> [!warning] > This page is a work in progress. Information on this page is subject to change. # Painter ## Overview - **Primary Tool:** Painter's Supplies - **Primary Ability:** [[Abilities#Charisma|Charisma]] - **Available Checks:** - Determine the authenticity, age, monetary value, or condition of a painting - Identify a painter's technique, regional school, or recognizable stylistic signatures - Detect forgeries, overpainting, or concealed imagery within a work - [[#Performing Painting|Perform a painting check]] ### Creation Types | **Creations** | **Description** | | --- | --- | | Portraits | Likenesses of individuals, rendered with varying degrees of idealization or realism. Prized by nobles and merchants; occasionally used for magical identification or animation. | | Landscapes & Scenes | Depictions of places, events, or imagined vistas. May serve as artistic records, navigational references, or vehicles for hidden information. | | Decorative Works | Murals, heraldic paintings, devotional icons, and ornamental canvases. Used to beautify spaces, display political allegiance, or honor deities. | | Forgeries | Convincing replications of known artworks. Require intimate knowledge of the original artist's technique, materials, and period. | | Enchanted Paintings | Magically attuned works that may appear to move, speak, reveal hidden information, function as scrying windows, or serve as extradimensional portals. | ### Ingredient Types | **Ingredients** | **Description** | | --- | --- | | 🞛 Mixed Paints | Prepared oil, tempera, or fresco pigment blends mixed to specific hues, consistencies, and finishes. Processed from raw pigments through grinding and suspension in a medium. Colour accuracy is established at this stage. | | 🞚 Raw Pigments & Supports | Mineral and organic pigment powders, canvas, wood panels, plaster surfaces, and primed grounds. The foundational raw materials of painting; sourced from nature, trade, or specialty suppliers. | | 🞜 Mediums, Varnishes & Binders | Linseed oil, egg tempera binder, damar varnish, stand oil, and arcane fixatives. Determines paint flow, drying time, layering behavior, surface finish, and magical receptiveness in enchanted works. | ### Creation Cost & Time | **Painter Level** | **Creation Slots** | | --- | --- | | Level 0 –<br>Novice | 1 | | Level 1 –<br>Intermediate | 2 | | Level 2 –<br>Advanced | 3 | | Level 3 –<br>Superior | 4 | | Level 4 –<br>Master | 5 | All creation slots are utilized over an 8 hour period. | **Rarity** | **Painting DC** | **Painting Die** | **Slot Cost** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Common | 10 | 1d4 | 1 | | Uncommon | 15 | 1d6 | 1 | | Rare | 20 | 1d8 | 2 | | Very Rare | 25 | 1d10 | 3 | | Legendary | 30 | 1d12 | 4 | ### Performing Painting > [!faq]- Painting Creation Example > To produce a ***Watchful Portrait***, an Uncommon enchanted painting that silently alerts its owner when a creature not designated as friendly enters the room where it hangs, follow the steps below: > > **1. Gather ingredients** > The ingredients for a Watchful Portrait are: > 🞜 Arcane Linseed Varnish (Medium & Fixative) > 🞛 Azurite & Ochre Paint Mix (Mixed Paints) > 🞚 Raw Azurite & Yellow Ochre Pigment > For this example, we'll assume Arcane Linseed Varnish has been purchased from an arcanist's supplier. > > **2. Roll a painting check to determine the quality and potency of the work.** > The DC is equal to... > *the rarity of the creation* — *your painter level* — *your [[Abilities#Charisma|Charisma]] modifier* (minimum of 0) — *your proficiency bonus* (only if proficient with Painter's Supplies) > - Upon success, you waste no materials and the painting is completed to full specification. > - Upon [[#Failing A Painting Check|failure]], you waste materials and the process takes longer. > > **3. Mix the paints.** > In this case, you succeed and now need to grind and mix ***Azurite & Ochre Paint*** from raw pigment, which costs 1d6 *portions of Raw Pigment* — *Charisma modifier* (minimum of 0) per painting. > > **4. Add remaining ingredients.** > All other listed ingredients are consumed at a 1-to-1 ratio unless otherwise stated. > In this example, 1 portion of Arcane Linseed Varnish is consumed. ### Failing A Painting Check On a failed painting check, roll a *painting die* — *your painter level* to see how many ingredients are lost (resulting in a minimum of 1). You must roll separately for both *mixed paints* and *raw pigments & supports*. For time wasted (resulting in a minimum of 1 hour), roll a *painting die* — *your proficiency bonus* (only if you are proficient with Painter's Supplies). ## Recipes Painting techniques for enchanted and historically significant works are jealously guarded within artists' ateliers and arcane academies. Reference works include: - *The Painter's Primer* — Foundational techniques for portraits, landscapes, and decorative work. - *The Living Canvas: Enchanted Painting* — Advanced methods for animated portraits, scrying surfaces, and extradimensional works.