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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 465822" data-attributes="member: 545">There are two ways of looking at it, the unselfish way and the selfish way.From the unselfish POV, that experience is well spent on creating items that help the party as a whole.&nbsp; That will more than make up for you being very slightly less effective in combat.From the selfish POV, that experience is well spent if it gives to cash to buy protective items for yourself.Either way, you win.Let's take an extreme example.&nbsp; Suppose you spend 10% of your xp on creating magic items.&nbsp; At 10th level, when everyone else has ~50k xp you have ~45k xp.&nbsp; So you were a little slower to reach 10th, and you will be a little slower to reach 11th.&nbsp; On the plus side, you have effectively gained 62,500 gp of custom magic items.&nbsp; From a minmax POV, that should be a win for you.When I play a wizard, I am always enthusiastic to make items for my comrades, and I give them a 10% discount.&nbsp; That translates into being paid 10 gp per 1 xp spent on items.&nbsp; I think that is a good deal on both sides.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 465822, member: 545"] There are two ways of looking at it, the unselfish way and the selfish way. From the unselfish POV, that experience is well spent on creating items that help the party as a whole. That will more than make up for you being very slightly less effective in combat. From the selfish POV, that experience is well spent if it gives to cash to buy protective items for yourself. Either way, you win. Let's take an extreme example. Suppose you spend 10% of your xp on creating magic items. At 10th level, when everyone else has ~50k xp you have ~45k xp. So you were a little slower to reach 10th, and you will be a little slower to reach 11th. On the plus side, you have effectively gained [i][b]62,500 gp of custom magic items[/b][/i][b][/b]. From a minmax POV, that should be a win for you. When I play a wizard, I am always enthusiastic to make items for my comrades, and I give them a 10% discount. That translates into being paid 10 gp per 1 xp spent on items. I think that is a good deal on both sides. [/QUOTE]

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