Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder: Item Creation and Wealth

[AsmodeusDM]

Why restrict it just to casters then?

Why not make a feat like:

Market Contacts [Arms and Armor]:

Use: Make a Gather Info (Diplomacy) check equal to same DC as to make the item

Time: It takes 1 day of haggling,shopping, connecting per 1000gp of the item's price

Effect: Purchase the item for half it's listed price. Only works for Armor and Weapons.

Then you could also have a "Market Contacts [Wondrous Item]" feat, et al.

Because it sounds like aside from the time consideration (which is purely at the arbitration of the DM.. and/or assumes that some great super plot evil is days/weeks from conquering the world) there is nothing really that just prevents you from using Craft to double your expected Wealth. Which is fine since it costs you a feat: BUT! everyone should get to do it then

 

[Kaisoku]

It isn't restricted to casters in Pathfinder. See the Master Craftsman feat in the core rules.

 

[AsmodeusDM]

Ahhh very nice... still kinda of restrictive since you have to take TWO feats... but overall...nice

 

[N'raac]

As indicated above - I thought there was a way to use Craft skill in this regard.

There are lots of feats that are only useful to certain classes, aren't there? We could always add feats and feat chains capable of granting any given class feature, if desired.

But heaven forbid a Wizard be allowed Weapon Specialization - only a Fighter can have bonus damage with a weapon he has taken Weapon Focus with! Would the sky fall in if the Fighter level requirement were changed to a BAB minimum, do you suppose, and Barbarians and Rangers could also be specialized in a weapon?

A Haggle feat that reduces costs of purchases would not seem unreasonable. I'd see it more as reducing costs a smaller percentage, but across the board. Perhaps it should also reduce the discount for selling gear, with multiple selection boosting your % until you hit, say, 75% of value to both buy and sell items. Seems like a time requirement would be appropriate, otherwise the whole party ends up with the discount and premium on as much gear as desired. Maybe instead of multiple feats, there's a skill check involved (maybe the character selects whether he uses Appraise, Bluff, Diplomacy or Sense Motive as his check.