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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Macbrea" data-source="post: 227273" data-attributes="member: 1517">Ah, but your views on a smithy are incorrect. Lets, take an elven smithy and make a set of Mithril full plate armor. (10, 500 gps value, DC 20 to make)The Elven smith Lvl 10 -  +15 with his skill. Using a masterwork anvil and forge, He has one Journeyman make greaves, Another pound metal plates into knee caps, Another link links of chainmail together to form sets the pattern pieces of chainmail, Another whos job is to cut the links to exactly the right size, another to sew a gambison that will be used within the armor, another to hold pieces while the master smith pieces the major pieces together.So, what does this say, Those individuals are each applying circumsance modifiers from difference sources to this work. +15 Smith+2 Anvil MW +2 Forge MW+2 Journeyman 1+2 Journeyman 2+2 Journeyman 3+2 Journeyman 4+2 Journeyman 5+2 Journeyman 6+10 Taking 10 Totalling: 41 So, 41 x 20 = 820 sps a week or 82 goldOr about 128 weeks, or Two year to make a set of mithril plate armor with 1 elven smith and 6 helpers.  Those guys only have to be able to get a 10 on aiding another with their craft skill. So, they are pretty much can be peasants. Remember, plate armor usually, isn't made by one guy in his basement in this era. Unlike, today where you can go buy all the parts, I would expect a smith that can produce mithril full plate armor to have at least 20 assistants. Which would bring that number down alot.15 + 4 tools + 40 assistants + 10 taken = 69 x 20 = 138 gps a week Which gets it done within 76 weeks.</blockquote>

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