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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9458007" data-attributes="member: 54629">I would suggest you are overthinking it. I'll agree that the spell could do with some improvements to the wording; however, I don't think it as bad as you are suggesting.I would also quibble with some of your examples. For instance, I don't agree that a typical dwarf would look at a castle wall and just see the raw materials that went into making it. I think a typical dwarf would look at the wall and examine the quality of its construction (admiring it if it was fine dwarven craftsmanship on display or pooh-poohing it if it didn't meet with their standards). I think a typical dwarf would be able to tell the difference between a stack of stone blocks as raw materials and a stack of stone blocks as a finished product.I also don't think a cannibal who eats a living creature would be thinking about whether or not that creature is &quot;raw materials&quot;. Besides, what is the cannibal creating by eating the other creature? The whole idea of the fabricate spell is that you're using it to save yourself time and money by magically converting &quot;unconstructed&quot; materials into &quot;constructed&quot; products. It's possible the spell should only work on a stack of timber rather than a copse of trees, but unfortunately that's one of the examples provided.I'll agree that at the very least, they should add back in &quot;or transmuted&quot; to that one sentence.I can't see an asterisk there at my end.DDB:[ATTACH]379801[/ATTACH]Print:[ATTACH]379802[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 9458007, member: 54629"] I would suggest you are overthinking it. I'll agree that the spell could do with some improvements to the wording; however, I don't think it as bad as you are suggesting. I would also quibble with some of your examples. For instance, I don't agree that a typical dwarf would look at a castle wall and just see the raw materials that went into making it. I think a typical dwarf would look at the wall and examine the quality of its construction (admiring it if it was fine dwarven craftsmanship on display or pooh-poohing it if it didn't meet with their standards). I think a typical dwarf would be able to tell the difference between a stack of stone blocks as raw materials and a stack of stone blocks as a finished product. I also don't think a cannibal who eats a living creature would be thinking about whether or not that creature is "raw materials". Besides, what is the cannibal creating by eating the other creature? The whole idea of the [I]fabricate [/I]spell is that you're using it to save yourself time and money by magically converting "unconstructed" materials into "constructed" products. It's possible the spell should only work on a stack of timber rather than a copse of trees, but unfortunately that's one of the examples provided. I'll agree that at the very least, they should add back in "or transmuted" to that one sentence. I can't see an asterisk there at my end. DDB: [ATTACH alt="Screenshot 2024-09-14 151124.png"]379801[/ATTACH] Print: [ATTACH alt="Screenshot 2024-09-14 151157.png"]379802[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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