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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Camelot" data-source="post: 5166874" data-attributes="member: 82617">I know that my interpretation isn't RAW, but RAW has problems, so I like to solve them with RAI and reading in between the lines. Everything should be useful (because of the balance of 4e), so in order to make Brew Potion useful beyond level 5, I don't allow consumables to be made with Enchant Magic Item. In my interpretation, wondrous items are special.  They cannot just be created by a general "create magic item" ritual.  They have a story to why they were created, or a specific ritual that creates an individual item but no others.  The characters don't need those rituals, and sometimes don't even need to know the story.  They just know that they find this item in the dungeon or in a store and they take/buy it, and now they can use it, but they can't create such items by themselves. Consumables (including potions and elixirs) are so useful and common that they are found for purchase in almost any town or city, and frequently in dungeons as well.  I like to remove the middle man of a ritual and just let them buy the items.  Potions and elixirs stand out from the consumables because they are even more useful and common that they get their own ritual just in case the PCs need more potions in the middle of an adventure. Wondrous items can be created, just not by the PCs (or at least not commonly enough that a RAW ritual needs to be written up; if the PCs are at the level of the item and the story calls for it, they can probably find a way to create it).  PCs will likely find or buy already created wondrous items with those choices already determined for them.  The stylus will already have a language "programmed" into it; the pair of sending stones will already be tuned to each other.  The RAW text just allows there to be multiple options for one item, but its usually the DMs choice, not the PCs. I understand that most of this is just my interpretation and isn't said by the rules.  That's my purpose as a DM: take what has been given to me by the rules and make it fun and understandable for my group; I don't assume this to be fun or understandable to all groups, but just in case I might as well throw it out there. =)</blockquote>

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