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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 4936460" data-attributes="member: 3400">It's not the setup, really. It's the behavior. A character could hit that pace of magic item creation, but you really have to be pretty gung-ho to do it, build or no.There certainly could be more crafters in the party. But just as importantly, they don't have to be all dependent on the goodwill of the party spellcasters in order to have the same benefit. One of the main problems with the crafting rules in 3x is the way it allows spellcasters to get gear for half-price compared to other classes. That meant that the fairly carefully balanced&nbsp; and cheaper pricing of defensive bonuses like resistance was less of an advantage over the more expensive enhancement bonus for spell-casting stat bonuses.At least fighters and wizards, as far as magical equipment goes, can be put on a more even footing.Having a couple of heavy crafters in a game I'm running, the XP cost has never been a big problem. The lag ends up being quite infrequent, when it appears at all. Money and time have proven to be much bigger limiters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 4936460, member: 3400"] It's not the setup, really. It's the behavior. A character could hit that pace of magic item creation, but you really have to be pretty gung-ho to do it, build or no. There certainly could be more crafters in the party. But just as importantly, they don't have to be all dependent on the goodwill of the party spellcasters in order to have the same benefit. One of the main problems with the crafting rules in 3x is the way it allows spellcasters to get gear for half-price compared to other classes. That meant that the fairly carefully balanced and cheaper pricing of defensive bonuses like resistance was less of an advantage over the more expensive enhancement bonus for spell-casting stat bonuses. At least fighters and wizards, as far as magical equipment goes, can be put on a more even footing. Having a couple of heavy crafters in a game I'm running, the XP cost has never been a big problem. The lag ends up being quite infrequent, when it appears at all. Money and time have proven to be much bigger limiters. [/QUOTE]

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