Class and Level Geekery XVIII - Everyone's an Expert

[Emanick]

Spoiler: SOD

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While purely on RAW Xykon should have Craft Wonderous Item, it seems to have been actually Redcloak who crafted it this is why Redcloak is listed as having 'Craft Wondrous Item (Xykon's phylactery in SOD)'.

I am dubious about it a ruling but not bothered enough to argue it.

Seperately we know Xykon crafts items on occassion so he has some craft feat.

""Each lich must make its own phylactery, which requires the Craft Wondrous Item feat" is pretty explicit. Redcloak clearly helped - perhaps lowering the DC, or issuing instructions on which steps to take - but by the rules, Xykon had to have the Craft Wondrous Item feat, and had to be involved enough in the process to be considered to be "making" his phylactery.

I think we should list Craft Wondrous Item as a feat Xykon has. There is no clear evidence that the rules weren't being followed in this instance, and thus we should assume they were in effect. Plus, common sense suggests that Xykon has the feat, given how much time he spends crafting magic items.