D&D 5th Editon Discussion: 6th thread and counting

[Camelot]

We've already seen how PCs can craft mundane items at level 1, with the Artisan background. However, I agree with Zombimode: they've said that magic items aren't even going to be necessary to add into the treasure if you don't want to. Each item will make the group more powerful than average. They'll also have tables and suggestions for giving every magic item a story. Knowing this, if the PCs were able to create magic items just by picking a feat and spending some gold, they would either have to be

• really lame items,
• require multiple feats to craft better items,
• or have to be really high level.

I'm sure that there will be a way to make it balanced, but it will take a lot of investment on the part of the character who chooses to be a magical item crafter.