Alas, it was not to be...

I woke up this morning to find that the Vana'diel clock was actually wrong in its timing, and that my favoured Darksday, Waxing Crescent (26%) actually occured some two hours earlier than I thought it did.

And so, I hurriedly bought up some ingredients, and sat down to synth, eager to push on through the 70s. Unfortunately...

Starting Goldsmithing skill: 74.3
Skillup synth: Ashura (cap 75)
Imagery Support: None
Equipment of note: Pluto's Staff
Direction: North
Location: Mog House
Moghancement: Powerful Fire
Moon phase: Darksday, Waxing Crescent (7%)

74.3
5:24 Failed- lost the gold thread, uchigatana.
5:38 Success.
5:52 Success.
6:09 Success.
6:22 Success.
6:36 Success.
6:49 Success.
7:02 Success.
7:17 Success.
7:29 Success.
7:44 Success, +0.1!

74.4
8:02 Success.

Yep. A whole twelve synths, and only a +0.1 to show for it. /sigh. The math works out to aboue 1.15m for that 0.1, making it one of the more expensive point-oh-ones I've had in a while, and pushing my total Ashura count for 74->75 way up. /sigh...

Well, I guess that's confirmation enough that if it's a bad day, just stop after three or four synths. The better question is though, what is the minimum number of synths you need to tell?