Dragon equipment

[Regicide]

I'm wondering what would be an appropriate level to let them find someone who can craft it.

That is soooo video game. No matter where in the world they go, they can only find magic items of their level etc. Ouch.

I'd let them find someone that could craft it whenever they spend time to go look for one. But they'll charge them 45k GP to do it...

 

[Ryujin]

If you check the Players Handbook, I think that you'll find that dragon skin makes hide armour. No more, no less. By extension I would say that dragon claws, teeth, etc. would be usable in the manufacture of normal weapons, of appropriate size.

 

[CapnZapp]

What has two thumbs, a magic DM hand wave, and doesn't care about minimum enhancements? *points thumbs at self* this guy.

Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Why did you post your question in the first place, if you're going to ignore the guidelines or recommendations anyway?

 

[Flipguarder]

Gathering options is a completely viable and reasonable use for a forum like this. He doesn't have to do what you say just because he asked your advice.

 

[Minirogue]

If you check the Players Handbook, I think that you'll find that dragon skin makes hide armour. No more, no less. By extension I would say that dragon claws, teeth, etc. would be usable in the manufacture of normal weapons, of appropriate size.

What page?

 

[Ryujin]

What page?

PHB1, pages 212-213 in the description of Hide Armour.

 

[Minirogue]

PHB1, pages 212-213 in the description of Hide Armour.

Hmm, I didn't see that before. I guess I didn't check because it also says that it can make scale armor on the same page.

 

[lukelightning]

How about this: They get the skin, and want to turn it into wyrmscale armor. So they have to find an enchanter who can work with it. Sure enough, they find one... but it will take a while for the armor to be ready... how long? 8 levels or so....

 

[Klaus]

Hmm, I didn't see that before. I guess I didn't check because it also says that it can make scale armor on the same page.

It's not the material, but how it is worked. "Wyrmscale" armor is just a term for scale armor made by dragonborn to mimic the overlapping scales of a dragon. It doesn't mean it's actually made of dragon scales.

 

[Regicide]

How about this: They get the skin, and want to turn it into wyrmscale armor. So they have to find an enchanter who can work with it. Sure enough, they find one... but it will take a while for the armor to be ready... how long? 8 levels or so....

Because in 8 levels when they want a second suit made and that one takes 1 week it's inconsistent and weird.

Items are balanced around their GP value. If you start doing weird stuff with it, expect weird results.