Board Thread:Non-TES Roleplaying/@comment-32420582-20160830041606/@comment-25073873-20160907154238

"Hmm, is it hard to get?" questioned Elric. He was thinking again ''There are three ways i can trace swords. The first would be to see the sword in real life, and so create a replica of high enough quality. With use and experience with it, I can master it and project a flawless, exact copy. Next would be to understand the legends and construct of the blade via words. I can see it through blueprint and diagram. It will give me a poor copy, but through understanding the legend, and seeing it in actuality, I can make a flawless copy that is an optimized form of the original. The last way ...''

"If you have a small sample, would you mind to let me touch it and stare at it for about five minutes, as we wait?" asked Elric again. Knowledge was power after all.

''The last way to make a sword is to give form to what is in my mind. I am not making a fake. I am forging an artifact. This will give me a very weak blade at the start, but as it is a mental image made solely by me, it cannot be fixed, and I can keep modifying it with properties. As I understand material science more and more, and use the blade more and more, I will master it as well ... and maybe I can project something that finally exceeds artifacts ... because it is not a fake, not a copy.''

(Ofc the focus for him would be to perform the third process so he has a sword that levels up with him. It will start as a blade with no special properties. I always found changing swords tedious and annoying)