Crafting in D&D 5e 2024 - Magical & Mundane | Nerd Immersion

[@lightfighter4evr]

make as many videos as you want, it's your channel. Just don't burn out. Don't feel pressured into making content you don't want to or pressured into make more to hit some magic number for engagement. Quality over quantity.

[@oguzhanozgenc7843]

KZbin works otherwise. Quantities over quality unfortunately. But overloaded feed is annoying. We need to miss the creator if you ask me. 2-3 day is good for example

[@FrostLeaf13]

Man, all this makes me wish Artificers had made it in, either to the PHB or DMG somehow.

[@OddLiam]

While the Tasha's Artificer should work pretty well with the 24 5e I think it should get at least 1 weapon mastery.

[@nickm9102]

They give the expanded rules option to allow it in. That said if the DM says no there is the crafter feat. Three tool proficiencies and a 30% cost reduction on mundane items. This can make for some fun, especially since I would think that anything mundane you could craft you can also fabricate with the spell

[@Z00PG00P]

@@OddLiam Battle Smith should definitely

[@akenaden]

Battlesmith 2 mastery(like rougue), Armorer 2 , 1 per built in weapon. The others ? . Thats what Ive been thinking.

[@matthewhelmers1426]

I saw a comment somewhere that pointed out that they'd have needed to put magic items in the Player's Hamdbook and that makes their exclusion make more sense.

[@FeroDega]

In one of the books I think it was xanathars had a table for magic item rarity to Monster CR. So for instance if you wanted to make armor of fire resistance you would need to slay a monster of a certain CR that had fire resistance. They completely miss the opportunity to refine those rules

[@walkerdark6012]

Your videos are amazingly detailed and extremely helpful. I have no problem receiving multiple videos. Great work, as always!

[@parkerraley9462]

Shamelessly plugging heliana’s guide to monster hunting. The best 5e supplement for crafting magic items

[@richardhealy]

Have Hellianas - good stuff! Honourable mention for Hammund's Harvesting.

[@johnsobierajski3391]

I don't mind the extra videos every day, love the content

[@CyFr]

Don't forget that you can schedule video releases, so you can still film a bunch of content, upload it and set the time and days they become available.

[@AnaseSkyrider]

I'd prefer it this way. My Watch Later is constantly full, and YT only wants to show you videos for so long. Staggering it out makes it easier to keep up with the stuff I wanna see the most, what with my work hours.

[@mythno394]

Crafting time is the worst. I want to go out, farm the monsters and collect the raw materials, maybe saving up over multiple quests and adventures, and then when I have a few weeks of down time craft that item I've had my eye on. A year or more of down time is crazy.

[@KingRhogin]

As long as you don’t get burnt out, I’m down for whatever. Personally I think it would be cool to get 1 video about D&D per day and then 1 video about another TTRPG that you’re interested in per day. But that’s just me.

[@loweskyrosario]

More content!!! Keep them coming! Very curious about ToV vs DMG2024

[@envytee9659]

Same. I really want to see an in-depth comparison between the two, to see how two different forks of 2014 5e can manifest.

[@sambro6657]

Man I’m glad monsters of drakkenheim exists

[@clarkside4493]

I'm not opposed to certain monster parts counting as materials for a magic item, so you'd deduct some or even all of a magic item's cost with enough monster parts.

[@browniiescorner]

Screw what anyone says about "Filling my feed with your videos" We watch YT as a consumption platform. The MORE VIDEOS you upload Ted, the more videos we have to enjpoy and Consume. Please upload multiple times a day, there is no downside other than people complaining about seeing you more often. Is that a bad thing? No. Thanks for the great content Ted!

[@DaveyJones1342]

Absolutely make more videos per day. As other people have said, don't burn out. I always love having extra content to keep my boring job interesting or to go bach and reference. Keep up the good work!

[@andrewstraight2961]

Yeah man, we love your stuff! It’s great when we have multiple drops in a day, but also keep it sustainable for yourself.

[@TANSamuraiSmurf]

I love the rapid fire videos. It gives me more to listen to throughout the day

[@GoldfishEmpire]

I found your channel quite recently, and you are a great source of information when it comes to upcoming content and D&D information. I would prefer you upload more than less, but your current pace is also good too, and I won't mind either way.

[@joshuaray6318]

As a trucker who listens to all of your videos you put out, the more the better for me.

[@giusepperusso-o6l]

We love multiple videos a day! Give us more NERD IMMERSION!

[@Roxlimn]

Breaking down a deer can take the better part of a day, and that’s pretty small. I imagine it’d take an entire guild of specialists to really break down monsters and specifically a dragon.

[@omikun17]

First, you can make multiple uploads a day that's cool. Second the monster parts effecting your magic item is really cool. I like the new rules because they're definite rules...

[@zeekeno823]

I kinda want to set up multiple tables you can roll on for magic materials. Like, sure, 75% in the market for the materials to craft a bag of holding, right? But if a character is related to a thieves guild they can try the black market, or if a character was/is a merchant, they can try their supplier connections for another roll. Heck, if there's a character who is or is associated with a noble, they can try to roll there. You could even make different conditions apply depending on the source for materials, like the black market connections could be cheaper but carry heat from them being stolen or illegal, or the noble connection could have a 90% chance of the materials being available, but would be more expensive

[@albertonishiyama1980]

Another way, in this case to make it kinda more difficult but not really, would be to define that some materials can only be used on some equips. You can roll the % dice for basically every single type, but if you find "magic wood" you can only use for Carver Tools (or some mainly Wood weapon made using other tools like Halberds), if you find a magic ore you can only use it in smithing... The good part is that you can make it as complicated or general as you want. Separating by type of spell (arcane / divine), type of tool used (Wood, metal, etc.), type of item (weapon, armor, ring) and such.

[@zeekeno823]

@@albertonishiyama1980 yeah. It depends on what kinda game I'd be running I think. A simpler game where there's pros and cons for each source of raw material, or a more difficult style where I'd roll on a table for the type of raw material. Example being, if the adventures used the rogues connections to the crime syndicate, they could happen to have a poached displacer beast's pelt. The adventures could then use the dimensional warping ability to make anything from a bag of holding, portable hole, displacer cloak, etc

[@vincentvalashu]

The cleanest way of using monster bits is: the monetary worth you gain as loot, is the quality of body parts that body is worth. Fewer charts and clunky rules

[@JazzyBassy]

Yeah "a GP worth of fitting Raw Material as treasure" is a really good way to make something with magic items. At the end of the day it's flavored treasure but you get to give out more of it if you make it specific to a type of magic item, using the player's ideas for inspiration, and make selling it inefficient. The three Dragonshards in Eberron are already a great way of setting some rules for specific raw materials.

[@StarFyreXXX]

seems kinda boring though if you cant really customize things as the player wants without DM creating their own system for it.

[@theodorehunter4765]

In the TTRPG I am writing, it is assumed that you collect everything of value from slain creatures and trade for the GP value of what the encounter says (plus enough to cover general expenses).

[@derekstein6193]

That sounds fine, until you run into monsters that don't have much in the way of treasure. The tarrasque is CR 30 but isn't exactly a well-known collector of coins or treasures; I don't suspect you would appreciate tarrasque body parts being worth next to nothing.

[@vincentvalashu]

@@derekstein6193 DMG 2014 p.136 has CR 17+ with a gold value being for the monsters loot or it's victims. So this can be body parts or trinkets that the creature swallowed. You always get treasure, why would you not?

[@jamesknapp64]

will come back to this one a few times for crafting rules thanks

[@dustinmiller9094]

The amount of videos you release and their frequency will never bother me. Do what works for you my dude 😎

[@brianc4013]

Another interesting tidbit, is that the range of values for magic items is now always near the maximum of what it was before. A very rare item used to cost between 5,000-50,000, now it always costs 40,000. A rare item was 501-5000gp, it is always 4,000gp now. I forgot that their listed crafting prices were always the absolute maximum value for that magic item, so they could in theory be purchased for significantly cheaper than crafting them yourselves in the old handbook, but that's now fixed.

[@byronkooper]

I was immediately coming to the same conclusion as you were speaking about it in regards to monsters haha

[@cluff451]

Agree. Love seeing you in the feed…send it!

[@tomgartin]

32:04 To be clear, they didn’t nerf Magic Missile, they nerfed the Evocation Wizard’s ability to exploit their damage bonus.

[@Scorned]

Even if i dont watch all the videos the same day they are released i can still watch them when i have time

[@Unholydragoon]

One thing I have taken to doing for 'looting monsters': The party can get ONE (1) part from a monster that is viable as a magical component. This takes 10 minutes. After that any parts are only useful for trade goods/art objects in price value, as the inherent magic of the creature expires. Each party member can do this to ONE (1) creature, if there are multiple monsters. I also break them into 'tiers' for determining cost: Common (CR 0-1), 15 gp Uncommon (CR 2-6), 50gp Rare (CR 7-11), 500gp Very Rare (CR 12-16), 2500gp Legendary (CR 17+), 10,000gp Ironically, this works BETTER with the 2024 rules. And yes, very rare and legendary items do indeed require more monster parts, as the search for appropriate materials should be part of the fun.

[@snobgoblinDK]

Bring on the videos I just add them to my watch later list and give them a go when I have time 👍🏻

[@hansolo9686]

🎵 He's Crafty! He Gets Around! He's Crafty! He's Always Down! 🎵

[@MotherBiscuitLover]

Go ahead and do multiples. As soon as I see you post I usually save it to a list to watch later rather than watch it then & there. A lot of times your vid might live on the list for a few days before I watch it depending on what I have going on in IRL.

[@Fibonochos]

The amount of enspelled items id be crafting would be nuts

[@TheCobraCom]

5:20 So as a warforged without need for a real long rest during downtime I can divide the production times by three by simply working around the clock?

[@brianc4013]

I do think having crafting costs described this way makes the crafter feat much more attractive. It's still "only" a 20% discount, but at especially rare+ the amount of money you save on materials is enough to make a magic item of the tier below it. The minimal crafting time becomes much more of a factor at that point, but if you are in the style of game where you have a lot of down time making magic items becomes more reasonable. I can't tell from the video if a helper needs to meet all of the requirements for a magic item. It does just say someone can help but I'd say its reasonable a skilled hireling in arcana (wizard apprentice or something) or in an applicable crafting skill (blacksmith for magic armor) could reasonably help. Consider a rare item, you save 400 gold on materials, and a skilled hireling is 2gp/day. You just halved the craft time, and still have leftover money. If your DM says its reasonable you could have more than one (I think of something like a cauldron of plenty, where more than one hireling would be reasonable) you can decrease that time to craft by 3 and still have extra leftover money that you saved. Conveniently at 2gp/day listed in PHB24 the time to craft is equal to the cost to have someone halve the craft time in gp.

[@aimerw]

The assistant needs Arcana and an applicable Tool proficiency as well. The problem with the Crafter feat is that the 20% cost reduction does not apply to magic items, nor would they apply to crafting costs because those costs are not items - although, I could see a DM allowing it. The Tool proficiencies are also not very strong (even if you do have Arcana too), since you can get them from Custom Backgrounds, Hirelings, and Bastion Facilities. Hirelings in particularly are an enormous blow to Crafter in this respect, since they are dirt cheap and potentially unlimited (if not actually). The costs to create the magic item require that you have access to the materials, which there is a 25% chance in a town and 75% chance in a city - you can also only check once in a 7 day period (not defined if once per magic item type and/or once per settlement). So, you are not crafting without almost certainly _also_ having the ability to hire Hirelings to do the work, and there is a limit to how many you can have on the go at the same time anyway. Bastions do not state the cost comes via the normal method for crafting magic items, but that has a limit on itself anyway and provides the assistants for itself. The last blow to Crafter is that magic items are now controlled loot by tier, and quite generous. For example, for a four person party you are expected to have acquired 21 Uncommon magic items by the end to Tier 2 (level 10), with loot tables giving about a third of that as consumables. While spell scrolls are always going to be wanted and thus crafted (especially for Thief Rogues) they do not require a Tool (just Arcana), and most other magic items have attunement limiting the usefulness of acquiring more. Uncommon and greater potions might be the best crafts that require a Tool and no attunement, but then you can just get that via a Custom Background even if the DM denies Hirelings. Again, there is also a limit on acquiring the materials as once per week (possibly per potion type, possibly per settlement), with not even a 100% chance at succeeding - although, potion materials are halved in cost.

[@GodwinXZ]

You aren’t going to be able to draw the scroll as part of a reaction to use it. You’ll need it in hand as it says you have to read it to use it.

[@kingofcoinjock]

I was coming here to say exactly this. You can't draw a scroll as part of a bonus action either.

[@arcane45]

You're correct, drawing a scroll out and reading it would clearly fall within the 6 seconds allowed for a regular action.

[@bsabruzzo]

You could always make multiple videos on a topic and then assign them a release date so that they post in the future once a week or something like that.

[@dragoninthewest1]

I imagine smiths collaborating to craft a weapon resembling the Man at Arms KZbin show.

[@Grorl]

Game board! ... g-a-m-e b-o-a-r-d... Time to review textile merchants!

[@patrickcisneros5151]

In terms of videos per day: As a fan of you, I say go for as many as you want. As a person who can't always watch everything, 2-3 videos a day is about as muach as I'd think one can watch. I know that if I see someone post 5 20-30 minute videos a day, I'd get a bit overwhelmed and anxious on if I could get caught up. That being said, if its 1 longer video along with several shorter videos or shorts, I'd think that'd be much easier and consumer friendly to digest. Ultimately, its up to you, these are just my thoughts

[@doyscherr]

I made a 2024 Ranger who will make Wands and Staves for magic items. He can't imbue them with the spell but he will be the wood apparatus whole sale supplier. I am excited to play him.

[@timjensen4320]

Question: do people look at the crafting requirements in days or hours? I see a lot of people assuming you can work 16 hour days to count as 2 days of work. Real work doesn't work that way, at least not long term. I just see people making assumptions about micro managing hours of their day assuming they can dedicate 16-20 hours each day during their downtime to craft and knock things out.

[@evilsquirrel0573]

I’ve heard people say that because elves sleep four hours less they should be able to get 12 hours in, but 16 is definitely unreasonable Unless they’re specifically using some thing like catnap to account for it

[@gamelairtim]

I think it depends on the intended feel of your campaign. Some people run things more realistically, with characters that get tired, have to take bathroom breaks, and are actually in limping pain at 1hp. Others have characters basically ignore human(-oid) failings unless the rules say they apply.

[@torncard]

Multiple videos per day are totally okay!

[@ChaosReacon137]

To answer the question at the beginning, I don't mind. However, it's if KZbin actually sends the notification as that's an issue I've noticed when a channel uploads around 3 or more in a day. Though, being in the Discord should alleviate that issue

[@SouvenirSpices]

multiple videos a day is completely fine

[@DSpiritwolf]

So my question is, how does this effect the outlook of the artisan background since you're given a bunch of tools? Does it make it more appealing than before?

[@DeadmanwalkingXI]

It's not bad, IMO. The discount from Crafter is meh, but if you want to be able to craft whatever, then 4 Artisan Tools Proficiencies gets you most stuff (Woodcarver's Tools, Tinkerer's Tools, Smith's Tools, and Jeweler's Tools all added together let you craft almost any magic item you like). It doesn't come with Arcana so it only works if you have that already from something else, but if you wanted to craft whatever, then you're good to go. If the DM is generous, the Crafter discount might also apply to the materials to craft magic items, and that would make it quite a bit better.

[@mikegilkey]

This is crazy in the DMG 2024 - Adamantine Weapon Weapon (Any Ammunition or Melee Weapon), Uncommon This weapon or piece of ammunition is made of adamantine, one of the hardest substances in existence. Whenever this weapon or piece of ammunition hits an object, the hit is a Critical Hit.

[@NerdImmersion]

Why is that crazy? It's only if it hits an Object

[@mikegilkey]

@ noob me did not know that a creature and an object are different. To me an object can be anything. But found out that an object is anything BUT a creature.

[@derekstein6193]

If I chose to use the 2024 rules, I would rule that if you want to craft a magic item, have proficiency in the Arcana skill, but do *not* have proficiency in the associated tools, you can work with another individual that is proficient with said tool and thereby craft the item, but the time and cost to craft would remain the same, as there is effectively only one fully competent crafter betwixt the two of you. This might also mean that you cannot have any reduction in time and cost, as you already have somebody assisting you (as per rule limitations). Just a thought.

[@blakemcneill9219]

Is the time needed for crafting cumulative? Like the time to make the mundane item + the magic item time?

[@GIxJ0SE]

I recently came across a video by Dungeons & Drams that uses Chatgpt to craft magic items from Monsters. The prompt you feed it can be tailored by the specific monster and per character; for example a dagger for a level 5 Rouge from a Blue Dragon and it will list basically everything you as a Player and DM need to know in order to craft said Item. Check them out if you want a easy way to Monster Hunter D&D! Great Video BTW

[@xiongray]

Crafting is going to be king & absolutely worth it.

[@danjbundrick]

The draconomicon can help for harvesting

[@theodorehunter4765]

I'd probably change the 10gp per day to 5gp x Proficiency bonus per day. Speeds up crafting at higher levels. I'd probably also allow characters to work together to meet requirements. A Fighter with Smithing Tools could assist a Wizard with crafting a magic sword, even if the Fighter doesn't now the spell and the Wizard doesn't have smithing tool proficiency. Also, interesting note: In official DnD lore, weeks are ten days, which explains why a weeks worth of work is 10x the amount. Finally, a question: Do magic items have the spells required for crafting listed?

[@tridentgreen3346]

How is the spyglass still 1000GP? Why does it take 100 days to craft a cylinder and a few glass slides? A character can create 10 sets of Eyes of the Eagle in that same timeframe just by adding arcana proficiency.

[@gregorysheridan2015]

A wand/staff of fireball but like the gemstone is like made of a bejeweled dragon eye or heart would be cool and instead of it shooting a "fireball" like an apparition of a dragons head made of fire appeared and exploded. I would hope my fireball would do more than just fireball though since I had to kill a dragon for it, maybe ignore resistances and immunity?

[@ODDnanref]

Have it do what dragons do. If you defeated a dragon maybe it uses the dragon's saving throw or gives resistance to fire. Maybe when you use it the the dragon head appears roars and causes the fear aura before it goes and splashes fire damage. Dragons are also subjected to fire resistance, as in, fire resistant enemies are resistant to dragon fire damage. So I would not go in that direction.

[@gregorysheridan2015]

@@ODDnanref the fear aura after the fireball went off would be pretty fucking sick ngl.

[@jacobjones1058]

So if I wanted to make a First level scroll, it would take 8 hours to make. Would I have to take the full 8 hours or could I do an hour here and there?

[@UltimateMustacheX]

Unfortunately it seems you have to have at least 8 hours in one go, and can only split up time if it's multiple days. I hate this for the mundane crafting too, and plan on asking my DM to allow me to work by the hour. I'd rather take a few days longer and not halt the game.

[@Deathmvp1]

I added a easy way for salvage. Survival with a dc of 10+CR (fail ruins the corps). you then ear based off the CR 4 or less is CR in gold (max 4), 5-9 is 10xCR (max 90), 10-14 is 100xCR (1,400max), 15-19 is 1,000xCR (19,000 max)and 20+ is 10,000xCR. This does not mean it is good for all crafting like killing cat will not help for crafting a nonmagical sworld. Some monster may be worth more or less in the world (dragon are normal more).

[@kazekune7]

Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting it’s got some amazing content for getting monster bits

[@DaMuss-e2w]

Work Week? Did the Adventurer Artisans Unionize?

[@Mark-ki7ic]

Ted: I had a homerule that if a spell caster used a staff as their focus. That staff became a +0 weapon because of the magic cast thru it, that way the Wiz had a weapon if they needed one. I believe I had 75 or 100 spell lvls run though it before this happened usually 3rd lvl on avg. Guess I'm going to change this to it becomes Enspelled with True Strike after X lvls of spells, thoughts

[@MindscapeX]

Ted, did they change the rules in the DMG24? I am pretty sure that a spell scroll says that it uses an action to cast from. So any spell with a casting time of Reaction would make very poor spell scrolls unless you intend to ready the casting, which really isn't that good either.

[@GodwinXZ]

No it says it uses the casting time in the spell in the 2024 PHB page 228. However you need to be able to read it. So the scroll would have to be in hand, as you can’t draw it with the reaction.

[@dwil0311]

@@GodwinXZit was an action in the 2014 DMG, but that has changed.

[@MindscapeX]

@@GodwinXZ I found my mistake. There was an Errata on the DMG that I missed. It did in fact take an action originally but they changed it. My DMG is just an old print and i missed the Errata.

[@jaybakata5566]

Is the crafting information in the DMG?

[@RalJustRal]

Bring on all your videos. As many as you'd like to release.

[@kenleyvalley6942]

With monster parts, make it a theme like a flame tongue sword, find a dragon tongue, but it will account wg for 150gp of your Crafting cost?

[@Mark-ki7ic]

Can a PC with help brew a basic potion of healing during a long rest if both have cure wounds spell

[@ddobrien1]

More videos? No problem with me!

[@jj655]

From what i have seen you are able to make magic item scrolls. PHB. Spell Scrolls would need Arcana Skill OR Calligraphy Tools & Prepared Spell DMG. Magic Item Scrolls would need Arcana Skill & Calligraphy Tools

[@parttimed.m.1111]

Does the new dmg have items with prices?

[@jasonsumma1530]

I say two "normal" length videos and a short which now is expanded to 3 minutes.

[@Orchestration1983]

So what would my (2014) Wizard need to upgrade his Arcane Grimoire from +1 to +2? He has Expertise in Arcana but no tool proficiencies. Time? Money? Etc?

[@williamgordon5443]

There is a small oversight in the scribe spell scroll section that I'm sure is not RAI. Technically, you can't craft cantrip spell scrolls because you need to have the spell prepared and cantrips are not prepared.

[@AsheleeDF]

whatever is comfortable to you, i love your videos ted, however many videos you want to make is fine by me..

[@MrAnpu42]

My simple for how much magic you can get from a monster is their EXP Value

[@mordyth]

I'd prefer one a day otherwise I miss videos

[@fuzzyjuan6069]

I wonder if they may suggest 500-1000 gp/CR of monster with a sliding scale survival check to harvest...10+ is success with maybe max at 30. 5% per point over 10? Advantage/ disadvantage based on availability of tools, help, knowledge of anatomy (lore skill), how mangled is the beast.

[@slagmoth]

Brings up a good question. Isn't it a Magic Action to use a scroll? Shield isn't as useful as a scroll, not useless obviously but you can't do it as a Reaction at that point.

[@mrsamiam7872]

Not true it uses the regular casting time.

[@dwil0311]

It used to be an action n the 2014 DMG but I’ve heard that they changed this.

[@slagmoth]

@@mrsamiam7872 that is crap. I can see it for like a wand or staff in hand but scroll? Yuck.

[@GodwinXZ]

Scroll uses the casting time of spell per the PHB 2024. However you need to have the scroll in hand. You can’t draw a scroll as part of the reaction. Also if you’re blinded you can’t read the scroll if the character has the Blinded condition.

[@envytee9659]

​@@dwil0311 Nah, I'm looking at my 2014 DMG now, and it quite clearly says that Spell Scrolls use the normal casting time of the spell.

[@Andyyybeeeee]

Bandolier of shield scrolls 😄 please tell me we will see this in future Theodore games 😄😄

[@adamarcher3089]

binge watching while playing ESO is normal. drop them all at once if you want

[@Cyotis]

I dont mind several videos.

[@jocelyngray6306]

I would never let someone read a scroll as a reaction or bonus action.

[@envytee9659]

Well then you are changing the rules. ​​The 2014 DMG and the 2024 DMG quite clearly says that Spell Scrolls use the normal casting time of the spell.

[@christopheroneill77]

no worries in the content amount for me

[@blivetwidget]

A shame they made Calligrapher's Tool's mostly useless for most Wizards, by making it redundant with Arcana for scroll-crafting purposes.

[@amg7535]

Personally, I crave good content, so post away!! But of course majority rules.. though I doubt you'll see much complaining since you're really good at what you're doing here. I've learned a LOT from you and your videos. ❤✌️

[@jakewarman7277]

Based on how you read it you're supposed to divided in half first and then divided by 10

[@oguzhanozgenc7843]

2days per video is good

[@joeyfish5]

Forge Cleric Cnc machine go burrrrrr

[@duanebradway1627]

I don't mind multiple videos at once. As for crafting, I don't think the "crafters" at WotC have a solid grasp on time. Keep in mind, none of what I am about to say is a reflection on you at all. The length of time required to craft some of these items in the real world under the same conditions used during what is considered the medieval era is a fraction of what is suggested. If it really took most of a year to craft plate armor, most smiths would go out of buisness. Some of the fanciest most high end armor took between 6 - 9 months and a majority of that time was spent on fine detail work such as filigree and ornate design. When a smith was hired to make such a masterpiece, it was usually for a king or nobleman and they were hansomely compensated for it. This offset all of the standard buisness they would have otherwise completed. Hence the ridiculous cost normally affiliated with such a piece of work. I have always operated under a sliding scale for creation of items, magic or otherwise, based on the complexity of the world the players are in. Saying that the cost of creation in a low magic/low tech world is the same as a high magic/high tech one is just foolish. I realize the old system with a massive variable was not the solution either, but hundreds of days to make a dagger just because it has a magical property added to it is madness.

[@robmartinez1627]

Give us this smoke. Light up our inbox

[@BLynn]

I personally do not mind multiple videos a day. Can't you schedule the less time sensitive ones for a when you'll have a lull, and release the time sensitive ones immediately?

[@NerdImmersion]

Yup

[@hiredgoon13]

Still be cheaper and easier to pay to cast fabricate spell to make plate

[@azzaelulbrinter]

I feel like this system doesnt truly works because the gap of price is astronomical It works for low price items but 100 days on a spyglass? In that time an average dnd 5e adventuree has reached level 20 and has thousands of gold to spend on mundane stuff

[@theodorehunter4765]

Depends on the campaign. I have played in games where the party is running from dungeon to dungeon slaying monsters. I have also played in games where we sit around in a city for a month waiting for work. If you let your DM know ahead of time that crafting is something you want to do, they can generally slow the pace of the game down enough to allow time for it. Also, with Bastions, you can have your hirelings craft stuff for you while you adventure. Finally, a spyglass is NOT trivial to make. It requires at least two perfectly shaped and polished lenses set at the perfect distance from each other in a (usually collapsible) tube.

[@stewartwitt114]

Make as many videos as works for your schedule. I watch them as time permits, no set schedule

[@mariop8852]

Can a sorcerer scribe a scroll with a metamagic? I really like the crafting rules of 3e. Was much easier to make something useful while not making named items in books.

[@NerdImmersion]

As in the metamagic version of the spell? Technically no, but I'd be willing to work with the player on it

[@voidseekersarchive]

I never understood spell scroll scribing, and I think I never will. How are you supposed to invest even 10 days x 8h for ONE lvl4 spell scroll? In what world and what kind of scenario is this a feasible thing to do?

[@DeityDeconstruction]

The more videos the better

[@ratherfungames]

9:00 I don't think scrolls should be usable as a reaction.

[@envytee9659]

They should be, because those are the rules in the 2014 DMG and the 2024 DMG

[@ratherfungames]

@@envytee9659 I was trying to express an opinion, not make a RAW ruling.

[@envytee9659]

@@ratherfungames I didn't say you were making a RAW ruling. I'm saying that they should be usable as a reaction, in response to you saying they shouldn't be.

[@ratherfungames]

@envytee9659 In that case, your stated reason is irrelevant. I have a hard time picturing scroll use as a reaction in any fictional setting. Like, I could picture Gandalf or Harry Potter reading a scroll over the course of a few seconds and casting a spell from it. I can't picture them reading a scroll a split second before an arrow would have pierced their chest to ward the missile off. But I'm open to being convinced.

[@envytee9659]

@@ratherfungames No, my stated reason is very relevant. Its the reason why I think it should be usable as a reaction. As for the timing... well, they'd need to still speak and act out the verbal and somatic components for a reaction spell, regardless of whether its on a scroll or not. It takes the same time to say the verbal component of a spell, as it does to read a spell. Reactions have never necessarily been "split second responses" either. If someone casts Magic Missile from 5 feet away or 120 feet away... its still the same reaction to put up shield... despite the practical difference in time it would take for both attacks to hit.

[@shixter]

I hate the time duration that Crafting in PHBs takes... the campaigns I play (have played) never go on for months etc...they are usually tighter timelines. I much prefer how the Dungeon Dudes with Dungeons of Drakkenheim are creating their crafting: You have to collect components through adventuring (not grinding mats) and once you have the necessary components - craft it right away ... boom, done. They have added difficulty levels by needing more rare forges or magic academies to craft higher rarity items - totally fair and cool. But I love that it's just "if you have the stuff, make it then and there." Hundreds of days to craft Plate Armour = What's the point ?!? 1) my campaign will never last that long 2) why not just buy it outright because looting 1500GP will take far less than 150 days of adventuring. I want crafting to be an activity that I can do to forego either gold costs or, much more importantly, time. otherwise.. f it - i'll just buy it.

[@richardhealy]

As usual with WOTC I'm 50/50. On the good side, I appreciate the expanded rules for crafting. Though will probably still use Hammund's Guide to Harvesting for "monster bits" On the other hand that rule that you must be able to cast the spell the magic item grants - **I am straight up going to ignore** because that is risible nonsense. Rogue. Ooh a ring of invisibility! Oh wait, I'm a thief. Nevermind *toss* Or as happened in our Curse of Strahd game my Celestial Warlock picked up a staff that could cast Cone of Cold, but Cone of Cold isn't a Warlock spell so I guess that wouldn't have worked unless I gave it to the sorceror. I think that misses the whole point of some magic items that they let you do things you otherwise cannot.

[@cezarsiqueira54]

I could be wrong, but the spell requirement is to create a magic item, not to use it. A rogue can use a ring of invisibility. They can't craft it unless they have a casting feature that allows them to cast the invisibility spell. Your celestial warlock can cast a cone of cold from the staff. If you want to create a rod that allows cone to cone casting, you need to prepare it for crafting.

[@richardhealy]

@@cezarsiqueira54 As I said, a rule I intend to flat out ignore.

[@NerdImmersion]

Yeah... having the spell isn't a requirement to use the item, is a requirement to craft the item. You couldn't craft that staff without knowing cone of cold, but your warlock could absolutely still use it