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<blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 3974040" data-attributes="member: 31898"><p>I personally think creating a magic item should involve a long, difficult and dangerous ritual. Each item should be created by its own unique ritual. There shouldn't be any magic item creation feats at all. If a PC wants to create a flaming sword, they must first track down the only known copy of the ritual. Then they have to find the unique materials specified by the ritual, perhaps something like the heart of a red dragon killed under a full moon, hair from a priest of the Fire Goddess, and blood drawn from a virgin on a Friday. Then they have to perform the ritual, which may involve chanting over the sword as it is forged from meteoritic steel, and then summoning a fire elemental whose spirit will be bound into the weapon. The creation of the sword should be an adventure in itself, not something that simply occurs in downtime. Also, there may be faster ways to create some items, but they would involve massive blood sacrifice (and perhaps even less savory activities).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Clavis, post: 3974040, member: 31898"] I personally think creating a magic item should involve a long, difficult and dangerous ritual. Each item should be created by its own unique ritual. There shouldn't be any magic item creation feats at all. If a PC wants to create a flaming sword, they must first track down the only known copy of the ritual. Then they have to find the unique materials specified by the ritual, perhaps something like the heart of a red dragon killed under a full moon, hair from a priest of the Fire Goddess, and blood drawn from a virgin on a Friday. Then they have to perform the ritual, which may involve chanting over the sword as it is forged from meteoritic steel, and then summoning a fire elemental whose spirit will be bound into the weapon. The creation of the sword should be an adventure in itself, not something that simply occurs in downtime. Also, there may be faster ways to create some items, but they would involve massive blood sacrifice (and perhaps even less savory activities). [/QUOTE]

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