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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bayushi_seikuro" data-source="post: 8655570" data-attributes="member: 7024851">I think there are a lot of good ideas in these replies.I think one question you need to ask is how magic items are in your world.  Are any magic items rare and special? I wonder because you used the phrase 'plain old generic +X item', and sometimes we say things that give more context we haven't thought about.Are magic weapons special in that seeing even a 'plain' +2 weapon is something special?  Or, are magic items more like the Forgotten Realms in 3.x, where the Red Wizards of Thay ran magic-item creation businesses so the PCs had easy access to magic items with the in-world explanation that the Red Wizards were essentially power-levelling their members?Let's say with your example of a +2 axe, with an appropriate crafter with the formula, I'd say you're looking at: meteoric/extraplanar ore (luckily, there's a crash site off in the distance), you'd need an appropriately hot enough flame (maybe find some cinder from the Plane of Fire), and pure water to quench the steel.  Maybe the cinder keeps the blade permanently hot and it needs to be used to strike the killing blow on some creature of ice/water?  YMMV</blockquote>