Er, you're kidding, right? I agree on the patchwork, but smithing isn't
cheap. On established servers it's usually cheaper to buy banded or skip
straight to bronze, given that the smithing market is becoming so depressed,
and places like Unrest get more low-level players in them by the day...

Elbeno
16 times blessed by Karana
Bristlebane
(Just turned master smith, broke, still in patchwork/leather that I had
since level 4 or so :-)

> From: AoS/Aosinator <darshan@...>
>
> For a cleric looking to save some money in the
> beginning, i would strongly suggest tailoring as a starting
> skill. You can
> armor yeself for relatively little money, and can save the
> rest of the cash
> for spells. As you go up in levels, you should definitely work on
> smithing, since it's relatively cheap to increase the skill
> to the point
> where you can make banded armor with relative reliability.
> Besides, it's a
> helluva lot cheaper than purchasing chain from the store!