So I had a crafting system in place. And then it didn’t work. The problem was that the value of ingredients for magic items would become ridiculously high. This would encourage selling them, or deciding to spend a few months just gathering precious ingredients and then, I don’t know, buy an army. In other words, … Read moreThe cost of crafting (2)
We now have a system in place for players who want their PCs to loot or forage their way to resources for item crafting. If they seek out resources through foraging or looting or whatever seems reasonable, they roll one or more of their crafting dice on the resource table. The resources they obtain in … Read moreThe cost of crafting
With the rules from the previous post in mind, I tried at my hand at coming up with some ingredient lists for a selection of items. Some decisions did not flow naturally from the system, and some raised additional questions. For example, while I know a very rare item needs a very rare ingredient, how … Read moreCreating recipes
Once players have their characters gather resources, they will also want to know how they can recombine the resources into new items. Instead of having an infinite list of resource descriptions (as is the case in my current cooking system), it would be good if resources were described systematically, as the Angry GM wrote here. … Read moreA system for recipes
I am in need of a crafting system for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. When one of my players wanted his character to be a very good cook, I worked with it by just adding a separate skill. When I had an additional player who wanted his character to dabble in alchemy, I did something … Read moreCrafting System
