Shadowbane
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Is craft really that important? Because, after all, you can just buy the stuff in stores two? Could someone please enlighten me as to why craft6 seems to be so important?
Why is Craft Important?
- Thread starter Shadowbane
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It's not really that important.
It's nice to not have to pay or go find a skilled laborer to fixe broken/damaged items.
For someone who makes magic items (Sorcerer, Wizard, Artificer) it would be nice to make your own items.
If you need to have something built "in the wild" sometimes it's nice to do it yourself I guess.
It's nice to not have to pay or go find a skilled laborer to fixe broken/damaged items.
For someone who makes magic items (Sorcerer, Wizard, Artificer) it would be nice to make your own items.
If you need to have something built "in the wild" sometimes it's nice to do it yourself I guess.
Nyeshet
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Consider also that many skills are not necessarily intended for PC use. Profession and Craft are the more obvious ones. They are intended to help define the merchants, artisans, etc that the PCs may encounter in their travels.
I've actually long been of the opinion that all modes of movement (including Fly) should be skills - limited in use to those with a means of actually accomplishing them (wings or other means of gliding or flight for Fly, fins / streamlined body for Swim, digits / hooks / etc for Climb, some means of shoving loose mass out of the way for burrow, etc). However, it would require a bit of reworking of the skills system, I think.
I've actually long been of the opinion that all modes of movement (including Fly) should be skills - limited in use to those with a means of actually accomplishing them (wings or other means of gliding or flight for Fly, fins / streamlined body for Swim, digits / hooks / etc for Climb, some means of shoving loose mass out of the way for burrow, etc). However, it would require a bit of reworking of the skills system, I think.
Lonely Tylenol
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I had a player who took lots of Craft skills in order to get cut-rate prices on expensive masterwork equipment when he was at low levels, where masterwork stuff is kind of expensive. It was fine until he figured out just how many work weeks it would take him to craft his set of masterwork full plate.
Masquerade
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Remember, NPCs need skills, too. You can't buy something from a store if nobody can craft it to begin with!
nittanytbone
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It is another way to get a synergy bonus with "appraise" which could be nice for some skill based rogues.
Also, being able to hit a middling DC (12 for simple weapons, 15 for martial weapons, 12 for simple leather armor and shields) would let you repair or improvise critical equipment on a long dungeon crawl. Making it yourself is pretty much the only option until 5th level spells and "fabricate" come around and sometimes you literally can't just run to the store.
Also, being able to hit a middling DC (12 for simple weapons, 15 for martial weapons, 12 for simple leather armor and shields) would let you repair or improvise critical equipment on a long dungeon crawl. Making it yourself is pretty much the only option until 5th level spells and "fabricate" come around and sometimes you literally can't just run to the store.
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