Changing Minimum Item Creation Time [Archive] - Wizards Community

Changing Minimum Item Creation Time [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Kenohki
10-08-03, 03:27 PM The minimum time to create a magic item is one day. But what if you changed this rule. You could produce large amounts of low-powered magic items in a short amount of time. You could even produce magic items in the dungeon.

You process 1000 base price every 8 hours (480 minutes) or 25 bp every 12 minutes. This would allow low-level mages to build a backlog faster while travelling. On a trip taking a week a mage spends the last minutes of the day putting down an unused 1st level spell. When he arrives at his destination he's got 7 scrolls.

Any thoughts?
Seeker95
10-08-03, 04:27 PM Sounds good, and I already allow "up to 1000 gp / day" in my campaign.

Your proposal does not sound unbalanced. An item creator must have the spell prepared in order to use it in the creation of a magic item. So, unless your caster actually has many 1st level spells prepared (and unused, he can only make as many scrolls or potions in a day as he has slots available restricted by the costs).

I like what you have proposed, and will use it more formally in my campaign!
Loren Pechtel
10-08-03, 11:01 PM Remember that you can't create items and do other non-mundane things during the day. Thus I don't like the rule.

My take on it: 1000gp/day of similar items. You can write 1000gp of scrolls in a day, but you can't do 500gp of scrolls and 500gp of potions.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Kenohki 10-08-03, 03:27 PM	The minimum time to create a magic item is one day. But what if you changed this rule. You could produce large amounts of low-powered magic items in a short amount of time. You could even produce magic items in the dungeon. You process 1000 base price every 8 hours (480 minutes) or 25 bp every 12 minutes. This would allow low-level mages to build a backlog faster while travelling. On a trip taking a week a mage spends the last minutes of the day putting down an unused 1st level spell. When he arrives at his destination he's got 7 scrolls. Any thoughts?
Seeker95 10-08-03, 04:27 PM	Sounds good, and I already allow "up to 1000 gp / day" in my campaign. Your proposal does not sound unbalanced. An item creator must have the spell prepared in order to use it in the creation of a magic item. So, unless your caster actually has many 1st level spells prepared (and unused, he can only make as many scrolls or potions in a day as he has slots available restricted by the costs). I like what you have proposed, and will use it more formally in my campaign!
Loren Pechtel 10-08-03, 11:01 PM	Remember that you can't create items and do other non-mundane things during the day. Thus I don't like the rule. My take on it: 1000gp/day of similar items. You can write 1000gp of scrolls in a day, but you can't do 500gp of scrolls and 500gp of potions.