Howdy everyone. Leather shields are now available for crafting in the Tailoring Discipline under Chapter 10 of the instruction booklets.
During this release we discovered an issue with the classification of Short and Long Leather Cords. In order to make them craftable, we had to change all short/long leather cords available for sale in the game AND had to change every template that makes use of them (mostly just shields).
Now, old Cords SHOULD convert when you try to assemble them with something. However, I probably missed a good number of templates that make use of them. Please post in the BUG section if you find any items not assembling properly with the cords, and I can go spiffy them up. Sorry for the trouble!
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