Quote Originally Posted by WindStruck View Post
For porous wood, maybe you could coat it in a thin layer of wax?
A good plan to avoid it taking on water - a bit of the old wax and varnish! But the softness of it makes me think it'll make a bad violin based on the tension element (see IC post for rambling!) So I think we're going with the hardwood... if I can soften it temporarilly. I feel like using Shape Wood is cheating, though...

Quote Originally Posted by DeTess View Post
@mrabdiel, I feel like +3000 gp is a bit much for a tool set made of adamantine, but I also established that the price of adamantine is currently higher than normal due to a shortage, so let's just go with that price for the current situation.
Excellent.

Also, prohibitively expensive! Aiden will have to do everything else first; and then perhaps use a single adamantine chisel he borrows or something, and take a penalty!