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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 117444" data-attributes="member: 284">I'm afraid this is incorrect keynolds.&nbsp; You don't actually cast the spell while you are creating the item.&nbsp; You only need to have it prepared to be cast each day, and the spell slot is used, but it's not actually cast.&nbsp; (If you are using a charged item or a scroll to provide the spell, it will take one charge or scroll per day of creation.)&nbsp; &nbsp; You don't pay any XP or material component cost for the spells used to create the item, you only pay the costs for any spells the item actually casts. Look at the DMG, page 241-242, and the individual creation entries for each item. They use a ring of three wishes as an example.&nbsp; The base price of the ring is 22,950 gp, meaning it takes 23 days to create.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you had to cast the wish spell 23 times while creating it, it would cost you an additional 115,000 xp (5,000 xp per casting of wish).&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead it only costs an extra 15,000 xp (for the three wish spells the ring actually casts).&nbsp; The final cost is also increased by 5 gp per extra XP. Plus the XP cost of any spells the item actually casts.&nbsp; (see above)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 117444, member: 284"] I'm afraid this is incorrect keynolds. You don't actually cast the spell while you are creating the item. You only need to have it prepared to be cast each day, and the spell slot is used, but it's not actually cast. (If you are using a charged item or a scroll to provide the spell, it will take one charge or scroll per day of creation.) You don't pay any XP or material component cost for the spells used to create the item, you only pay the costs for any spells the item actually casts. Look at the DMG, page 241-242, and the individual creation entries for each item. They use a [i]ring of three wishes[/i] as an example. The base price of the ring is 22,950 gp, meaning it takes 23 days to create. If you had to cast the wish spell 23 times while creating it, it would cost you an additional 115,000 xp (5,000 xp per casting of [i]wish[/i]). Instead it only costs an extra 15,000 xp (for the three [i]wish[/i] spells the ring actually casts). The final cost is also increased by 5 gp per extra XP. [b][/b] Plus the XP cost of any spells the item actually casts. (see above) [/QUOTE]

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