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Creating a custom item to replace a furnance. PEACH

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#1
rhig
Jul 24, 2009 3:13:45 Hello. I'm creating an artificer in 3.5 D&D campaign, and I'm looking to make a magic item that can be used in weapon and armor creation as a heat source, without it taking up as much space as a furnance and an anvil. I was thinking of a magic plate that heats any metal it touches, as with the Heat Metal spell, only this allows crafing metal items. My DM approved, but we're having trouble coming up with a price, because it doesn't emulate the spell to the letter, it creates a new effect by relying on that spell.
If it's not too much of a bother, could you please try and estimate how much such an item should cost, with an explanation? Or maybe come up with another item tha achieves the same goal? Or maybe help me perfect the little kinks in this item?
#2
zoraker
Jul 24, 2009 6:53:08 i havent played 3.5 but i wont to. dont no if i will be any help but why dont you try 800 gp or an armour that covers your body with magic liquid metal that can shape the guantlets part(were the hands are) into a weapon of your choice and the other and into a shield.
#3
rhig
Jul 24, 2009 8:47:17
i havent played 3.5 but i wont to. dont no if i will be any help but why dont you try 800 gp or an armour that covers your body with magic liquid metal that can shape the guantlets part(were the hands are) into a weapon of your choice and the other and into a shield.

I'm not trying to create an item that allows me to switch metal items into other items instantly, I want a magic item that takes up less space than a furnance used to crafting weapons and armors but still functions the same way. It doesn't need any in-combat use.
#4
zoraker
Jul 24, 2009 9:13:46 sorry about that dude didnt no.

ha what about a sword that also as a magicle barrier

note: sorry to be a noob but can you tell me what a furnance is so i have a better idea on what you whant
#5
pluisjen
Jul 24, 2009 9:15:50 A furnace is a big oven. It's used to craft weapons.

As for a price... since it's mostly a fluff item, does it really matter? Just make it twice or three times as expensive as a normal furnace + anvil or something
#6
matthewswift
Jul 24, 2009 13:31:09 "Cord of the Forge"

priced as a scroll of heat metal, and spell book, and costs as much as a furnace to use...

Once a day, when this mystic cord is wrapped around a metal object and the activation phrase is spoken it heats the metal as the heat metal spell with the additional property that it may be used in the place of a furnace in the creation of items.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 rhig Jul 24, 2009 3:13:45	Hello. I'm creating an artificer in 3.5 D&D campaign, and I'm looking to make a magic item that can be used in weapon and armor creation as a heat source, without it taking up as much space as a furnance and an anvil. I was thinking of a magic plate that heats any metal it touches, as with the Heat Metal spell, only this allows crafing metal items. My DM approved, but we're having trouble coming up with a price, because it doesn't emulate the spell to the letter, it creates a new effect by relying on that spell. If it's not too much of a bother, could you please try and estimate how much such an item should cost, with an explanation? Or maybe come up with another item tha achieves the same goal? Or maybe help me perfect the little kinks in this item?
#2 zoraker Jul 24, 2009 6:53:08	i havent played 3.5 but i wont to. dont no if i will be any help but why dont you try 800 gp or an armour that covers your body with magic liquid metal that can shape the guantlets part(were the hands are) into a weapon of your choice and the other and into a shield.
#3 rhig Jul 24, 2009 8:47:17	i havent played 3.5 but i wont to. dont no if i will be any help but why dont you try 800 gp or an armour that covers your body with magic liquid metal that can shape the guantlets part(were the hands are) into a weapon of your choice and the other and into a shield. I'm not trying to create an item that allows me to switch metal items into other items instantly, I want a magic item that takes up less space than a furnance used to crafting weapons and armors but still functions the same way. It doesn't need any in-combat use.
#4 zoraker Jul 24, 2009 9:13:46	sorry about that dude didnt no. ha what about a sword that also as a magicle barrier note: sorry to be a noob but can you tell me what a furnance is so i have a better idea on what you whant
#5 pluisjen Jul 24, 2009 9:15:50	A furnace is a big oven. It's used to craft weapons. As for a price... since it's mostly a fluff item, does it really matter? Just make it twice or three times as expensive as a normal furnace + anvil or something
#6 matthewswift Jul 24, 2009 13:31:09	"Cord of the Forge" priced as a scroll of heat metal, and spell book, and costs as much as a furnace to use... Once a day, when this mystic cord is wrapped around a metal object and the activation phrase is spoken it heats the metal as the heat metal spell with the additional property that it may be used in the place of a furnace in the creation of items.