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<blockquote data-quote="JoelF" data-source="post: 584894" data-attributes="member: 8829">But why would anyone make their own when they have to spend XP also?&nbsp; Who wouldn't just buy it and only spend the wealth.&nbsp; The analogy with modern items purchased vs. crafted is that modern items are mass produced, and therefore the purchase DC is the same as crafting it yourself, since you don't have the efficiencies of mass productions when you craft something on your own.Also, the XP costs seem incredibly high, since they are calculated by multiplying the caster level by the spell level by the purchase DC.&nbsp; Even for a scroll of a1st level spell at caster level 1, this gets an purchase price of DC 17, and a XP cost of 17 XP.&nbsp; The equivilent scroll in D&amp;D is 1 XP.&nbsp; Shouldn't the XP formula be something more like (caster level) x (spell level) x (purchase DC - 15).&nbsp; This would more accuately reflect the ratio established by D&amp;D magic item creation rules, since there the purchase price starts at zero, while in D20 Modern it starts at 15 for scrolls and 17 for potions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoelF, post: 584894, member: 8829"] But why would anyone make their own when they have to spend XP also? Who wouldn't just buy it and only spend the wealth. The analogy with modern items purchased vs. crafted is that modern items are mass produced, and therefore the purchase DC is the same as crafting it yourself, since you don't have the efficiencies of mass productions when you craft something on your own. Also, the XP costs seem incredibly high, since they are calculated by multiplying the caster level by the spell level by the purchase DC. Even for a scroll of a1st level spell at caster level 1, this gets an purchase price of DC 17, and a XP cost of 17 XP. The equivilent scroll in D&D is 1 XP. Shouldn't the XP formula be something more like (caster level) x (spell level) x (purchase DC - 15). This would more accuately reflect the ratio established by D&D magic item creation rules, since there the purchase price starts at zero, while in D20 Modern it starts at 15 for scrolls and 17 for potions. [/QUOTE]

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