Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-32863419-20171111180401

Greetings all! Today I want to talk about another individual factions feature. This is the second in the series the first being Haggling.

What are these features?

I am proposing to add two features; firstly gem veins dropping rough or uncut gems and secondly the mechanic of having them cut by skilled dwarven goldsmiths ( a new trader) and learning to cut them yourself.

What does this add to the mod?

These proposed features would add playability and realism to the mod. As with all my individual faction features, it aims to give each faction uniqueness and give everyone a reason to join it. This suggestion, in particular, is a way to make dwarves feel like expert smiths and miners not just a faction with a few mines and forges.

Items

Uncut/rough gems

They are obtained by mining a gem vein with a pickaxe. These gems would be quite useless until they are made into cut gems which are the current gems in the mod just with a few more features. They would have a rawer texture like they have just been pulled out of the ground.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Thanks, constructive criticism and kudos are appreciated. <ac_metadata title="Goldsmiths &amp; Gems"> </ac_metadata>