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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 3348138" data-attributes="member: 4722">Another thing I found out: the armor DCs in the PHB crafting system are too low. As it stands now, the DCs for all items range from 5 (very simple stuff like horseshoes) to 20 (masterwork items). A 1st level character with 1 rank in Craft (armorsmithing) and a few  good rolls could make plate mail, which is totally wrong, to my mind. Hell, a 1st level PC with 3 ranks, Skill Focus, and/or a decent Int do it by taking 10! That's totally absurd, IMO, so I changed the armor DCs to 10+2*AC bonus. This puts the light stuff at DC 12-18, medium at DC 16-20, and heavy at DC 22-26. This follows the logic that a novice armorer should start with simple armors - padded, leather, studded - and work his way up. Only an experienced armorer should be able to make heavy armor with any degree of consistency in quality.This also increases the DCs for heavy armor made from exotic materials - adamantine plate mail, for instance, is DC 40, which is a lot closer to where it should be - only a master armorer with a lot of ranks and a lot of experience should be able to make something like that.</blockquote>