With this skill, the character has the knowledge of glass blowing, colouration, and shaping. If the character has artistic ability, he or she may also create stained glass windows. With this skill, the character can create drinking glasses, tumblers, test tubes, lenses, and other glass items. If the character also has Artistic Ability, he or she can engage in caning, a process in which coloured glass rods are inserted into a clear glass piece of jewelry (or other item) for decorative effects.
To be hired by the Saboo Treasury for the making of glass coins and fragment coins, the artisan must have Glass Blowing (4) and Artistic Ability (4). Constructs may not take this skill, since they don’t have mouths, and cannot blow glass. They also lack the artistic sense needed to make much of anything of interest with this skill.
Critical Success: The character has created something of truly lasting value. This item can be sold for five times the normal price, and has a +2 to all item saving throws.
Critical Failure: The object created fails to withstand thermal contraction and destroys itself upon cooling. Of course, if the glass items are your money, then you’re really out of luck.