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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IndyPendant" data-source="post: 2247433" data-attributes="member: 8738">I want to make item creation more accessible to players.  8 feats--some of which suck horribly--seems way too high a cost for making items, and there are flaws in the item creation process themselves.  Therefore, I have created these rules which I am submitting to you for feedback.  As usual, my goal has been to make the rules changes as easy to understand as possible, with as little work required by me as possible as well.  This one's a bit complex though, so I am looking both for positive and negative feedback, and also for anything I may have failed to consider when designing these rules.Thanks.And here are the feats themselves:[CODE][B]Craft Charged Item [Item Creation][/B]Source: Heavily adapted from Arcana UnearthedPrerequisite: Character level 3rd.Benefit: You can create any item that has limited charges, but can be usedmore than once, whose prerequisites you meet (i.e. Wands, Staves, Necklaceof Fireballs, etc).  See my House Rules file for details of my changes to theItem Creation rules.Special: This feat includes both Craft Staff and Craft Wand, and replaces bothof those feats for the purposes of prerequisites.[B]Craft Continuous Item [Item Creation][/B]Source: Heavily adapted from Arcana UnearthedPrerequisite: Character level 5th.Benefit: You can create any item that is always in effect, excluding weapons,armour, and shields, whose prerequisites you meet (i.e. most rings andwondrous items).  See my House Rules file for details of my changes to theItem Creation rules.Special: This feat includes both Forge Ring and Craft Wondrous Item, andreplaces both of those feats for the purposes of prerequisites.[B]Craft Magic Arms and Armour [Item Creation][/B]Source: Heavily adapted from Arcana UnearthedPrerequisite: Character level 5th.Benefit: You can create any magic weapon, armor, or shield whoseprerequisites you meet.  See my House Rules file for details of mychanges to the Item Creation rules.[B]Craft Single-Use Item [Item Creation][/B]Source: Heavily adapted from Arcana UnearthedPrerequisite: None.Benefit: You can create any item that can only be used once, whoseprerequisites you meet (i.e. scrolls, potions, oils, dusts, contingent spells(see Complete Arcane p. 139), Feather Tokens, Manuals, etc).  See myHouse Rules file for details of my changes to the Item Creation rules.Special: This feat includes both Scribe Scroll and Brew Potion, andreplaces both of those feats for the purposes of prerequisites.  Wizardsstart with this feat instead of Scribe Scroll.[B]Craft Use-Per-Day Item [Item Creation][/B]Source: Heavily adapted from Arcana UnearthedPrerequisite: Character level 3rd.Benefit: You can create any item that has a limited usage per day, whoseprerequisites you meet (i.e. Tattoos (see my House Rules file), Eberroneternal wands, Metamagic Rods, Boots of Speed, Ring of ElementalCommand, etc).  See my House Rules file for details of my changes to theItem Creation rules.Special: This feat includes most rods, and replaces Craft Rod for thepurposes of prerequisites.  [B]Fast Item Creation [Item Creation][/B]You can create items fasterSource: Adapted from the Netbook of Feats.Prerequisites: Any Item Creation FeatBenefit: You increase the daily rate at which you create magical items by1000 gp.Normal: All spellcasters normally create items at the rate of 1000 gp perday.Special: This feat can be taken several times. Each time it is chosen,you add 1000 gp to the value of magical items you can create in a day.[B]Magical Artisan [Item Creation][/B]Source:  The Forgotten Realms Campaign SettingPrerequisite:  Any Item Creation FeatBenefit:  Each time you take this feat, choose one item creation featyou know.  When determining your cost in XP and raw materials forcreating items with this feat, multiply the base cost by 75%.Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects do not stack.Each time you take the feat, you must choose a different ItemCreation feat.[B]Tap Item [Item Creation][/B]You may draw upon the power of other magic items to create new items.Source: Adapted from the Netbook of Feats.Prerequisites: Any Item Creation feat.Benefit: When creating a new magic item, you may draw any amount of the XPcost from other, existing items of the same type.  The items from which theenergy is taken are destroyed in the process, and they cannot be artifacts.The maximum XP that can be drawn from any one item is equal to half the XPneeded to create that item. (If an item has charges, its XP value isreduced in proportion to the charges used up.)[/CODE]</blockquote>

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