D&D 5E Fabricate: a world change spell

[evincarzed]

About graphite and diamonds...
Diamonds are denser, but not enough to justify a great mass/volume loss.
The problem is: Its an Alothropic configuration.
An atomic shuffle and reorganization.
Wich tool will you use to rearrange atoms?

 

[Fanaelialae]

A war between the Wizards' Guild and the Armourers' Guild instigated by a PC from the former horning in on the racket of the latter is a pretty good basis for a campaign, so consider that stolen.



Cheers,
Roger

That of course assumes that there are sufficient level 7+ wizards, who have nothing better to do with their time and know how to craft armor, to cause a disruption. Those who can afford this armor might also be reluctant to purchase armor crafted using such unnatural means (who can say whether it might not revert to a cube of iron while they're wearing in it).

That said, it would be an interesting story line in a high-magic campaign. I could see the Armourers' Guild pulling in other guilds, who are concerned that the wizards might start encroaching on their trades too. Then they exert political pressure on the monarch (because that's in large part the point of a guild), and a guild war that initially seemed to heavily favor the wizards (because they're wizards) starts to lean heavily against them.

 

[Zmajdusa]

Fabricate turns Wizards into arms dealers and infrastructure builders. Country wants their version of the Great Wall of China, call on some mid level wizards. Get enough wizards together with fabricate and abundant, close by materials, and Rome could be built in a day. Also hot spring areas would get turned into resorts or private vacation places by wizards.

 

[Fanaelialae]

Fabricate turns Wizards into arms dealers and infrastructure builders. Country wants their version of the Great Wall of China, call on some mid level wizards. Get enough wizards together with fabricate and abundant, close by materials, and Rome could be built in a day. Also hot spring areas would get turned into resorts or private vacation places by wizards.

Yes and no. A 7th level wizard can cast Fabricate once per day. A 20th level wizard can cast it 12 times a day (expending all spell slots above 3rd level). Each casting only creates an object that would fit in a 10 foot cube or eight connected five foot cubes, or if working with minerals (stone/metal) a single five foot cube.

You're correct that enough wizards could build Rome in a day, but it would require an improbable number of high level wizards.

 

[darkrose50]

One big ruby from lots of lessor rubies? Melt them together? Remove the impurities?

 

[Stalker0]

Yes and no. A 7th level wizard can cast Fabricate once per day. A 20th level wizard can cast it 12 times a day (expending all spell slots above 3rd level). Each casting only creates an object that would fit in a 10 foot cube or eight connected five foot cubes, or if working with minerals (stone/metal) a single five foot cube.

You're correct that enough wizards could build Rome in a day, but it would require an improbable number of high level wizards.

Well even a week is pretty darn good. Even a 5 foot cube is really big. A good wizard could craft all of the marble statues a palace might need in a few days.

If a wizard can in a day craft what a metalworker would take 2 weeks to do....it really doesn't take a lot of wizards to put them completely out of business.

 

[Saeviomagy]

Second level transmuters are already crapping on stoneworkers, ironworkers and woodworkers. 10 minutes to turn something into gypsum, silver or balsa wood, work it in ways that are impossible with the original material, then turn it back.