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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DumbPaladin" data-source="post: 5214672" data-attributes="member: 90770">It's odd ... the only thing you did that I could see a DM being horribly concerned about (though I've not a huge amount of experience being a D&D DM) would be that you discounted the cost of the items to the party, thus throwing off the basic chart for character wealth per level.  But it wasn't huge.I think Craft is honestly DM and world-dependent in terms of use, just like Profession.  My current character has no ranks in either, and has never needed any: he goes and buys whatever he needs at the ample stores in any medium-sized city, and someone else does all the things that someone with ranks in Profession would do.  In 2.0/2.5, I played a ranger/cleric with a non-weapon proficiency in woodworking, which the DM decided allowed me to actually whittle down branches I found into wood-tipped arrows for -1 to damage, but arrows nonetheless.  This DM kept track of everything, and eventually the entire party was out of arrows and some spell compnents with nowhere to replenish the supply ... this has been my only experience to date with being glad I could craft something.Craft seems helpful for repairing armor and weapons ... but if monsters never Sunder your items, I guess that won't really matter, either.</blockquote>