forge create <southern-style armor>forge create <southern-style weapon>
The 'forge kozane and nihonto' skill is used to create blades and armor in the Suborian style. These include weapons such as wakizashis, katanas and naginatas, and lamellar armor such as do-maru, haidate, sode, kote and suneate. The skill is also necessary for assembling finished weapons in the southern style. Southern-style weapons tend to be a little faster than their northern counterparts and have a higher base damage roll, but have less hitroll and damroll. The armor tends to be somewhat lighter than their mainland equivalents.
Due to the more precise techniques used in their manufacture, they have a greater chance to be mastercraft.
The art of forging southern-style weapons and armor includes knowledge of rare alloys that can be made from metals from the southern mainland and Suboria. They will be displayed by the 'forge list alloy' command after you learn this skill.
High strength will help you forge weapons and armor from harder metals more easily, while higher constitution will reduce the amount of movement required. A high intelligence is also helpful, especially when working with more difficult metals such as high-grade steels, mithril or adamantium.
