When do you let players craft items?

[PattonDM]

It seems most adventures or campaigns take place when time is of the essence and there isn't much downtime between adventures. Even one-shot games can take several gaming sessions to complete.

When, in your campaigns, do you allow your players the weeks needed to craft items or research spells?

 

[Creamsteak]

Are you sure this is a rules question?

I do know that in 3.5 you can craft an item at a rate of 8 hours per day, so you can sleep 8 hours, craft 8 hours, and adventure 8 hours... all within normal confines of the rules. When they are too busy, they can take a day to just adventure, but they need to track how far along they are.

 

[PattonDM]

Thanks, I'll post this on the general boards for additional responses.

I was thinking about letting players craft during the day, however, most craft skills need some type of workshop like a forge, alchemist lab etc.

 

[ForceUser]

When, in your campaigns, do you allow your players the weeks needed to craft items or research spells?

I don't dictate their time, so yes. If they would prefer to spend a week scribing scrolls rather than following adventure hooks I have no problem with that. If they ignore time-intensive story points to do so there could be repercussions, however. As a DM, though, I make it a point to not swamp my players with race-against-the-clock adventures; it is an adventure device that can easily lose its appeal when overplayed.