase the chances for some actions. Some tanning stages seem to be more prone to retain the quality of the skin than others.

Tom H:
Ummm... You've reminded me that I've never been able to find a Masterwork Broadknife for my main guy. Do you think it matters a lot that it's only a Fine quality blade? I'm wondering if arranging it so I can only access a Masterwork Knife, or MW any-other-knife would be of greater utility than my plain, old, Fine blade?

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