Defiant
2009-10-24, 09:03 AM
Introduction - The Feats
I was browsing through my books for feats when I found the following feats in Eberron:
Extraordinary Artisan - Reduce gp cost for item creation by 25%
Legendary Artisan - Reduce XP cost for item creation by 25%
And then I saw the little "2" superscript beside them. Lower down I read:
2 - You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects stack.
So I thought this is amazing!! Take Legendary Artisan 4 times and you no longer have to pay XP costs. Take Extraordinary Artisan 4 times and you no longer have to pay any costs!
RAW Wizard - Free Items
So I decided to figure out how early you could have such an incredible wizard. Let's say we'll take these 8 feats, plus 1 other item-creation feat (since Scribe Scroll isn't all that useful). It would be best to just go straight wizard for the bonus feats. How early can we do it?
By RAW (human): 1, 1H, 3, 5W, 6, 9, 10W, 12, 15
A level 15 wizard will be able to create X at no costs whatsoever, so long as he has the time to do it. A good item-creation feat would be something like Craft Wondrous Item. Then you create for yourself ridiculously powerful items at no cost.
Lenience Wizard - Free Items
But what about with some lenience? Take 2 flaws, exchange familiar for a feat, and you get: 1, 1H, 1F, 1F, 1f, 3, 5W, 6, 9
As early as a level 9 wizard you can create yourself any and every item of a particular type (again, wondrous being the most logical choice due to variability) at absolutely no costs whatsoever!
RAW Unlimited Income
But then I thought about it, and then realized the fact that you can sell these items. Then you only need 4 times Legendary Artisan and 1 time Extraordinary Artisan, and not even any item creation feat (you have Scribe Scroll), and you will have a limitless income of money.
This is because the costs to create an item equal half of the market value, and you can sell an item at half the market value. However, when your costs fall below that mark, you can then create items and sell them at a higher cost than it took to make them. Use scrolls with your Scribe Scroll feat, and you can do this by RAW as early as: 1, 1H, 3, 5W, 6; level 6. Then you'll still be able to purchase any item whatsoever, technically.
Ending Remarks
So what do you all think about this? Cheese on the same level as pun-pun? Well, of course it is if true, but is there anything that I've missed that makes it not work that way by RAW?
(for easier readability and structure, I've placed superfluous titles... since formatting didn't seem to be doing that for me)
I was browsing through my books for feats when I found the following feats in Eberron:
Extraordinary Artisan - Reduce gp cost for item creation by 25%
Legendary Artisan - Reduce XP cost for item creation by 25%
And then I saw the little "2" superscript beside them. Lower down I read:
2 - You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects stack.
So I thought this is amazing!! Take Legendary Artisan 4 times and you no longer have to pay XP costs. Take Extraordinary Artisan 4 times and you no longer have to pay any costs!
RAW Wizard - Free Items
So I decided to figure out how early you could have such an incredible wizard. Let's say we'll take these 8 feats, plus 1 other item-creation feat (since Scribe Scroll isn't all that useful). It would be best to just go straight wizard for the bonus feats. How early can we do it?
By RAW (human): 1, 1H, 3, 5W, 6, 9, 10W, 12, 15
A level 15 wizard will be able to create X at no costs whatsoever, so long as he has the time to do it. A good item-creation feat would be something like Craft Wondrous Item. Then you create for yourself ridiculously powerful items at no cost.
Lenience Wizard - Free Items
But what about with some lenience? Take 2 flaws, exchange familiar for a feat, and you get: 1, 1H, 1F, 1F, 1f, 3, 5W, 6, 9
As early as a level 9 wizard you can create yourself any and every item of a particular type (again, wondrous being the most logical choice due to variability) at absolutely no costs whatsoever!
RAW Unlimited Income
But then I thought about it, and then realized the fact that you can sell these items. Then you only need 4 times Legendary Artisan and 1 time Extraordinary Artisan, and not even any item creation feat (you have Scribe Scroll), and you will have a limitless income of money.
This is because the costs to create an item equal half of the market value, and you can sell an item at half the market value. However, when your costs fall below that mark, you can then create items and sell them at a higher cost than it took to make them. Use scrolls with your Scribe Scroll feat, and you can do this by RAW as early as: 1, 1H, 3, 5W, 6; level 6. Then you'll still be able to purchase any item whatsoever, technically.
Ending Remarks
So what do you all think about this? Cheese on the same level as pun-pun? Well, of course it is if true, but is there anything that I've missed that makes it not work that way by RAW?
(for easier readability and structure, I've placed superfluous titles... since formatting didn't seem to be doing that for me)