(3.5) How long does it take to make a Homonculous?

[GoatBoy]

I'm referring to the Iron Defender (ECS) specifically, but I think this applies to any homonculous. As a magic item, it would take 1 day per 1,000 gp in the base price, but it also gives a materials cost (75gp) and a craft DC (14). Do you treat this cost and DC like a regular Craft check (price in sp, progress over 1 week)? Or do you just have to succeed once on the Craft check over the course of the 2 days it takes you to create the rest?

[Coidzor]

Hmm. It might be that the body needs to be made and then the rest of the cost is for enchanting it/making it into a homunculus. Or the cost is supposed to already be subsumed into the greater cost of the homunculus. :smallconfused:

I can't remember, sorry.

[HunterOfJello]

First you craft it all, then you can start enchanting it to become alive.

Craft rules (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/craft.htm)
Create Construct rules (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsterFeats.htm)


Crafting takes a while, so you might be there a few weeks crafting the thing before you start the enchanting process.

[Kelb_Panthera]

IIRC, crafting the body takes no extra time itself as long as the caster is the one doing it. There's a clause in the construction rules in the MM's basic homonculous entry that specify this.

If you're hiring a craftsman to shape the body, after you've provided the necessary components, then you'd need to wait until he was done before you could begin animating it.