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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6530819" data-attributes="member: 6776887">A solution may be to throw more black smiths at it. 2 black smiths could do it in 125 days, but multiply the original cost by 2 for 500 gp. 3 smiths (a larger black smith shop in a city) could do it in a 83 days and 750 gp.&nbsp; 250 days is kind of high anyway. I always assumed it meant that the black smith was able to keep up with their other work or that the work was thrown on the end of their backlog. The PCs could always pay an exorbitant rush fee to jump the queue.In my campaign, the PCs at level 1 found a table made of a red metal unseen before on their world.&nbsp; They decided to take the table of &quot;shiny, red, space metal&quot; to the local blacksmith, who was known far and wide for his exceptional work.&nbsp; He was ecstatic at the opportunity to work with the metal and dumped the rest of his backlog to put them at the front.&nbsp; I also on the fly gave him access to the fabricate spell so that the work would be done quickly.&nbsp; We are playing an AP, so at the end of chapter 1, simple items had been completed. At the end of chapter two, everything except the two sets of plate were completed. At the end of chapter 3, the 2 sets of plate were completed.&nbsp; The smith also commented that while the metal was very strong, it was very easy to shape once heated. So the items created were early +1 gifts, but there is a vulnerability/weakness to fire intrinsic to it (think heat metal kind of stuff. The AP is magic item heavy anyway, so I was only giving them stuff a little bit early, and the campaign has not suffered as a result of the +1 items.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 6530819, member: 6776887"] A solution may be to throw more black smiths at it. 2 black smiths could do it in 125 days, but multiply the original cost by 2 for 500 gp. 3 smiths (a larger black smith shop in a city) could do it in a 83 days and 750 gp. 250 days is kind of high anyway. I always assumed it meant that the black smith was able to keep up with their other work or that the work was thrown on the end of their backlog. The PCs could always pay an exorbitant rush fee to jump the queue. In my campaign, the PCs at level 1 found a table made of a red metal unseen before on their world. They decided to take the table of "shiny, red, space metal" to the local blacksmith, who was known far and wide for his exceptional work. He was ecstatic at the opportunity to work with the metal and dumped the rest of his backlog to put them at the front. I also on the fly gave him access to the [I]fabricate[/I] spell so that the work would be done quickly. We are playing an AP, so at the end of chapter 1, simple items had been completed. At the end of chapter two, everything except the two sets of plate were completed. At the end of chapter 3, the 2 sets of plate were completed. The smith also commented that while the metal was very strong, it was very easy to shape once heated. So the items created were early +1 gifts, but there is a vulnerability/weakness to fire intrinsic to it (think [I]heat metal[/I] kind of stuff. The AP is magic item heavy anyway, so I was only giving them stuff a little bit early, and the campaign has not suffered as a result of the +1 items. [/QUOTE]

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