"Bob failed in the creation of Item X"

[tinkthank]

How can one get this message?

- It's a unique item and someone else has forged it?
- There are inherent chances of failure in forging all items?
- It's a random event?

[tinkthank]

Thanks, makes sense.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Happens only when several mages try to forge the same artifact in the same turn. Of course only one of them will succeed since artifacts are unique.

[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
How can one get this message?

- It's a unique item and someone else has forged it?
- There are inherent chances of failure in forging all items?
- It's a random event? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, I can't give you a definitive answer (although I suspect the first), but I can suggest some more possibilities:

* Bob was somehow feebleminded before the forge phase (assassin? seeking arrow?) and no longer had the magic skills to forge the item.
* Bob was relying on Forge of the Ancients to be able to forge that item, but FotA was dispelled.
* A random event caused you to lose some gems so you didn't have enough.
* A random event destroyed the lab in Bob's province; you can't forge without a lab.