Artificing
Introduction
Artificing is the art of creating magic items. The system is based on the 3rd edition PnP system, with a few twists. First, no metamagic feats are required to make magic items - however, there are other requirements to be met. To be an artificer, a character must have at least 7 caster levels - more for some classes. To create a particular item, and artificer must make an artificing check, which is very similar to a skill check. Every time an artificer succeeds at making an item, they gain a percentage of the character experience invested as the item as artificing experience. As an artificer gains artificing experience, they grow in artificing level and are able to make more complicated items.
Artificing was renamed from the "Enchantment system" to avoid confusion with the Enchantment school of spells. Artificing is transmutation magic, but can be done by any spell caster of sufficient level - regardless of their ability to cast transmutation spells.
There are currently two types of artificing possible. These are Scribe Scroll and Craft Wand.
Minimum Caster Levels
To use the Avlis Artificing System, you must have a certain number of levels in a spellcasting class. Palemaster effective caster levels (+1 for every odd palemaster level) are counted as levels of bard, sorcerer or wizard for this calculation. The requirements by class are as follows:
- Cleric 7
- Druid 7
- Sorcerer 7
- Wizard 7
- Bard 13
- Paladin 17
- Ranger 17
Levels from multiple spellcasting classes do not stack. So a multiclassed PC with 10 druid levels and 10 ranger levels will be able to scribe druid scrolls, but not ranger scrolls.
XP Cost
Artificing is the act of placing a small amount of your power into an object as a receptacle. Thus every artificed item carries with it an XP cost.
Determining Success
Just as with the crafting system, the artificing system uses xp and levels. Like all crafts, an artificer must have experience with simpler items before attempting more powerful items. When attempting to create magic items, an artificer makes an artificing check with a DC based on the difficulty of the items being crafted. Modifiers to this roll are gained based on the caster's primary spell casting ability bonus, and various skills and pertinent feats that the caster has.
General Artificing Modifier Components
- +1 per your spell casting ability modifier bonus
- +1 per 5 points (ranks plus bonuses) in Lore
- +1 per 5 points (ranks plus bonuses) in Spellcraft
- +2 for Spell Focus (Transmutation)
- +2 for Greater Spell Focus (Transmutation)
- +2 for Epic Spell Focus (Transmutation)
- Note: Spell focus feat artificing modifiers stack.