#dnd5e question:
Do you allow characters to craft magic items between adventures as per the rules in Xanathar's? Do you always require hard-to-find components? How much easier or harder do you make it? Do you use 3rd-party supplements to provide better structure to crafting? pic.twitter.com/yBCKTeNQZo— Nick Landry 🔛 GDC (@ActiveNick) March 11, 2019
This is where the 2/3.5E splat books were good. You didn’t need them for your average gameplay, but they really provided structure for specific areas instead of “winging it”. Casual DMs who cannot afford tons of time to prep just won’t bother to come up with a good & fair system. So without solid & balanced rules for crafting magic items, DMs will either:
1. Allow anything, throwing the game out of balance.
2. Require insane components, thus making it too hard.
3. Create a half-baked system, which will again unbalance their game.How do you handle it?
— Nick Landry 🔛 GDC (@ActiveNick) March 11, 2019
I use the XGE system, and have used the DM system in the past, both of which work very well! I really like a return to crafting being something special as a result of adventures and not just a "well we have some downtime, I'll crank out some magical weapons!" 1/-
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) March 11, 2019
The CR suggestion for creature/other tasks is great. That, plus some thought on what is resonant to the item you're making can set you off on the right path to create encounters. 2/-
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) March 11, 2019
If you want a product that digs into it a little, I worked on the Creature Components books from @PlaygroundRPGs. Vol 1 is for the Monster Manual/SRD, and has harvesting rules and component ideas from every OGL creature. VERY cool stuff. Vol 2 is for Tome of Beasts. 3/3 #dnd
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) March 11, 2019
Volume 1 can be found in the following link, and vol. 2 is easy to find if you want some sweet Tome of Beasts support, and also rules for harvesting hazards and some new magic item ideas that go with the themes. https://t.co/t07C9Qe2Wb
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) March 11, 2019