Daily magic and magewrights

An independent magewright repairs an enchanted kettle while a customer waits.

Useful magic is a trade as well as a talent. Sharn's streets have steady magical light, its workshops repair enchanted goods, and its transport depends on trained crews. These services are ordinary enough to become part of the daily budget. Extraordinary spells remain scarce and expensive.

Magewrights and useful skills

A magewright is a trained magical specialist. Their work can be narrow: maintaining lamps, mending goods, preparing food, or providing another repeatable service. Skill with that work does not make someone an adventuring wizard with an answer to every magical problem.

Training, tools, supplies, and working conditions all matter. A street can have reliable illumination while the housing behind it has failing facilities. A device can be common in a wealthy ward and difficult to obtain a few levels below.

Most enchanted tools perform a particular job. They need the right supplies, skilled maintenance, and someone who knows how to use them.

Personal use and commercial work

Art: Sam Keiser. Image source and credits, Eberron Wiki.

Casting a cantrip for personal use is legal. Selling spellwork, opening an independent service, or modifying a certified device can require permits, inspections, and fees. Enforcement varies by service and district. A neighborhood caster may know how to fix a problem while lacking the authorization to sell that repair.

The dragonmarked Houses bring together marked talents, unmarked skilled workers, supply chains, and specialized tools. Their scale makes useful services widely available and gives them considerable influence over the conditions of access.

A device at home

The Weavegrid links stations, registered hubs, wards, and certified equipment. A household device may operate on its own rather than remain continuously connected. Supplies, authentication, replacement parts, and maintenance contracts can still bind its owner to a provider.

Neighborhood repair and teaching circles offer another source of knowledge. They can keep tools in use and pass practical skills between households, even where the price of an approved repair is out of reach.

Source: Common Magic.