Sigil: The City of Doors

"It is indeed.

I deduce you are not particularly used to rubbing shoulders with nobility? I guess my kin isn't a common sight in such neighborhoods."

He nodded "Makes sense. Fairly common from more well to do families from my understanding."

"Traditional education. School, additional tutoring at home and then some more homework and mandatory reading. Family emphasizes very much the importance of theoretical learning, at a first step for understanding the world."

"Mostly study, books and the like. There a fair number of tomes detailing artifice in the Harmonium's library. It indeed took time but I managed to puzzle through."

"What of you? Where did you learn the craft?"

"Not an easy subject to learn by yourself. How did you proceed? Books? Existing model to dismantle and analyze? Some sort of divine aspiration?"

Desten took the card and scanned it briefly nodding "I....suppose I could at the least have someone to consult. I am primarily self taught in these matters."

"Definitely wise not to tinker too much if you're not sure what you're doing. A faulty contact somewhere and suddenly you take an arcanic discharge at the closest range possible.

Here's my card if you need someone to look at your contraption more in depth. My prices are very reasonable as this is but a side gig for me:"

He nods "I haven't done too much tinkering with my suit, I built it to solve a particular problem and combine with some magical items for ease of use. Beyond that I've done little in the way of improving it. Still learning this sort of thing."

"Certainly. As the sixth century is around the corner, in a city with access to all the latest technologies, going for an old school armor when you can afford better sounds silly. Like wearing raw hide when you could just jump by the next shop to acquire proper clothes.

I guess that, when you are a veteran warrior with great confidence in your own fighting skills, you privilege reliability of your equipment over efficiency. But really, this is only an issue when you tinker excessively, as I must confess I have been doing as of late while trying to increase acid resistance by another threshold."

The helmeted head nodded as the bag was taken "Desten Callor of no family of particular note. Measure of the Harmonium." He replied.

"Your armor is of artifice yes?" He asked mild notes of curiosity cutting through his usual deadpan.