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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starbuck_II" data-source="post: 5342719" data-attributes="member: 61375">Nope, that was 1st edition. 2nd edition (assuming no houserules): may needed the spell enchant item (ande possibly Permanency*). You could create a few without them, but only potions/ scrolls.There was a 5% chance to lose 1 Con if using Permanency spell (see note below*).Now, there was a recommendation that you include monster parts, but it wasn't a rule just a suggestion (Variant rule).You probably thought it was a rule in your mind so you misspoke. potions and scrolls were fairly easy to make, you just had to be about 6th lv for potions, and I think you could make scrolls at 1st lv. For anything else you need enchant an item which took 1 week to cast per item you are making and you had to be 12th lv.*If it is a permenant non-charged item (i.e a +1 magic sword) then you also need to cast permenancy which permenantly drains 1 con point from you (5% chance). But you gain EXP for creating these magic items. So it was a very smart thing.Your creating them makes you a higher level than your allies.Granted Treasure meant EXP in AD&D so it has a form of logic.  So to sum up:Easy to make Charged items:scrolls, wands, staffs. But hard to make non-charged items.</blockquote>