Ug Ogg
Ug Ogg is a djelian armourer who makes and sells custom armour in his smithy located in the Djelian Guard Barracks in Djelibeybi.
He used to live in Lancre but left. He occasionally mumbles something about too many witches back in Lancre and that he won't ever go back.
Specific armour pieces ordered or just previewed can be found in the Ug Ogg Armours page, except for shields which can be found in Ug Ogg Shields.
Contents
Cracked stone information
Comparative information about the performance of materials and types of armour is written in djelian on the cracked stone in the armoury.
Materials
Padding cloth is the cheapest, lightest and worse vurdering material, followed by padding leather.
worst | best | ||||||||||
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effectiveness | bone | silver | copper | stone | leather | wooden | bronze | brass / metal | iron | steel | Klatchian steel |
heaviest | lightest | ||||||||||
weight | silver / copper | stone / brass / bronze / iron / Klatchian steel / metal / steel | wood / bone | leather | |||||||
most expensive | cheapest | ||||||||||
cost | Klatchian steel | steel | silver | iron | bronze | brass | copper / metal / wood | stone | leather | bone | cloth |
Type of armour
Chain armour can only be made from metal.
Also, it seems that chain armour might be in a different layer than plate and other types. research If this has been marked on a page, it's because there was something that probably isn't known, that the person who edited the page thinks could be found out. Perhaps you could figure this thing out, and be famous evermore.
Furthermore, armours that are both plate and mail can block each other, for example skirt and miniskirt.
worst | best | |||||
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vs all | padding | brigandine / scale | lamellar / banded | chain | plate / shield | |
worst | best | |||||
vs blunt | chain | padding | brigandine / scale / plate | lamellar / banded | shield | |
worst | best | |||||
vs sharp | padding | brigandine / scale | lamellar / banded | chain | shield | plate |
worst | best | |||||
vs pierce | padding | lamellar / banded | brigandine / scale | chain | plate / shield | |
heaviest | lightest | |||||
weight | plate / shield | chain | lamellar / banded | brigandine / scale | padding | |
most expensive | cheapest | |||||
cost | plate / shield | chain | lamellar / banded | brigandine / scale | padding |
Categories
Ug Ogg lists his armour in categories.
Please be advised that while armours appear in a single category this doesn't translate into coverage of a single zone or multiple zones. For example, skirts cover legs and abdomen, but skirts are not in the groin category. Greaves cover only legs but are together with skirts in the legs category.
Actual coverage is best discovered by checking what a normal item with the same base name (i.e. skirt, greaves, gloves, socks, etc.) covers before ordering some expensive piece. The same goes for finding out conflicting armours and clothes, try with a cheap mundane version. Occasionally this doesn't work.
Parts enclosed in [ ] are optional.
Types of armour separated by a : vurdere the same and such groups are enclosed in ( ), while those separated by a | do not vurdere the same.
padding
- padded cap / shirt / undershirt / underwear / trousers / socks / skirt / underskirt / jumpsuit
The only materials available for padding armours are cloth and leather.
- A padded cap protects the head and hair.
- A padded shirt protects the back, chest and arms.
- A padded undershirt protects the back and chest.
- A padded underwear protects the abdomen.
- The padded trousers / padded skirt / padded underskirt protect the legs and abdomen.
- The padded socks protect the feet.
- A padded jumpsuit protects the back, chest, arms, legs and abdomen.
neck
- [ (plate : plate mail) | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] bevor / collar / gorget
- [ (chain : mail : chain mail : link mail) | lamellar | (brigandine : scale) ] camail / aventail / collar / gorget
- All pieces in the neck category protect the neck.
head
- bascinet / cabacete / barbute / burgonet / morion / armet / spangenhelm / sallet / cabasset
- [ kettle : close : boar : conical : great : skull : plumed : winged : horned : frog-mouthed : visored ] helm / helmet
- [ (mail : chain mail : link mail) | lamellar | (brigandine : scale) ] coif
- A coif protects the head, hair and neck, in its own layer.
- The other head pieces are equivalent and protect the head, hair, eyes and face (although only head and hair if the visor is not lowered).
torso
- [ (plate : plate mail : muscled) | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] cuirass
- [ (chain : mail : chain mail : link mail) | lamellar | (brigandine : scale) ] haubergeon / shirt / jacket / hauberk / byrnie
- [ muscled | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] breastplate / backplate
- [ (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] halter / brassiere / bikini top
- A hauberk protects the chest, back, abdomen, arms and legs.
- A breastplate protects the chest and abdomen.
- A backplate protects the back.
- A cuirass and byrnie protect the chest, back and abdomen.
- The haubergeon, shirt and jacket protect the chest, back and arms. The haubergeon and jacket share a layer, while the shirt is on a seperate one.
- The brassiere, halter and bikini top protect the chest and back.
arms
- [ (plate : plate mail) | (chain : mail : chain mail : link mail) | lamellar | (brigandine : scale) ] gauntlets / mittens / gloves / bracers / vambraces
- banded bracers / vambraces
- The gauntlets, mittens, and gloves protect the hands, all at the same layer.
- The bracers and vambraces protect the arms, all at the same layer.
legs
- [ (plate : plate mail) | (chain : mail : chain mail : link mail) | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] hosen / chausses / greaves / skirt
- The greaves and chausses protect the legs.
- The skirts and hosen protect the abdomen and legs, but are at different layers - the skirt will collide with the miniskirt; the hosen will collide with the padded trousers.
groin
- [ (plate : plate mail) | (chain : mail : chain mail : link mail) | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] miniskirt / protective / underwear
- A miniskirt protects the abdomen and legs.
- The other pieces in the groin category protect the abdomen.
- The miniskirts and protectives conflict with suspender belts and the underwears are in another layer.
feet
- [ (chain : mail : chain mail : link mail) | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] socks / chaucers
- [ (plate : plate mail) | (banded : lamellar) | (brigandine : scale) ] boots / sabatons
- All pieces in the feet category protect the feet.
shields
- [ small | (nothing aka medium) | large ] buckler
- [ small | (nothing aka medium) | large ] [ diamond : targe : circle : disc : round : two star : square : aegis : kite : teardrop : oval : heater : rectangular : scutum : tower : wall ] shield
- [ large ] three star shield
To pick the medium size, just do not put small or large before the shield type.
- All small shields protect the arms and hands.
- All medium shields protect the arms, hands and chest.
- All large shields protect the arms, hands, abdomen and chest.
furniture
- decorative [ diamond : targe : circle : disc : round : two star : square : aegis : kite : teardrop : oval : heater : three star : rectangular : scutum : tower : wall ] shield
- decorative buckler
- Furniture can be placed and kept in a player house or a player shop.
Ordering process
To order armours from Ug Ogg you only need to type your choice, not say it.
To stop at any time before seeing the final result you can type end, to refuse the armour when it is presented type no.
Armour Type
You can order one of the the pieces listed in Categories.
order <armour type>
Material
If ordering padding, you can choose between: cloth / leather.
For chain armour and variants only the metal options are available: bronze / brass / copper / iron / Klatchian steel / metal / silver / steel.
Otherwise, you can also choose: bone / leather / wooden.
For shields you can also choose: stone.
The Materials section can help you select a material.
This affects the short name of the piece, which becomes: <material> <armour type>.
Style
You need to choose a style: Agatean / antique / archery / Auriental / barbarian / cavalry / Djelian / dwarven / Ephebian / Genuan / gothic / guard / hunter / Imperial / infantry / Klatchian / knightly / Lancrastian / legionary / mercenary / military / Morporkian / nondescript / ornamental / pirate / regal / riding / ruffian / sailor / samurai / soldier / swashbuckler / thug / Tsortean / Uberwaldean
Order research indicates that this options does not change the cost, it only adds an hidden adjective to the resulting armour and the word in the description.
Treatment
You can optionally choose to add a treatment.
This adds a visible adjective to the short name of the piece, which becomes: <treatment> <material> <armour type>.
Treatments available for all armour are :
- blackened / cracked / darkened / pitted / pocked / smooth / stained / studded / warped / waxed / worn
Treatments available only for metal armour (bronze / brass / copper / iron / klatchian steel / metal / silver / steel) are :
- anodized / blinding / chipped / corroded / dented / dull / galvanized / gilded / gleaming / glimmering / glossy / lustrous / polished / rusty / seared / shiny / tarnished / tempered
For every treatment, the cost of the item is increased by a percentage of the base cost. The percentage for each treatment is in the following table.
Treatment | % base cost increase |
Available for |
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anodized | 4 | Metal |
blackened | 4 | All |
blinding | 5 | Metal |
chipped | 1 | Metal |
corroded | 0.6 | Metal |
cracked | 0.4 | All |
darkened | 3 | All |
dented | 0.2 | Metal |
dull | 0.2 | Metal |
galvanized | 2 | Metal |
gilded | 6 | Metal |
gleaming | 4.4 | Metal |
glimmering | 4.6 | Metal |
glossy | 3.8 | Metal |
lustrous | 3.6 | Metal |
pitted | 0.6 | All |
pocked | 0.8 | All |
polished | 1.6 | Metal |
rusty | 0.4 | Metal |
seared | 0.6 | Metal |
shiny | 2 | Metal |
smooth | 1 | All |
stained | 0.2 | All |
studded | 2 | All |
tarnished | 0.8 | Metal |
tempered | 2 | Metal |
warped | 1 | All |
waxed | 2 | All |
worn | 0.4 | All |
Quality
You must then select the quality of the materials: inferior / low / medium / high / premium.
This is visible in the description of the item and should modify the characteristics of the piece.
Trim
For some armour types you can opt to add trim. Some types of armour might require trim.
All choices seem available for the different materials.
Order research did not reveal any changes except the increase in price. Ug Ogg's weight estimation and vurdere seemed unaffected.
If choose to add trim you need to pick a trim type, which adds a percentage on the item's base price as described in the following table.
Trim | % base cost increase |
Type |
---|---|---|
black | 0.5 | colour |
blue | 0.5 | colour |
brass | 1.75 | metal |
bronze | 2 | metal |
brown | 0.5 | colour |
chrome | 2 | metal |
copper | 1 | metal |
gold | 5 | metal |
green | 0.5 | colour |
grey | 0.5 | colour |
iron | 2.5 | metal |
octiron | 10 | metal |
orange | 0.5 | colour |
pink | 0.5 | colour |
platinum | 6.25 | metal |
purple | 0.5 | colour |
red | 0.5 | colour |
silver | 3.25 | metal |
steel | 4 | metal |
tin | 0.75 | metal |
white | 0.5 | colour |
yellow | 0.5 | colour |
Coat of arms
For some armours you can optionally add your coat of arms.
You won't be offered this option for chain or lamellar armour. Also some armour types like collar and cuirass don't offer it.
It will add 1.67 % of the base cost to the purchase price.
If you also add a symbol the line added looks like:
- Embossed upon [ it | them ] is the coat of arms of <your name> of <locale>, featuring a <symbol modifier> <symbol colour> <symbol type> on a <symbol background colour> background.
Locale
You need to select what area you want associated with you on the coat of arms.
The options are:
agatea | al khali | ankh | ankh-morpork |
the bay of mante | bad ass | bes pelargic | betrek |
the be trobi islands | blackglass | the blade mountains | bois |
bonk | borogravia | brass neck | brindisi |
the brown islands | the caderack mountains | cape terror | the carrack mountains |
chimeria | chirm | copperhead | cori celesti |
the counterweight continent | creel springs | crinix | the cutshade forest |
the dark empire | dinky | djelibeybi | dunmanifestin |
ecalpon | ee | elharib | ell kinte |
the elven realm | ephebe | the ephebian desert | eritor |
escrow | farferee | feruss | genua |
gebra | ghat | the gorunna trench | the gulf of tezuma |
the great nef | the hammerock mountains | hangdog | heliodeliphilodelphiboschromenos |
hergen | hersheba | hillshire | holywood |
howondaland | h'rull | the hublands | hunghung |
istanzia | khanli | klatchistan | kom |
krull | ku | kythia | lake yo yo |
lancre | the land of fog | laotan | leshp |
llamedos | mad stoat | mad wolf | mithos |
morpork | the morpork mountains | mouldavia | mount awayawa |
mount raruaruaha | the mountains of the sun | muntab | nafooi |
no thingfjord | nowhere | ohulan cutash | omnia |
the orohai peninsula | pekan ford | powderknife | pseudopolis |
purdeighsland | quirm | the ramtop mountains | razorback |
the rehigreed province | rham nitz | saddleback | s'belinde |
scrogden | scrote | the shades | sheepridge |
the skund forest | slakki | slice | slippery hollow |
smale | sto lat | sto helit | sto kerrig |
the sto plains | sum dim | sumtri | syrrit |
t'etse | tezuma | ting ling | the tito desert |
tramplona | the trollbone mountains | tsort | the tsort desert |
uberwald | urabewe | ushistan | ur |
the valley of listening monks | vanglemesh | the vortex plains | whale bay |
the w'ung district | wyrmberg | xxxx | ymitury |
zabingo |
Symbol
Whether or not you added a coat of arms you can add a symbol of your choice to the piece if you are not ordering chain armour or variants thereof.
It will add 0.56 % of the base cost to the purchase price.
Symbol colour background
If you selected a coat of arms, you need to select one of: black / blue / brass / bronze / brown / chrome / copper / gold / green / grey / iron / octiron / orange / pink / platinum / purple / red / silver / steel / tin / white / yellow
Symbol categories
The symbols are grouped into categories. Each category also has its own modifiers.
crawlers
Symbols:
- ant / beetle / centipede / cockroach / crab / earwig / ladybird / lobster / millipede / praying mantis / scorpion / spider / stick insect / termite
Modifiers:
- crawling / creeping / disgusting / giant / scaly / slimy / squashed
flyers
Symbols:
- albatross / bat / bee / butterfly / chicken / condor / crane / crow / dodo / dove / dragonfly / duck / eagle / falcon / fly / fruitbat / goose / griffin / hawk / heron / horsefly / hummingbird / ibis / moth / nighthawk / ostrich / owl / parakeet / parrot / pegasus / pelican / phoenix / pigeon / puffin / raven / robin / sea gull / sea hawk / sphinx / swallow / swan / vulture / warbler / wasp / woodpecker
Modifiers:
- aerodynamic / alighting / choking / climbing / dead / decrepit / diving / doubleheaded / falling / flapping / fledgling / fluttering / flying / giant / glaring / gliding / hovering / landing / large / nesting / old / posing / small / soaring / tiny
mammals
Symbols:
- aardvark / anteater / antelope / armadillo / badger / bison / bobcat / buffalo / camel / caribou / cat / cheetah / chimera / chimpanzee / chihuaua / cougar / coyote / dog / donkey / elephant / elk / ermine / ferret / fox / gecko / gibbon / giraffe / goat / gorilla / grasshopper / greyhound / grflx / grizzly bear / hare / hedgehog / hog / horse / hyena / jaguar / kangaroo / koala / lamb / lemur / leopard / lion / lynx / mammoth / mastadon / mole / mongrel / moose / mutt / ocelot / opossum / orangutan / panda / pig / platypus / polar bear / poodle / rabbit / raccoon / rhinoceros / sheep / shrew / skunk / sloth / stallion / swine / tiger / unicorn / warthog / weasel / wildebeest / wolf / wolverine / wombat / womble / yak / zebra
Modifiers:
- charging / flatulant / reclining / rampaging / rampant / rearing / running / sleeping / spotted / striped
misc
Symbols:
- anchor / ankh / anvil / bone / bridge / candle / circle / corpse / crescent / cross / demon / djinn / egg / feather / flame / gate / imp / key / lantern / octagon / octagram / pentagram / rectangle / sausage / sigil / skull / skull and crossbones / spiral / square / star / torch / tower / triangle / wall / wheel / zombie
Modifiers:
- artistic / big / broken / geometric / large / little / magical / magnificent / mystical / misshapen / occult / sketched / small / tiny / warped / upsidedown
plants
Symbols:
- apple / bird of paradise / cabbage / carrot / clover / cornucopia / cucumber / fleur de lis / four leaf clover / grapes / hemp leaf / hemp plant / herbs / hyacinth / ivy vine / lilac / lily / leaf / lemon / maple leaf / maple tree / melon / monkshood / mushroom / oak leaf / oak tree / orange / orchid / pansy / raspberry / rose / skunk cabbage / strawberry / tree / tulip / vine / world tree
Modifiers:
- blooming / crumpled / dead / dessicated / flourishing / flowering / fresh / pressed / rotten / wilted / wilting
religious
Symbols:
Alohura, goddess of lightning | Astoria, goddess of love | Azrael, master of death | Bast, the cat-headed god |
Bel-shamharoth, eater of souls | Bibulous, god of wine | Bilious, oh god of hangovers | Blind Io, chief of the gods |
Bunu, goat-headed god of goats | Cephut, god of cutlery | the Bogeyman | Chance |
Chefet, dog-headed god of metalwork | the Cheerful Fairy | Chondrodite, god of love | Cubal, the fire god |
Death, the harvester of souls | Destiny | Duke Drazemoth the putrid demon | the Eater of Socks |
the Electric Drill Chuck Key Fairy | Famine, horseman of the apocralypse | Fate | Fedecks, messenger of the gods |
Fhez, crocodile-headed god of the lower djel | Fish, god of sea creatures | Flatulus, god of the winds | Foorgol, god of avalanches |
Gapp, god of fine clothing | Gigalith, god of wisdom | the Glingleglingleglingle Fairy, herald of fairies | the god of Indigestion |
Grune, god of unseasonal fruit | Gufnork, god of fluff | Hat, vulture-headed god of unexpected guests | Herne the Hunted, god of small furry creatures |
Herpentine Triskeles | the Hogfather, god of pig killing | Hoki of the Woods, god of jokesters | Hotologa Andrews |
Hyperopia, goddess of shoes | Jack Frost | Jeht, boatman of the solar orb | Jimi, god of beggars |
Juf, cobra-head god of papyrus | Ket, ibis-headed god of justice | Khefin, two-faced god of gateways | Lady Bon Anna |
Lady Luck, the goddess who must not be named | Mister Safeway | The Moon Goddess | Nuggan |
Offler, the crocodile god | Old Man Trouble | Om the omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent | Ordpor the Tasteless |
P'tant P'tang, the newt god | Patina, goddess of wisdom | Pestilence, horseman of the apocralypse | Petulia, goddess of negotiable affection |
Pishe, goddess of slight showers | Put, lion-headed god of justice | Quezovercoatl, god of human sacrifices | Reg, god of club musicians |
Sandelfon, god of corridors | the Sandman | Sarduk, goddess of caves | the Scissor Man |
Scrab, pusher of the ball of the sun | the Sea Queen | Sek, the seven-handed god | Sessifet, goddess of the afternoon |
Silicarous, god of good fortune | Silur, the catfish-headed god | Skelde, spirit of the smoke | the Sky God |
Smimto, god of wine | the Soul Cake Duck | Soyin, the wandering god | the Stealer of Pencils |
Steikhegel, god of isolated cow byres | Stride Wide Man | Teg, horse-headed god of agriculture | Thrrp, charioteer of the sun |
the Tooth Fairy | Topaxci, god of the red mushroom | Tuvelpit, god of wine | Tzut, snake-headed god of the upper djel |
Umcherrel, soul of the forest | Urglefloggah, loathly guardian of the dread portal | Vut, dog-headed god of the evening | War, horseman of the apocralypse |
What, sky goddess | the Wisdom Tooth Goblin | the Verruca Gnome | Zephyrus, god of slight breezes |
Modifiers:
- bloody / bright / consecrated / dark / desecrated / dismal / holy / glowing / pure / sacred / shining / unholy / warped
reptiles
Symbols:
- alligator / anaconda / boa constrictor / copperhead / crocodile / dragon / garter snake / iguana / komodo dragon / lizard / python / rattlesnake / salamander / snake / swamp dragon / turtle / wyvyrn
Modifiers:
- bug-eyed / clawed / crouching / hissing / leathery / scaly / sunning / swimming
rodents
Symbols:
- beaver / chinchilla / chipmunk / coney / gerbil / gopher / guinea pig / hamster / kangaroo rat / lemming / marmot / mouse / muskrat / packrat / porcupine / prairie-dog / rat / squirrel / vermine / vole / woodchuck
Modifiers:
- bristling / eating / furry / fuzzy / gnawing / nibbling / sleeping
swimmers
Symbols:
- alligator / carp / crane / crocodile / curious squid / dolphin / duck / eel / fish / frog / goldfish / goose / hippopotamus / leech / manatee / octopus / otter / pelican / penguin / porpoise / salmon / seagull / seal / sea lion / sea otter / shark / squid / swan / toad / tortoise / walrus / whale
Modifiers:
- attacking / beached / dead / diving / leaping / netted / paddling / swimming / threatening
weapons
Symbols:
- arrow / axe / bastard sword / blowpipe / bo / bolt / bow / chain / cleaver / club / crossbow / crowbar / cudgel / cutlass / dagger / dart / dirk / flail / foil / gladius / halberd / javelin / jian / jiann / jo / katana / khopesh / knife / knuckle duster / kodachi / long sword / mace / mallet / morning star / naginata / ninjato / nodachi / pickaxe / pollax / poniard / quarterstaff / quill / rapier / rubber knife / scimitar / scythe / short sword / sickle / slingshot / sode-garami / spear / staff / stake / stiletto / sword / sword breaker / tachibo / tanto / tetsubo / throwing knife / trident / wakizashi / warhammer / whip
Modifiers:
- antique / bloody / broken / dented / dull / pitted / rusty / sharp / shiny / vintage
Symbol colours
Between the symbols and the modifiers you need to pick the colors of the symbol:
- black / blue / brass / bronze / brown / chrome / copper / gold / green / grey / iron / octiron / orange / pink / platinum / purple / red / silver / steel / tin / white / yellow
Lining
For some items you can also have it lined.
- Some armour like brigandine or scale armour or jackets of some materials require lining, it is not optional.
- You can't add lining to padded armour, lamellar armour or some items like the banded cuirass.
The material selected influences the cost of the item in the following fashion:
Lining material |
% base cost increase |
---|---|
cloth | 0.2 |
cotton | 0.2 |
hemp | 0.6 |
leather | 2 |
linen | 0.4 |
silk | 1 |
The colours available:
- black / blue / brown / green / grey / orange / pink / purple / red / white / yellow
Colours do not seem to influence the cost.
Result
At this point you should have given all the options Ug needs to give you information about what you'll get if you order.
Short Name
The short name, that is what you see when you look at the container where the object is, is based on the options selected as follow:
Ug shows you the <treatment> <material> <armour type>.
Description
The description is then displayed, derived from your choices:
This <treatment> <style> <armour type> is made from <quality> grade <material>. <coat of arms/symbol> <lining/trim>
Weight
Ug then gives you an estimate of how much it will weigh.
Weight is derived from the areas the armour covers, and the vurdere info which depends on the material, armour type and quality.
For klatchian steel, the relative weight of each area is as follow:
Zone | Factor |
---|---|
head face hair | 2 |
neck | 1 |
hands | 1 |
arms | 3 |
chest | 4 |
back | 3 |
abdomen | 3 |
legs | 6 |
feet | 2 |
These values do not seem to work for padded armour. Possible reasons include: they are not homogeneous but rather different types of armour like plate vs brigandine; low weight items work differently; quantum; a wizard did it.
No other options seem to make a difference in the weights Ug Ogg reports. It is possible that a small variation too small for the precision of Ug Ogg's estimates exists.
Vurdere
Ug then tells you what the vurdere of the object will be, but he doesn't tell you what will be covered.
The vurdere is a combination of the material, armour type and quality.
Cost
Before you agree to the order, Ug also tells you the price you'll have to pay on collecting the armour.
The combination of material and type of armour gives the base price.
Then percentage modifiers (treatment, quality, trim, coat of arms, symbol and lining) are added. Multiple modifiers do not affect each other, they are based on the base price. For example, adding a treatment does not make lining more expensive.
Then there are modifiers based on the guild of the one ordering.
- Ug favors warriors with a lower price, while charging more for witches and even more for thieves. research If this has been marked on a page, it's because there was something that probably isn't known, that the person who edited the page thinks could be found out. Perhaps you could figure this thing out, and be famous evermore.
Time until it is ready
After you decide to order, Ug will tell you when the armour will be ready. research If this has been marked on a page, it's because there was something that probably isn't known, that the person who edited the page thinks could be found out. Perhaps you could figure this thing out, and be famous evermore.
While this could be based on a lot of factors, the simplest explanation is that it could be related to the price (which is based on the lot of factors). research If this has been marked on a page, it's because there was something that probably isn't known, that the person who edited the page thinks could be found out. Perhaps you could figure this thing out, and be famous evermore.
The time needed seems to range from a few roundworld hours for the cheapest padded pieces to 2 or 3 days for the biggest pieces made in klatchian steel.