This skill is usually combined with other skills to produce works of art. For instance, Artistic Ability and Stone Crafting can produce a sculptor. Artistic Ability and Read/Write can produce a novelist or playwright. Artistic Ability combined with Singing and Musical Instrument allows the character to be a composer. Many such combinations can be made with Artistic Ability. Living Constructs may take this skill, but Awakened Constructs cannot. To truly have artistic ability, one must have a soul.
Critical Success: The artist has created a truly valuable piece of work; something memorable that increases in value as the years pass.
Critical Failure: The artist thinks he or she has created something of truly lasting and appreciative value -- until the artist tries to actually sell this creation; then the ridicule has only begun!
1. The artist can scrape by on his talent, provided he has a part time job.
2. The artist is favored in local circles; can make a living.
3. The artist is generally known and liked. Some of his works will increase in value after his death. Lives a middle class lifestyle.
4. The character is an elite artist, renowned for skill, precision, inspiration, and craftsmanship. His artwork increases in value before he's dead