Did anything change with the difficulty involved with tempering tools and weapons? I've never had an issue tempering any steel weapons in a long while and all of a sudden I'm failing regularly on some items. Tools were repaired just before crafting the item.

You analyze every minute detail of the bar mace and smile knowingly to yourself.
This appears to be a type of finished metal swappable blunt weapon that is masterfully-crafted.
The mace is an intricate piece to make.
It was made by someone with much less skill than your own.
About 12 volume of metal was used in this item's construction.
The metal appears to be composed of: 100.00% medium carbon steel.
You recognize this work as your own.
Roundtime: 10 sec.


Close inspection of the completed tempering process shows it was ineffective, and caused significant damage to the mace's metal.

This is with over 1300 in forging and the Metal Weapon Tempering technique.