D&D (2024) D&D Beyond Article on Crafting

[Parmandur]

Maybe, but they're not really any more niche than cobbler's tools.

Just to be a mite pedantic...cobblers tools would be the least niche tools in a Medieval society: cobblers was the master common profession after farmer. In a city, there would be a cobbler for every 20 people!

 

[Parmandur]

Anyone else get the impression that the person who wrote this article finds crafting really silly and frivolous?

The guy writing these articles juat writes like that. Hence that whole kerfuffle about "WotC ia making the game harder for DMs, they said so!" based on an off-hand joke he made.

 

[Weiley31]

So if I'm getting this right.

Item A cost 50gp.
You start at 0gp when the crafting process starts.
Once a day, 10gp is added.
Repeat "add 10gp a day" until you hit 50gp total.
Item A has been made and is added to your inventory for use.

I mean, it's something at least. I've been playing video games all my life that a metaphorical "progress bar" filling up doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Just to be a mite pedantic...cobblers tools would be the least niche tools in a Medieval society: cobblers was the master common profession after farmer. In a city, there would be a cobbler for every 20 people!

But their tools are highly specialised and useless for anything else.

Unlike the farmer, who probably has a tool for pretty much anything. Consider a spade. There is all sorts of stuff you can do with a spade.

 

[Yaarel]

Just to be a mite pedantic...cobblers tools would be the least niche tools in a Medieval society: cobblers was the master common profession after farmer. In a city, there would be a cobbler for every 20 people!

Maybe rename the D&D toolset Clothier, to include weaving, fabrics, leatherwork, and clothing of any kind.

 

[MarkB]

Anyone else get the impression that the person who wrote this article finds crafting really silly and frivolous?

I enjoyed the energy of the article. Not taking things super-seriously isn't the same as considering them frivolous.

Just to be a mite pedantic...cobblers tools would be the least niche tools in a Medieval society: cobblers was the master common profession after farmer. In a city, there would be a cobbler for every 20 people!

That's a load of cobblers.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

I can’t think of a single time a player wanted to use crafting to make armor or a weapon. It’s always been the wizard brewing potions and making scrolls. Armor and weapons has always been out of reach because of treasure, not because of unavailability.

In a 3e game, I played a cleric that was centered around arming and armoring the astral deva. That was when I learned that while the to-hit/damage bonuses could only go up to +5, you could put a total of +10 worth of features on a weapon. Same with rings.

 

[WanderingMystic]

So something that was not mentioned but I kinda hoped they changed is the ability to craft during an adventure. If they say you can craft while you are at your camp or that a day of crafting is only 4 hours and not 8 then that changes a lot.

 

[TiQuinn]

So something that was not mentioned but I kinda hoped they changed is the ability to craft during an adventure. If they say you can craft while you are at your camp or that a day of crafting is only 4 hours and not 8 then that changes a lot.

The article says that it's still measured in terms of days, and really months.

 

[WanderingMystic]

The article says that it's still measured in terms of days, and really months.

Yeah but what constitutes a day because in other videos they have mentioned crafting while adventuring expecialy the smaller items like low-level scrolls and healing potions. That makes me wonder is a day still considered an 8 hour work day or is it something else.