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Originally posted by toot033:
I have not really tried to craft any items and was wondering if there were any guides / pointers to doing this. If I am interpreting this correctly , you basically need Khelgan to make the weapon / armor 1st then have Quara or Sand cast the appropriate spell. Do the different base metals give any special bonuses and or allow more powerful enchantments to be cast?
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
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Actually almost any character can do the basic crafting of weapons or armor provided their skill level is high enough. Enchanting those items however requires a spellcaster or someone with a high UMD skill. Qara, Sand, Elanee, Zhaeve, and Grobnar can all create magical items provided they have the Create Magical Arms and Armor feat and / or the Create Wondrous Items Feat.
Different base metals do give special damage or protection but those special properties count against the allowed total of 3 enchantments per item (in the OC). Aside from that, all materials can be enchanted to the same level.
Here is a detailed summary of the crafting ranks required to fabricate various items or to use various materials:
Basic Crafting Ranks Required
Craft Armor
Light Shield: 1
Padded Armor: 1
Heavy Shield: 2
Leather Armor: 2
Hide Armor: 3
Studded Leather Armor: 3
Chain Shirt: 4
Tower Shield: 4
Breastplate: 5
Chain Mail: 5
Banded Mail: 6
Half-Plate Armor: 7
Full-Plate Armor: 8
modify the above for material type:
Iron: +0
Leather Hide: +0
Duskwood: +5
Darksteel: +10
Mithril: +10
Zalantar: +10
Salamander Hide: +12
Adamantine: +15
Umber Hulk Hide: +17
Wyvern Hide: +20
Red Dragon Hide: +23
Craft Weapon
Bow: 2
Simple: 2
Crossbow: 5
Martial: 5
Exotic: 8
modify the above for material type
Iron: +0
Wood: +0
Alchemical Silver: +5
Cold Iron: +5
Duskwood: +5
Shederran: +5
Darksteel: +10
Mithril: +10
Zalantar: +10
Adamantine: +15
and a list of gems required for crafting! (now you can dump the ones you've been wondering if you would be needing or not! lol)
Crafting Gem List
Amethyst (grenade like weapons - thunderstone, holy water etc)
Beljuril (+6/+8 stat boosters)
Blue Diamond (+5 weapons and armor and some wondrous items)
Canary Diamond (wondrous items; adds electrical damage)
Diamond (+2 weapons and armor and +2 stat boosters; holy avenger)
Emerald (+3 weapons and armor; adds acid or poison damage)
Fire Opal (Wondrous items)
Jacinth (Wondrous items; +4 stat boosters; weapon of disruption)
King's Tear (+8 stat boosters)
Obsidian (+1 weapons and armor)
Rogue Stone (+6 stat boosters)
Ruby (adds fire damage to a weapon)
Sapphire (Amulet of natural armor +1)
Star Sapphire (+4 weapons and armor and +4 stat boosters; adds cold damage)