V'demhe crafts a Whip - Wasting time || FIN

[Heras Box]

Character || V'demhe
Stage || Blade
Crafting || Weapon, Whip
Crafting Stat || 22
Difficulty || 5
Roll Needed || 50 - 100
Rolled || 81
Outcome || Success
Experience earned || (5 x 6)2 = 15  

[Heras Box]

It was a rare moment that she got to simply sit somewhere and enjoy the feeling of staying put. The again, V'demhe wasn't really one for such a life style. She liked to do something. So! The young Alkidike decided that she would take this time to make something. Rather than a cloak like last time, since her sewing skills were horrendous, she figured she could make a simple weapon. A whip to be exact. Strips of sinew lay at her feet and beside her was a pail of animal fat. Before she began she licked her fingers and rubbed them together then grabbed some of the strips of animal flesh and started to braid them together.

Knowing she had to keep the strips tight she would pull and wrap then pull and wrap. Every so often her hand would dip into the pail of fat so that she could take some and rub it along the quickly drying skin. Not only would it help to mold her creation into what she wanted but it would give it a moisture that it lacked to stay in tact. Her long fingers worked quickly at pulling and braiding the soon to be leather whip. Of course when she neared the end she had to pull a bit tighter and stretch the flesh out thin. Here Dem made sure that the ever shrinking width of the braid was well lathered with lard. Then finally she reached an end. Being as meticulous as possible she tied a knot that she knew wouldn't come loose and left a small tail that would be the source of the whip's snap.

Holding it out she eyed her creation and made sure nothing was too out of place. Satisfied with her work she laid it back on her lap and set about wrapping the handle. While most would put leather on leather for this she thought that perhaps some cloth would be better suited. V'demhe found a deep blue cloth and started to tear it into strips then wrapped each long strip around the thicker end of the whip. Layer by layer it soon thickened up enough that it fit comfortably in the hand. For good measure she added some animal fat to the fabric to make it damp. Eventually it would dry and harden and become a true holding place. With a smile she nodded her head and declared the weapon finished.


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[Heras Box]

Customizing || Whip
Skill Stat || 22
Luck Stat || 20
Item Durability || 6
Rolls Needed || 60 - 100, 70 - 100
Rolled || 87, 66
Outcome || Fail
Resulting Item Tier || 0

(( If only those rolls were reversed. ))  

[Heras Box]

Customizing || Whip
Skill Stat || 22
Luck Stat || 20
Item Durability || 6
Rolls Needed || 60 - 100, 70 - 100
Rolled || 5, 15
Outcome || Fail
Resulting Item Tier || 0  

[Heras Box]

The more she looked at the weapon the more she wondered if perhaps she would make it a bit more customized. Dem looked around her area real quick hoping to find something she could use to make the whip really stand out. After all, she didn't need it so she thought she might sell it. Trade it. Something. When she spotted some small, wooden spikes she smiled and grabbed a handful. These would be perfect. Tinkering around with it she set the points on the handle and hammered them in. One after the other they seemed to go in nicely. That was until she turned it over to continue the design all the way around. There she saw the fabric of the handle fraying and coming undone due to the sinew shredding. Her wooden spikes had torn the braid and were now causing it to unravel. A frown formed on her face and she turned the weapon this way and that trying to see if there was a way to save it. Sadly she saw no actual solution that she was capable of doing. Weapons maker she was not. Giving a sigh she set the now ruined whip on the table. It would get no use as what it had been intended for but she was sure her mother would find something to do with it. The rest of the braided leather could be used for something.


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