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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1307807" data-attributes="member: 13098">Mark, that is the type of thing I am thinking of.&nbsp; I'm not looking at just assigning certain instruments to be available based on an arbitrary timeline echoing Earth's development.&nbsp; After all, in a world where you have magic available, and you can have somewhat advanced metalurgy, there is a lot of room for relatively modern instruments to exist.&nbsp; The time to create is a bit of a problem for me since well made instruments might have long periods where glue, or varnish, has to cure.&nbsp; So, it isn't quite the same style of development that a sword might have.&nbsp; Of course, this is an exercise in changing a rather abstract game mechanic and trying to model real world creation a bit more closely, then adding magic elements.&nbsp; For example, why assume that a lute was glued?&nbsp; Perhaps the craftsperson used Shape Wood to meld the pieces together rather than using glue?&nbsp; It's just a rather overlooked segment of the rules and a non-combative one at that.&nbsp; Playing a Bard, I kind of want something a little more granular to work with.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BSF, post: 1307807, member: 13098"] Mark, that is the type of thing I am thinking of. I'm not looking at just assigning certain instruments to be available based on an arbitrary timeline echoing Earth's development. After all, in a world where you have magic available, and you can have somewhat advanced metalurgy, there is a lot of room for relatively modern instruments to exist. The time to create is a bit of a problem for me since well made instruments might have long periods where glue, or varnish, has to cure. So, it isn't quite the same style of development that a sword might have. Of course, this is an exercise in changing a rather abstract game mechanic and trying to model real world creation a bit more closely, then adding magic elements. For example, why assume that a lute was glued? Perhaps the craftsperson used [i]Shape Wood[/i] to meld the pieces together rather than using glue? It's just a rather overlooked segment of the rules and a non-combative one at that. Playing a Bard, I kind of want something a little more granular to work with. :) [/QUOTE]

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