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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beholder Bob" data-source="post: 979242" data-attributes="member: 12866">Staff, Rod, and Misc ItemItem creation is flawed.  Why take any type other then misc. magic item?  A Brilliant Helm (misc. item) is better then a staff.  A necklace of missiles is similar to a wand that anyone can use (X charges fireball), feather tokens are similar to potions (minor spell, anyone can use), and misc. items overlap rings and rods easily.  Suggestion: magic item crafting should be done with 5 feats: 1st feat (craft item 500 GP or less), 2nd feat (2500 GP), 3rd feat (12,000 GP), 4th feat (60,000), 5th feat (200,000).  Require a skill to be had in order to craft each type of item (fine metal work for jewelry, weaponsmith, rod, staff, etc.) with the # of ranks limiting the maximum caster LV of the item.  You want to make magic boots, you need 1+ feats and some ranks in craft (leatherwork) or (cobbler).  You have 3 ranks, then the maximum caster LV for making magic boots is 3rd.  Use spell craft for scrolls, alchemy for potions.Working within the current feat system instead - ask yourself, why do I have to be such a high LV PC in order to get these feats (12th LV just to make a ring, even if it only holds a 0th LV spell)?  Balance it by making a staff and ring’s DC’s = 10+2*LV, and grant it a +4 roll to resist being dispelled.  You had to wait so long to make it because it’s potent.  Perhaps even throw in a +4 to pierce spell resistance.  Staves are ungodly expensive for multi-function wands.  Yes, they can exceed the wand spell LV limit, but you pay for that feature by spending threw the nose for its power already.Just a suggestion</blockquote>

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