kingdoms-amalur-reckoning
When considering building a character with a high amount of blacksmithing or sagecrafting it would be helpful to know more about the potential benefits of the gems that can be incorporated into equipment.
There are armor, weapon, utility and epic gems. From the names it's somewhat obvious what they are used for (ok utility isn't necessarily crystal clear). Epic gems seem to give the best buffs.
What recipes exist to create epic gems and what stats do they give?
The 45 minute limit is from after your encounter with the Fateweaver after you leave the tower (the starting dungeon). From there it is 45 minutes of gameplay (menus and dialog stop the clock), and you would seem to be limited to the area around the village of Gorhart for the duration of the demo. Areas not available will have the shimmering barrier there.
The maximum level you can gain is 40. This gives you 120 maximum ability points as you get 3 pre-picked ones in the beginning (as pointed out by RavenDreamer) and 3 with each level up.
This can be confirmed by a hands-on preview that appeared on NZGamer Feb. 1st.
Also by this image from the in-game manual:
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The formatting might still be improved, but here's the info dump for ya. These are from Pristine Quality shards.