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Message: <blockquote data-quote="balterkn" data-source="post: 3148368" data-attributes="member: 46546">We use a home rule that eliminated the crafting feats in favor of a system where casters can know how to craft items, as they would spells.  I'm pretty generous in allowing them to quickly study captured items and quickly figure out related items (e.g. found a headband of intellect, the same principals may get them to a cloak of charisma or, better yet, a "headband of charisma" - hopefully will encourage some novel magic item creation - but we're still beta testing this home-rule).  They still need to meet the pre-requisites, and be eligible to have taken the feat (in terms of level) to create the type of item in question.This was essentially because wizard PCs were tending lose their feats to item crafting as a sacrifice "for the group" instead of building up feats that aid their character concept (or that directly help them in adventures).  Essentially, the group's caster became much like the old 1e/2e priests, but instead of peer-pressured healing spell memorization the peer group pressures for item creation feats.  My hope was to give some latitude for character development, and encourage some non-traditional spell casters to create items also (clerics come to mind, as they don't have many feats to spare for item creation).</blockquote>