The forge and the alchemist's table

Smiths forge by hand. At the anvil, every /craft opens the forge: work the bellows until the iron glows cherry red, strike when the hammer is over the mark (six blows, and reheat if it cools), then quench it at straw yellow. How well you work sets the piece's quality, from I to IV. A masterwork is remembered among your deeds. At the apothecary's table, potions follow the recipe in the book: pour the wine, add the right herbs in the right order, grind what must be ground, keep the fire in the band while it boils, and distil. Follow it well and you brew a strong potion; slip and it comes out weak. There are ten recipes, from chamomile decoction to Saviour Schnapps. Herbalists pick the herbs.