Imbuer and Warsmith in Dark Sun??

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#1

mols99

Jul 19, 2011 9:56:44		Our group recently decided to try out Dark Sun.  Our first attempt at it will be this coming Sunday.  Right now everyone is creating and tweeking their characters.  I will be the DM for this campaign.  One of the players just asked me a question I don't know how to answer:

 "There are some backgrounds that let you craft magic items and armor and stuff. takes a few days. Given the scarcity of items on darksun, is that background disallowed?"

Basically he's talking about Imbuer and Warsmith.

Do you allow them?  My gut feeling is to ban them, what do you think?   
#2

Alex_

Jul 19, 2011 11:59:29 		   They can't make the items out of nothing.  They need the proper materials.  I'd encourage you to allow it, but explain to the players that it's not going to be a way to get around the sacrcity situation.  When playing, take into account that they have these abilities when assigning them treasure.  If they're making all the weapons for the party, then you don't have much reason to give them that +3 axe as part of the the next pile of treasure.