Shortly after the padding changes went into effect, I went through a flurry of difficulty testing with my mage.

Maybe the project I was most excited about was my set of Honey badger plate (2x MDP, steel, 10% Nature resist and T4 ensorcell). Mage tested it and got the 'you should only fail if horribly unlucky' message on Sunday afternoon, so I poured a tempering potion on it successfully and let it sit until Monday.

On Monday, same mage cast 925 to check timing on the temper, and got messaging saying that he would need a miracle to perform the enchant. Both tests were in the guild workshop, with a familiar out, unencumbered and uninjured.

I've heard other wizards have had some success with low enchants on masterful gear, and given the weird change of difficulty reading wondering if my plate is behaving correctly given the intended difficulty of enchanting padding.

In posting here I'm hoping for one of two things: either another mage who has had some success with masterful weighted/padded items speaks up who might be able to test my plate for difficulty, or a GM to chime in whether this item should be within reach or not for my wizard. Its really the change in messaging that has me wondering, and I'm glad I used 925 to check the temper rather than 405, where I might have just cast blindly based on the initial read.

Skills are posted below. Thanks for any help!



Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 20 4
Combat Maneuvers...................| 140 40
Physical Fitness...................| 201 101
Arcane Symbols.....................| 302 202
Magic Item Use.....................| 302 202
Spell Aiming.......................| 302 202
Harness Power......................| 302 202
Elemental Mana Control.............| 201 101
Elemental Lore - Earth.............| 201 101
Perception.........................| 201 101
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 150 50

Spell Lists
Major Elemental....................| 101

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 82

Spell Lists
Wizard.............................| 101

When enchanting the final 7x cast on Hoy's 6x ethereal armor:

Unless you are horribly unlucky, you should have no trouble enchanting a full suit of golvern-linked coat-of-plates.

You channel at a full suit of golvern-linked coat-of-plates.

Something doesn't seem right...

Visible wisps of essence dance across the surface of the golvern-linked coat-of-plates as you chant quietly, your sure gestures guiding them to slowly coalesce into small softly glowing runic symbols. Glancing over the formation of the runes, your chant falters as you notice their forms contorting oddly. You gather something has gone terribly wrong.

Roundtime: 20 sec.


And now it's locked. :(

I've literally never failed a single cast of anything ever in my entire time in GS. Unencumbered, familiar in the workshop with me, 202 MIU, 202 EMC, 101 wizard ranks, I have every relevant magical skill maxed.

I suppose it's possible I was "horribly unlucky" but I've been hearing of others having the same issues on what are normally no brainer casts since the W/P/S changes even with Gift of Eonak up.

Just in case something screwy is going on behind the scenes.


~ Methais

>That's the 3% fumble message.

Fantastic.

I wonder what the Ensorcell 3% fumble message looks like...

~ Methais

Boost gift of Eonak running?