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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 713376" data-attributes="member: 96">Re: Re: Craft DCs, time, and priceSure it is.  It's only DC 5.  It's incredibly easy to do.Remember that most items that are DC5 are also going to cost less than items that are DC15.  If you've got a DC5 item that costs as much as a DC15 item, that means that even though it's easy work, it takes longer to make.  Otherwise - taadaa! - it would be cheaper.OK, let's go with an example.  An iron pot is DC10 and costs 5 sp. A breastplate is DC 15 and costs 200 gp.  Two smiths, each with a +10 to their roll, begin crafting.  They take 10.By the time Smith #2 is done with the breastplate (almost 7 weeks later), Smith #1 has made about two hundred iron pots, depending on whether he does daily or weekly checks.  Based on that, I'd say that making iron pots is considerably easier than making a breastplate.  If Smith #1 were to set out to make an iron pot that cost 200 gp - I'm not sure what kind of iron pot that would be, but it'd probably be pretty damn big - then yes, it would take him longer than it took Smith #2 to finish the breastplate.  That's because it's easier work, and therefore he can't charge as much for it.  It's always best to make the most difficult item you can with your level of skill, because the toughter the item. the less competition there is, and the higher price you can charge.  Banging out pots is for apprentices.J</blockquote>