BASICS & CREATION

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• Adding New Abilities - A creator can add new magical abilities to a magic item with no restrictions.
• Charges, Doses, And Multiple Uses - Many items, particularly wands and staffs, are limited in power by the number of charges they hold.
• Creating Magic Armor - To create magic armor, a character needs a heat source and some iron, wood, or leatherworking tools.
• Creating Magic Items - To create magic items, spellcasters use special feats.
• 0-Level Spells - When multiplying spell levels to determine value, 0- level spells should be treated as 1/2 level.
• Multiple Different Abilities - Abilities such as an attack roll bonus or saving throw bonus and a spell-like...
• Multiple Similar Abilities - For items with multiple similar abilities that don't take up space on a...
• Other Considerations - Once you have a final cost figure, reduce that number if either of the...
• Table: Estimating Magic Item Gold Piece Values
• Table: Summary Of Magic Item Creation Costs
• Creating Magic Weapons - To create a magic weapon, a character needs a heat source and some iron, wood, or leatherworking tools.
• Creating Potions - The creator of a potion needs a level working surface and at least a few...
• Creating Rings - To create a magic ring, a character needs a heat source.
• Creating Rods - To create a magic rod, a character needs a supply of materials, the most...
• Creating Scrolls - To create a scroll, a character needs a supply of choice writing materials,...
• Creating Staffs - To create a magic staff, a character needs a supply of materials, the most...
• Creating Wands - To create a magic wand, a character needs a small supply of materials,...
• Creating Wondrous Items - To create a wondrous item, a character usually needs some sort of equipment or tools to work on the item.
• Cursed Items - Some items are cursed-incorrectly made, or corrupted by outside forces.
• Damaging Magic Items - A magic item doesn't need to make a saving throw unless it is unattended,...
• Intelligent Item Creation - To create an intelligent item, a character must have a caster level of 15th or higher.
• Intelligent Items - Some magic items, particularly weapons, have an intelligence all their own.
• Magic Item Descriptions - Each general type of magic item gets an overall description, followed by descriptions of specific items.
• Table: Random Magic Item Generation
• Magic Items I (Basics & Creation) - Magic items are divided into categories: armor, weapons, potions, rings, rods, scrolls, staffs, wands, and wondrous items.
• Armor And Shields - Magic armor (including shields) offers improved, magical protection to the wearer.
• Potions - A potion is an elixir concocted with a spell-like effect that affects only the drinker.
• Rings - A ring is a circular metal band worn on the finger (no more than two rings...
• Rods - A rod is a scepter-like item with a special power unlike that of any known spell.
• Scrolls - A scroll is a spell magically inscribed onto paper or parchment so that it can be used later.
• Staffs - A staff has a number of different (but often related) spell effects.
• Wands - A wand is a short stick imbued with the power to cast a specific spell.
• Weapons - Magic weapons are created with a variety of combat powers and almost always...
• Wondrous Items - These objects include magic jewelry, tools, books, clothing, and much more.
• Magic Items And Detect Magic - When detect magicidentifies a magic item's school of magic, this information...
• Magic Items On The Body - Many magic items need to be donned by a character who wants to employ them or benefit from their abilities.
• Masterwork Items - Masterwork items are extraordinarily well-made items.
• Repairing Magic Items - Some magic items take damage over the course of an adventure.
• Saving Throws Against Magic Item Powers - Magic items produce spells or spell-like effects. For a saving throw against...
• Size And Magic Items - When an article of magic clothing or jewelry is discovered, most of the time size shouldn't be an issue.
• Armor And Weapon Sizes - Armor and weapons that are found at random have a 30% chance of being Small...
• Using Items - To use a magic item, it must be activated, although sometimes activation simply means putting a ring on your finger.
• Command Word - If no activation method is suggested either in the magic item description...
• Spell Completion - This is the activation method for scrolls. A scroll is a spell that is mostly finished.
• Spell Trigger - Spell trigger activation is similar to spell completion, but it's even simpler.
• Use Activated - This type of item simply has to be used in order to activate it.