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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 3654500" data-attributes="member: 4936">Speaking as a PC, I often take Craft Wondrous Item or Craft Potion as a feat.Potions are great items, versatile, flexible, usable by anyone, and generally cheap enough that the exp hit isn't a disaster.My biggest wondrous item crafter was a druid, oddly enough. I used the crafting ability to create custom items that specifically fit her exact needs. This was especially powerful in conjunction with wildshape. For example, instead of making, say, a ring of invisibility or an item that boosted strength (which would stop working in animal form), she made an item that cast Bull's Strength ON her...the effect of which kept working into her wildshape. Same with invisibility...she didn't have the cash for an item that cast Invis at will, but for her purposes, an item that cast invis 3/day was plenty sufficient, since she only went invis (usually) to get some concealment while casting long-cast summons.Crafting magic items, especially permanant use ones, is a pretty powerful ability. To custom create things that are specific to your exact needs can lead to a character who has very few exploitable flaws...and some devastatingly powerful combos. It can allow characters access to effects they normally wouldn't get (like invisibility for a druid) that synergize exceptionally well with their other abilities.To address your story concern, consider creating an NPC class along the lines of an Eberron-esque Magewright. They have a spell list and caster levels, but can't actually cast spells. All they can do is make items. If the exp loss bugged you, you could give your 'magewrights' access to crafting reserve, similar to the Eberron Artificer class.I think making magic items cost exp is one way the core rules intentionally keep magic item crafting AWAY from NPC's. It stops canny players from getting Leadership, and making their 5th and 6th level plus followers go to work in the Magic Item Assembly Line. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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