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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vlos" data-source="post: 2033506" data-attributes="member: 15447">I was wondering if anyone had any house rules on harvesting raw materials.  That is a character is trying to find valuables in the wild which is often more luck than skill. Though skill in knowing where to look for things would come in very useful. This could be anything from mining or panning for gold, to finding rare herbs, or diving for pearls.Reason for asking:In a break from our recent high activities, I decided I wanted to start to make a new magic item. Being a shaman type with great shape changing abilities, I wanted to search for a Giant Pearl as the base for the item. Note: This assumes that giant pearls CAN be found. Also note that it should matter, but we are EPIC characters.So how long would it take to find/harvest a giant pearl? As a shapechanger I can change into a sea creature or magical creature that can breath under water for at least 8 hours a day (more like 20 hours).What related skills should be used?Knowledge(Nature)?Survival?How do you determine the value/cost of such an item.Obviously, if its too easy I could just go into pearl collecting and make a fortune, but trying to use crafting rules * a skill DC seems way too long, even for a basic pearl.What I initially came up with was a Knowledge(Nature) check to see if I can locate environments for such a creature. Making it even a really tough question would give it a 30 DC. Now being an Epic toon, I have a base of 30 for the knowledge and lets say I roll a 10 for a total of 40 DC check. Now using crafting skills I multiple the resultant DC against the target DC and that is the amount of SilverPieces "made" for the week. So a pearl, lets assume regular has value of 1,000gp, will take 8 weeks to find?Now lets assume a giant pearl is worth 10,000gp, so it will take 80 weeks to find one? This is where it breaks down, because there is no luck? Since finding things is often luck based? Obviously if its luck involved each time I find one, the chances of finding another should be reduced as they would be getting rarer/harder to find the next.Is there any other factors?Also what about magical means for locating such item. What spells other than Locate Object/Creature? I could cast Miracle, but I think my Patron would be a little peturbed with me for such an abuse.</blockquote>

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