Is Dragon 309 out?

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Good info!

Off to update the revisions thread ...

 

[Olive]

Re: Craft Construct

Mmmh will this Craft Construct feat be in the DMG?
It's not in the PH list.

That's because it is a skill. As in Craft (Construct), like Craft (Weaponsmith).

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Or maybe its a feat like Craft Arms & Armor, but it's in the MM with the rest of the constructs ...

 

[Hairy Minotaur]

Or maybe its a feat like Craft Arms & Armor, but it's in the MM with the rest of the constructs ...

It's an Item Creation Feat
Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wonderous Item.

Benefit: Create any constructs whose prerequisites you meet. Enchanting a Construct takes 1 day for each 1,000 gp in it's market price. To enchant a construct, you must spend 1/25 the item's price in XP and use raw materials costing half of this price. This feat can also be used to repair constructs that have taken damage. In one day of work, you can repair up to 20 points of damage by expending 50 gp per point of damaged repaired. A newly created construct has average hit points for it's hit dice.

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

Re: got mine today...

Concentration wasn't on that list. Is that an oversight? If not, do you have any insight on how they're handling Casting Defensively (or it that's even an option anymore) and continuing a spell if damaged during casting?

here is a list of the skills as shown on the sample 3.5 character sheet in Dragon 309:

<Snip>
Climb
[Concentration would be here]
Craft
Decipher Script
<Snip>

 

[Draugin]

Craft Construct

Thanks Hairy Minotaur!

It's an Item Creation Feat
Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wonderous Item.

Yep not too easy to acquire!

Benefit: Create any constructs whose prerequisites you meet. Enchanting a Construct takes 1 day for each 1,000 gp in it's market price. To enchant a construct, you must spend 1/25 the item's price in XP and use raw materials costing half of this price. This feat can also be used to repair constructs that have taken damage. In one day of work, you can repair up to 20 points of damage by expending 50 gp per point of damaged repaired. A newly created construct has average hit points for it's hit dice.

50 gp per hp repaired?!
Mmmh we'll have to discard all those instant and free repair XYZ damage from Tome & Blood. What a pity, they were wonderful.

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

Re: Craft Construct

50 gp per hp repaired?!
Mmmh we'll have to discard all those instant and free repair XYZ damage from Tome & Blood. What a pity, they were wonderful.

Not really. The 50 gp and skill checks would be like a party of adventurers relying on their natural healing without a Cleric. The spells are, of course, a much better idea.

 

[Draugin]

Not really. The 50 gp and skill checks would be like a party of adventurers relying on their natural healing without a Cleric. The spells are, of course, a much better idea.

Not really the same... Over time, adventurers naturally heal their wounds so magic is only a way to save some time... but in this case the fact is exchanging spell for (many) gp. A simple first level spell repair light damage from a 1st level wizard would fix a mean of 275 gp!

If they made this choice it's because they wanted the constructs to be very expensive. Maybe because there will be no HD limit, so if there weren't some limitations high level wizards could walk with an army of golems.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Note: Concentration was left off the skill list by accident.

 

[The Halfling]

OOOPPPSSS

Sorry,
Yeah, Concentration is listed as a skill. Missed it during the transfer.