Meeting prerequisites for crafting items

[sfedi]

A Kalashtar Wizard wants to make Elven Boots.
He meets all prerequisites except "Creator must be an Elf".

Can he collaborate with another character to meet this requirement?

How?

 

[Hypersmurf]

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.

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 character designated as the creator pays the XP required to make the item.

So yes, the wizard could collaborate with an elf, each of them providing one or more prerequisites.

Arguably, "The creator must be an elf" could mean that the elf must pay the XP, and it is the elf's caster level used for the purpose of determinations where the creator’s level must be known. However, it is also stated that "the creator must prepare" the spells to be used, while we know that any of the collaborators can supply those spells; the parallel suggests that any of the collaborators can be an elf, whether or not that person is supplying the XP.

Purely as a house rule, I allow a substitute; the boots must either be made by an elf (per the DMG) or else from an elf.

-Hyp.

 

[shilsen]

Purely as a house rule, I allow a substitute; the boots must either be made by an elf (per the DMG) or else from an elf.

I was thinking of your house rule as I was reading the first post

 

[Dracandross]

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.
-Hyp.

Wheres that said, and if more than 1 creator does item still get 1000gp / day or is it faster. Does additional creators also need some of the preqs (ie create item feat as elf in this case seems to be nonwizard or he coulda do it himself and second one could buy it)?

-Dracandross

 

[Hypersmurf]

Wheres that said

In the DMG, Magic Items chapter, under the description of 'Prerequisites'.

and if more than 1 creator does item still get 1000gp / day or is it faster.

It still takes as long and costs as much.

Does additional creators also need some of the preqs (ie create item feat as elf in this case seems to be nonwizard or he coulda do it himself and second one could buy it)?

The feat is a prerequisite, and thus can be supplied by one of the characters collaborating on the item. None of the others need to have it.

-Hyp.

 

[Dracandross]

In the DMG, Magic Items chapter, under the description of 'Prerequisites'.
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Hmpf, seems like Ive gotta go DMG through again. Mostly tried to avoid it as i'm just player, but its important to know how one's feats work. Thanx

-Dracandross

 

[BlackSeed_Vash]

If your crafter has Use Magic Device he can try and use that to fake being an Elf

 

[Cedric]

Or just create a slightly different magic item with a very similar ability, but different prerequisities.

 

[lukelightning]

the boots must either be made by an elf (per the DMG) or else from an elf..

How about out of an elf?

 

[cmanos]

that's what she meant by making the boots from an elf...