Living Caltrops

[Devon]

I also found this in the SRD, which matches the DMG's take on it:

Prerequisites

The requirements that must be met in order for a character to create the item.

It is possible for more than one character to cooperate in the creation of an item, with each participant providing one or more of the prerequisites. In some cases, cooperation may even be necessary, such as if one character knows some of the spells necessary to create an item and another character knows the rest.

If two or more characters cooperate to create an item, they must agree among themselves who will be considered the creator for the purpose of determinations where the creator?s level must be known.

The actual DMG entry further adds that spell completion, spell-trigger magic items, or spell-like abilities can also stand for certain item spell prerequisites.

So, while difficult, they actually have addressed this issue in the rules so that it is not impossible.

- Devon