Concussive Maintenance (3.5e Skill Trick)

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Concussive Maintenance (Manipulation) Hit the machine a few times, that should get it to work.Prerequisites: Craft (any) 8 ranks, Knowledge Engineering 8 ranksBenefit: As a move action you can make a Craft or Knowledge Engineering check to briefly repair any damaged item you have at least 1 rank in a Craft skill for. The repairs are temporary, granting a number of hp equal to your skill check result, up to the item's maximum hp. The temporary hp lasts for 1 hour, after which the hp is lost.

If used on an object that had been destroyed within 1 round, you can restore it back to a semi-functional state. The item is returned to 1 hp and all functions of it are halved. Hardness is halved, damage for weapons is halved, AC bonuses are halved, and non-numerical effects only have a 50% of functioning. However, magical effects are retained, including sundered magic weapons, wands, and other items. Repairs to restore it must occur within 1 hour, otherwise the item breaks again. This skill trick cannot restore the function of objects broken for more than 1 round, or which broke from the duration of the last attempt running out. Example: Your 10 hardness and 20 hp sword gets damaged, reducing it to 3 hp. You make a Craft Metalwork check of 25, restoring it to 20 hp. After 1 hour, you drop back to 3 hp if you don't repair it for real.

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