A Test of Technique

A Test of Technique

Quest giver

Geva

Location

Old Gridania (X:12.6, Y:7.9)

Class

Leatherworker

Level

5

Required items

3   Leather Choker

Experience

 1,434

Gil

 194

Previous quest

My First Head Knife

Next quest

Geva's Gambit

Patch

2.0

“

Guildmaster Geva wishes to evaluate your progress.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 200   Earth Shard
• 150   Wind Shard
• 1   Amateur's Awl

In addition to the above, choose one of the following options:

• 1   Hempen Bandana
• 1   Hempen Chausses
• 1   Maple Pattens
• 3   Allagan Tin Piece

Steps

• Deliver 3 leather chokers to Geva.

Journal

• Guildmaster Geva wishes to evaluate your progress.

• In order to evaluate your progress, Geva instructs you to prepare three leather chokers. Craft the items as requested and present them to her.

• Geva declares your workmanship satisfactory─for a jobbing leatherworker. She rewards you with a recruit's awl and reminds you to work hard if you wish to rise from obscurity and become a famous craftswoman.

Dialogue

Geva: Getting used to that knife I gave you? Gods know it doesn't happen very often, but you've chanced to find me unoccupied. How about you show me what you've learned?
Geva: Let's see you make three leather chokers.
Geva: After all, there's more to our craft than simply tanning hides, and chokers are just about the simplest things one can make.
Geva: You'll need circles of leather and animal sinew to accomplish this task. Osgyth can provide the sinew, and I'm sure you recall the method for making leather.
Geva: I hope your technique has improved since last time.
Geva: Now, while we have an ample stock of skins, there are other means of procuring your materials.
Geva: Hunting for your own pelts, for instance. Aye, I know what I said about that before. But that was about assuming it was necessary. Choosing to do so is another matter. Indeed, it may teach you to appreciate the source of your livelihood.
Geva: Not all leatherworkers are wont to choose this method...but you are an adventurer, are you not?
Geva: When you've finished your work, bring your chokers here for inspection.

Delivering the chokers

Geva: You've finished your work, then?

Cutscene

Geva: I suppose there is no denying that these are leather chokers.
Geva: If truth be told, an opo-opo could've achieved similar results given skins, sinew, and time.
Geva: Oh, but I don't mean to make light of your efforts. You fulfilled the order precisely as requested—a job well done.
Geva: Now then, I will teach you something to supplement your learning.
Geva: Through physical training, the body can be made strong and resistant to injury. Not so the throat, which ever remains a vulnerable point.
Geva: Although a leather choker provides less protection than a metal gorget, its simple design makes it ideal for everyday applications.
Geva: This simplicity also makes it an ideal choice for beginners practicing basic techniques—and for guildmasters assessing their progress.
Geva: As you are, you would make a passable leatherworker—one among the nameless multitudes who scrape a living out there. Whether you rise to become something more is contingent upon your efforts.
Geva: Consider this amateur's awl a reward for your efforts.
Geva: You will find it an indispensable partner to the head knife as you continue your training.
Geva: Now, I must return to my work. If you chance to find me unoccupied again, mayhap I will teach you something else.
Geva: Till then, keep your nose to the grindstone!