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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasin" data-source="post: 2379668" data-attributes="member: 7531">On rec.games.frp.dnd, it has been brought to myattention that this was said in Rules of the Game:"Other than the loss of prerequisite spells (see the section onprerequisites), and the time requirement, item creation doesn't imposeany restrictions on your activities during the days when you work on anitem."I first thought that this was a kind of errata-by-"clarification", likewhen the RotG said you can only speak during your own turn. But the onlything on the topic I can find in the SRD is:"The caster works for 8 hours each day. He cannot rush the process byworking longer each day. But the days need not be consecutive, and thecaster can use the rest of his time as he sees fit."Which seems to agree with RotG.But I was absolutely sure that item creation allowed only "routinetasks"! I.e. no other spellcasting, no adventuring, nothing "useful".Another person on rgfd apparently though so too, since his response tothe quote from RotG was: "Yes, I rather like this option, consider it stolenfor my own campain." And my impression is that it is common wisdom thatyou need to give PCs enough downtime if item creation feats are to be useful.For example, the City of the Spider Queen adventure is criticized fordriving the PCs onwards from 10th-18th without much opportunity forrest, leaving them with looting as the only option to improve theirgear. But if the rule is... well, what it appears to be, it's easy tofind 8 hours per day to work on items! If you're not actuallytravelling, once you hit heavy resistance, you only adventure for a fewhours every day before you run out of spells/rages/smite evils. So whyis the lack of downtime pointed out as a flaw of CotSQ?Is this a rule new to 3.5? Was it really "no adventuring while creatingitems" in 3.0, as I recall it? Are most people even aware of the newrule?</blockquote>

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