So I started forging a full armour set for my Lady Dhan, but shattered two types of boots in the process after failing to fuse them together. But that's not the point of this story.
The epic fail comes in after I have realized that the newly-forged items' level requirements were ~8 levels higher than character level.
Having no crones to spare for level refinement, I now roam the forests of Par'Talucca naked, wearing nothing but my character's starting gear.
*INSERT FACEPALM HERE*