Masters of Innovation

From the Oeridian hero-goddess Daern and her Instant Fortress, to the Machine of Lum the Mad; from Queen Ehlissa’s Fabulous Nightingale to the Apparatus of Kwalish... weird and wonderful technologies* have always existed on the periphery of Oerth. This technology, known as artifice magic, is believed to have been spontaneously discovered by the gnomes, who tell of it being taught to them by their god Flandal Steelskin. Wherever it originated, it is the rarest form of magic on Oerik with only a handful of masters even rumored to exist.

In the current day, with the exception of alchemy, artifice magic remains exceedingly rare, so much so that outside the City of Irongate most do not even know if its existence. Gnomes remain the most frequent artificers while some dwarf clans have learned from gnome artificers and adapted techniques to their own needs. Perhaps the best-known non-alchemist artificers on the Flanaess are the members of the Artificers Union of Irongate.

*A note must be made here—technology on the Flanaess does not use “steam power”, “fossil fuels”, or any other “chemical” process.