The Definitive Guide to the Tippyverse, By Emperor Tippy

[Jack_Simth]

Also, could someone explain in detail how the Fabricate traps don't actually need raw materials put into them every time? I couldn't quite figure that one out!

Spell in question:

Material Component

The original material, which costs the same amount as the raw materials required to craft the item to be created.

The materials are the material component. When building a magic device trap that isn't a one-shot trap, you put in 100* the cost of the material component, and thereafter, the trap just works.

So the trap of Fabricate (30 gp diamonds) costs raw diamonds requiring 100 * 1/3rd of 30 gp, or 1,000 gp in materials. Thereafter, it spits out a 30 gp cut diamond every time it goes off. Forever. As a 5th level spell at caster level 9, the non-material component portion costs 22,500 gp and 180 xp. So for 23,500 gp and 180 xp, you can make a Fabricate trap that gives you a 30 gp diamond every round forever. After one day (14,400 rounds), you have 14,400 30 gp diamonds, or 432,000 gp worth of diamonds. It takes 47 days to craft, you need to have Craft Wondrous Item, and you need to be able to cast Fabricate.

The more you put into the effect in terms of raw materials, the more you can get out of it.

So the trap of Fabricate (3,000 gp diamonds) costs raw diamonds requiring 100 * 1/3rd of 3,000 gp, or 100,000 gp in materials. Thereafter, it spits out a 3,000 gp cut diamond every time it goes off. Forever. As a 5th level spell at caster level 9, the non-material component portion costs 22,500 gp and 180 xp. So for 122,500 gp and 180 xp, you can make a Fabricate trap that gives you a 3,000 gp diamond every round forever. After one day (14,400 rounds), you have 14,400 3,000 gp diamonds, or 43,200,000 gp worth of diamonds. It takes 245 days to craft, you need to have Craft Wondrous Item, and you need to be able to cast Fabricate.