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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6882981" data-attributes="member: 4937">While we are on the subject, there are two areas in core in particular to watch out for:a) Divine Wands: These didn't exist in 1e, and 3e added them in IMO thoughtlessly.&nbsp; Divine wands are just often too darn efficient as healing and buffing mechanisms.b) Always on Items: The primary example of this would be something like a 'Ring of Invisibility'.&nbsp; The big problem here is that the crafting rules radically undercosted the price/XP outlay of items that grant permanent buffs.&nbsp; 2000 x caster level x spell level might be fine for something that has a spell duration of all day or in hours, but is just way too low in the case of buffs which have very short durations when cast as spells.&nbsp; If the PC's make moves to abuse the crafting system as written, make sure to scale the cost of an always on item to the real advantage in enhanced duration it is providing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6882981, member: 4937"] While we are on the subject, there are two areas in core in particular to watch out for: a) Divine Wands: These didn't exist in 1e, and 3e added them in IMO thoughtlessly. Divine wands are just often too darn efficient as healing and buffing mechanisms. b) Always on Items: The primary example of this would be something like a 'Ring of Invisibility'. The big problem here is that the crafting rules radically undercosted the price/XP outlay of items that grant permanent buffs. 2000 x caster level x spell level might be fine for something that has a spell duration of all day or in hours, but is just way too low in the case of buffs which have very short durations when cast as spells. If the PC's make moves to abuse the crafting system as written, make sure to scale the cost of an always on item to the real advantage in enhanced duration it is providing. [/QUOTE]

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