penbed400
2011-02-17, 07:17 PM
So in Pathfinder it was changed so that in order to create a magic item you no longer need to spend experience points, but now rather you must make a Spellcraft check to see if the item was made correctly.
Doesn't this essentially make taking the Item Crafting feats cause the wizard to make the party's WBL increase by 2x its original amount for the price of...a common feat they can get as a bonus feat and putting ranks into a skill they would have done anyways? This is incredibly powerful.
The rules also mention that you can decrease the price even further by making an item only available to certain people. This can mean that the WBL of the party increases by 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 = 2.7885.
Now under these said rules the algorithm for creating a continuous magic item is:
spell level x caster level x 2,000. With extra multipliers being added in depending on duration. So a cape that casts the spell Vanish continuously would cost 1 x 1 x 2,000 x 4(for its short duration) as its base price. The total for the item being specifically crafted for a party member would only come out to 1,746gold. Now my question is whether or not this stays active all the time. The example item given is The Lantern of Revealing (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items#TOC-Lantern-of-Revealing)
I read it as if it means that the spell is continuous for whenever you are wearing the cape, and the fact that the spell acts as if the spell had been cast is what determines it being dis-activated by dispel magic, etc.
My room mate reads it as if it means that it only works for the duration of the spell as if it had been cast on the person, and only does it once a day.
Opinions?
Doesn't this essentially make taking the Item Crafting feats cause the wizard to make the party's WBL increase by 2x its original amount for the price of...a common feat they can get as a bonus feat and putting ranks into a skill they would have done anyways? This is incredibly powerful.
The rules also mention that you can decrease the price even further by making an item only available to certain people. This can mean that the WBL of the party increases by 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 = 2.7885.
Now under these said rules the algorithm for creating a continuous magic item is:
spell level x caster level x 2,000. With extra multipliers being added in depending on duration. So a cape that casts the spell Vanish continuously would cost 1 x 1 x 2,000 x 4(for its short duration) as its base price. The total for the item being specifically crafted for a party member would only come out to 1,746gold. Now my question is whether or not this stays active all the time. The example item given is The Lantern of Revealing (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items#TOC-Lantern-of-Revealing)
I read it as if it means that the spell is continuous for whenever you are wearing the cape, and the fact that the spell acts as if the spell had been cast is what determines it being dis-activated by dispel magic, etc.
My room mate reads it as if it means that it only works for the duration of the spell as if it had been cast on the person, and only does it once a day.
Opinions?