> I came across a great Pottery reference page. The content of it
> wasn't anything that most of you haven't already learned. For me
> it was enlightentment. As a naive Smith, I learned two separate
> ore + flask of water. Metal Bits. I was stuck with Sharpening
> Stones and Rusty blades to increase my skill. CLAY... Can be
> combined to get a similar Skill boost early. I'm still failing,
> but it costs less than failed Skewer sketches and components.
> Combine on wheel. 3 SMALL blocks + Flask of water to get 1 Clay
> Block. Combine 3 Clay Blocks + Flask to get 1 LARGE clay block.
> Simple. The opposite effect can be applied. Block of Clay +
> Flask yields a SMALL block of clay. (Doh). Enjoy Cleric Taven [Veeshan]

Why are you bothering to do this? Pottery was completely nerfed in the last
patch. For awhile, I made some of the poison vials (pottery's new role in
the "player based economy" lie). Then I ran across an NPC in Freeport
market that sells them for less than I can make them for. Like it mattered.
I found the rogues on E. Marr at least, to be completely uninterested in
buying vials from me (even when I dropped the price to cost). Instead, they
would simply develop pottery. When they discover they can simply buy the
vials for FAR less, they won't even do this.