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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tar-Edhel" data-source="post: 98858" data-attributes="member: 688">Secret rule??? House rule??? Have you read the DMG or the post from kalendraf? In the process of crafting a magic item, (no mention of rolled magic items or whatsoever) so many delicate factors have to be taken into account that occasionally things are bound to go awry. Sometimes, life sucks. You loose a level, you die... It is the same with magic items. you create one, something goes awry and POOF! Cursed (or malfunctioning) magic item.I don't think there is a need for the DM to specify every rule to a player.  I wouldn't let a player know what are the chances that he doesn't get what he thought he would get. The rules about magic items are in the DMG and players should not (in a perfect world, I am aware that it is not the way it goes IRL) play according to information their character have no chances to know. Anyways, if a player read the DMG and PH on Magic items creation, he will be aware of this rule since it is mentionned (as the quote above proves).Of course, as a DM, it is important for me that my players have fun. But having fun is not getting everything you want the way you want it. The element of surprise and the unexpected are an inherent part of having fun (in my dream campaign anyways).just my 2cp</blockquote>