Item creation rules...

[Link 86]

Any availble? Or is it more of a rule of thumb thing? More or less for balancing issues and figuring costs and the like...

 

[cmanos]

Any availble? Or is it more of a rule of thumb thing? More or less for balancing issues and figuring costs and the like...

You mean for creating normal things like a Backpack or a 10' pole? Craft skill. Things made of leather will require Craft (Leatherworking). Things made of wood require Craft (woodworking). etc.

Personally I don't like the WotC 3.5 crafting rules. I found some I liked better but can't put my finger on them.

 

[Link 86]

I mean to like make a new item. I know there are rules for making magical items in the back of the DM manual... but I wanna know if there are rules for making normal items.

 

[Dross]

I mean to like make a new item. I know there are rules for making magical items in the back of the DM manual... but I wanna know if there are rules for making normal items.

A DM's rule 0?

I'm not aware of any, not that I'd call myself an expert anyway.

Throw it up here or the house rules section and see what others say.

 

[Jack Simth]

Do you mean like a new weapon or armor?

There's patterns.

For example, with armor, Maximum Dexterity Bonus + Armor Bonus = 6(Splint Mail), 7 (Hide, Scale Mail, Chainmail, Banded Mail, Half-plate), 8 (Leather, Studded Leather, Chain Shirt, Breatplate), or 9 (Padded, Fullplate).

For weapons, things get a bit more complex, but in general, a Martial weapon is a Simple weapon with one thing improved by one step (the simple dagger's 1d4 19-20/x2 becomes the Kukri's 1d4 18-20/x2) and an Exotic weapon is either oriental-ish, or a Martial weapon with one thing improved (the Light Mace's 1d6 x2 becomes the handaxe's 1d6 x3).

 

[Simm]

Considering the sheer amount of weapons that have been created you can probably just take an existing one change its description, damage type and/or size and voila a new weapon. Armour is often easier because most balanced combinations already exist so just change the description and maybe swap a few special rules and its done. I find that just changeing the descriptions alone will fool most players into thinking they're up against something new.