Re: Magic Item creation: Notes D thru H. What? What???

[Rick Smith <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi Peter,
  The rules say that an 18 do not destroy the underlying item, just
the enchantment that is being worked on.  See AW 26, bottom of 
the page.

  If you are wearing a charm for a week, why not have its bonus on
a roll that represents an entire week?  However, rules specifically 
say that the DX roll at the end of a week of enchanting, is in fact a 
single DX roll.  AW page 26.

  Also the rules specifically say that Charms work on these rolls.
See AW 26, top of second column.

  Rick



On 2016-11-14, at 5:31 PM, Peter von Kleinsmid wrote:

> At 03:09 PM 11/4/2016, Jeffrey Vandine wrote:
>> Hmm.  I can see the status of the magician in question figuring into the base price -- that makes absolute sense; when you hire the very best, you PAY for the very best.  But I'm not sure I'd agree with factoring that in as a changing cost factor like this.  It's almost like you're saying the guy's status goes up based on the magic item he has yet to create.  Now AFTER he creates, I could see something like that applying ("Wow! You got Heironymous the Truly Active to create your +5 Magical periapt?  Remember the job he did on that Ring of Wishes?  Amazing!"), but BEFORE doing it?  Not so sure I follow that logic.
>> 
>> Not saying you're wrong, just saying it doesn't seem logical to me.  But thanks for explaining it.  That helped.
> 
> When we added magic item breakdown rules, the IQ of the creator was the base reliability of the item, so it did matter who created it.
> Even if it didn't, it would make some sense that it would cost more for more competent creators (for the failure checks) and important people (because their time is worth more because they could be doing other things).
> 
> As for the underlying item costs going up by the rate of risk of rolling 18, it seems pretty clear that's about an 18 destroying the underlying item.
> 
> It seemed pretty clear to us too that these costs were the minimum costs, and that actual prices would tend to be higher because a Wizard's Guild that can create magic items would tend to have more demand than it could supply, as well as many competing demands, needs and interests for the attentions of powerful wizards, which get more and more extreme the more powerful the person you're talking about.
> 
> As for using a Charm, I would tend to think that a Charm should not apply to rolls that represent two entire weeks of work.
> 
> PvK 
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