paizo.com Recent Posts in Making great item crafterspaizo.com Recent Posts in Making great item crafters2017-08-22T23:42:47Z2017-08-22T23:42:47ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersMichaelCullenhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#272017-09-13T03:48:54Z2017-09-13T03:47:46Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Viondar wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Lady-J wrote:</div><blockquote> i may be miss remembering but wasn't there a prestige class that could sac a prepared spell slot to cast a spell from a scroll and have it use their caster level and not consume the scroll? </blockquote><p>That would be an awesome power!
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I've encountered the ability to bring scrolls to CL a few times, but not ever the ability to sacrifice spell slots to cast spells from scrolls. That would be epic! </blockquote><p>The Razmiran Priest (false priest) archetype for sorcerers does this with divine spell scrolls. And yes it is very powerful.Viondar wrote:Lady-J wrote: i may be miss remembering but wasn't there a prestige class that could sac a prepared spell slot to cast a spell from a scroll and have it use their caster level and not consume the scroll?
That would be an awesome power!
I've encountered the ability to bring scrolls to CL a few times, but not ever the ability to sacrifice spell slots to cast spells from scrolls. That would be epic! The Razmiran Priest (false priest) archetype for sorcerers does this with divine...MichaelCullen2017-09-13T03:47:46ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersAzten (alias of Dragonborn3)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#262017-09-13T03:40:25Z2017-09-13T03:40:25Z<p>I'm not sure there is anything else made by Paizo that can do it. In the territory of other 3pp companies though Frugal Crafting(feat) and Artisan(Class) can likely get added in.</p>I'm not sure there is anything else made by Paizo that can do it. In the territory of other 3pp companies though Frugal Crafting(feat) and Artisan(Class) can likely get added in.Azten (alias of Dragonborn3)2017-09-13T03:40:25ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersReduxisthttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#252017-09-13T03:22:29Z2017-09-13T03:22:29Z<p>So with a cost reducing trait and as an evangelist of Torag, you can reduce the cost of crafting by at least 15%. How else can we add onto that reduction?</p>So with a cost reducing trait and as an evangelist of Torag, you can reduce the cost of crafting by at least 15%. How else can we add onto that reduction?Reduxist2017-09-13T03:22:29ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersLeMoineNoirhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#242017-09-13T01:01:58Z2017-09-13T01:01:58Z<p>There's also the <a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/TraitDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Eldritch%20Smith" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Eldritch Smith</a> Trait, so long as the item is stone or metal.</p>
<p>But all three Traits are in the Magic category, and without DM fiat, you may only have one Trait from a single category.</p>There's also the Eldritch Smith Trait, so long as the item is stone or metal.
But all three Traits are in the Magic category, and without DM fiat, you may only have one Trait from a single category.LeMoineNoir2017-09-13T01:01:58ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersLady-Jhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#232017-09-13T00:39:21Z2017-09-13T00:39:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Reduxist wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">blahpers wrote:</div><blockquote> Hedge Magician (Magic), Ultimate Campaign. </blockquote><a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/TraitDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Spark%20of%20Creation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Spark of Creation</a> from Champions of Purity does the same thing with a +1 bonus to craft. </blockquote><p>since its not a trait bonus you could potentially use bothReduxist wrote:blahpers wrote: Hedge Magician (Magic), Ultimate Campaign.
Spark of Creation from Champions of Purity does the same thing with a +1 bonus to craft. since its not a trait bonus you could potentially use bothLady-J2017-09-13T00:39:21ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersReduxisthttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#222017-09-13T00:36:48Z2017-09-13T00:36:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">blahpers wrote:</div><blockquote> Hedge Magician (Magic), Ultimate Campaign. </blockquote><p><a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/TraitDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Spark%20of%20Creation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Spark of Creation</a> from Champions of Purity does the same thing with a +1 bonus to craft.blahpers wrote:Hedge Magician (Magic), Ultimate Campaign.
Spark of Creation from Champions of Purity does the same thing with a +1 bonus to craft.Reduxist2017-09-13T00:36:48ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersparrot familiarhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#212017-09-12T16:39:12Z2017-09-12T16:39:12Z<p>Yup that shapechanger bloodline obsoleted my build. Very cool and powerful bloodline!</p>Yup that shapechanger bloodline obsoleted my build. Very cool and powerful bloodline!parrot familiar2017-09-12T16:39:12ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersLeMoineNoirhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#202017-09-12T14:36:50Z2017-09-12T14:36:50Z<p>Evangelists of Torag can reduce crafting costs by 10%.</p>
<p><a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/DeityDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Torag" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Torag.</a> Though it's level 14 at the earliest.</p>Evangelists of Torag can reduce crafting costs by 10%.
Torag. Though it's level 14 at the earliest.LeMoineNoir2017-09-12T14:36:50ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersViondarhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#192020-12-06T18:43:58Z2017-09-12T14:24:37Z<p>Sorry, I got distracted by life...</p>
<p>Ehm... <a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/BloodlineDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Shapechanger" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here</a> you go :)</p>
<p>Paragon surge fits the description. Transmutation, and 1 min/level</p>Sorry, I got distracted by life...
Ehm... Here you go :)
Paragon surge fits the description. Transmutation, and 1 min/levelViondar2017-09-12T14:24:37ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersparrot familiarhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#182017-08-29T17:31:46Z2017-08-29T17:31:46Z<p>Hey Viondar—I can't find a shapeshifter sorcerer with a third level power that can extend Paragon Surge. That sounds awesome, where can I get a look at it? </p>
<p>I've built and am currently playing a Paragon Surge crafter to great success (now level 12) and will share my build if it seems competitive with the sorcerer (mine's a transmuter wizard). A lot of love and arithmetic went into that character, I kinda hope he's not obsolete now. Not that being able to craft everything ever goes out of style. </p>
<p>Disclaimer: my SurgeCrafter lives in a very permissive and challenging home game environment (we're in a homebrew-infused Rappan Athuk). The DM likes us to push strong characters. We still die a lot. SurgeCrafting is obviously not a trick to be dropped on a DM without prior discussion.</p>Hey Viondar--I can't find a shapeshifter sorcerer with a third level power that can extend Paragon Surge. That sounds awesome, where can I get a look at it?
I've built and am currently playing a Paragon Surge crafter to great success (now level 12) and will share my build if it seems competitive with the sorcerer (mine's a transmuter wizard). A lot of love and arithmetic went into that character, I kinda hope he's not obsolete now. Not that being able to craft everything ever goes out of...parrot familiar2017-08-29T17:31:46ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersTacticslionhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#172017-08-28T15:52:55Z2017-08-28T15:52:55Z<p>Dot</p>DotTacticslion2017-08-28T15:52:55ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersGray Wardenhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#162017-08-28T14:15:28Z2017-08-28T14:15:28Z<p>IMHO, the best crafter does not craft at all, as he leaves the task to his Valet familiar. This way, he can go adventuring while his familiars crafts full time. During down-time, master and familiar can then work together to speed up the crafting time.</p>
<p>For example, this is a build for a generalist wizard which is also a very effective face out of combat.</p>
<p>Human 10 Universalist(Arcane Crafter) Wizard / 1 Loremaster with Parrot Valet Familiar</p>
<p>7 14 14 19 8 13</p>
<p>1 Skill Focus [Linguistics]
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1 Orator
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1 Scribe Scroll
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3 Evolved Familiar > Skilled > +8 Spellcraft
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3 Craft Wondrous Items
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5 Craft Magic Arms and Armors
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5 Craft Wand
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7 Craft Constructs
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8 Skill Focus [Knowledge(Any)]
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8 Loremaster > Forge Ring
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9 Craft Rod
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11 Craft Staff
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11 Staff-like wand</p>
<p>The build can then continue with the Eldritch Heritage chain, in case you wanted some high level bloodline power.</p>
<p>If you want to invest even more on your familiar, you can go Spirit Binder, forgo Scribe Scroll and 5th/10th level bonus feats and grant 3 feats to your familiar. They could be:</p>
<p>1- Additional Traits to grant Spellcraft and Use Magic Device as class skills.
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5- Magical Aptitude, Skill Focus [Spellcraft] or [Use Magic Device].
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10- Any of the above.</p>
<p>which basically grant the familiar a bonus of +4 up to +14 to either skills.</p>IMHO, the best crafter does not craft at all, as he leaves the task to his Valet familiar. This way, he can go adventuring while his familiars crafts full time. During down-time, master and familiar can then work together to speed up the crafting time.
For example, this is a build for a generalist wizard which is also a very effective face out of combat.
Human 10 Universalist(Arcane Crafter) Wizard / 1 Loremaster with Parrot Valet Familiar
7 14 14 19 8 13
1 Skill Focus [Linguistics]
1...Gray Warden2017-08-28T14:15:28ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersViondarhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#152017-08-28T11:18:25Z2017-08-28T11:18:25Z<p>That mnemonic vestment is epic!</p>That mnemonic vestment is epic!Viondar2017-08-28T11:18:25ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersDastishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#142017-08-23T19:33:44Z2017-08-23T19:33:44Z<p>Mneomic Vestment lets you cast scrolls from your list without expending them although it must be on your list. Raziman Priest archetype sorcerer lets you use divine scrolls</p>Mneomic Vestment lets you cast scrolls from your list without expending them although it must be on your list. Raziman Priest archetype sorcerer lets you use divine scrollsDastis2017-08-23T19:33:44ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersLinea Lirondottirhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#132017-08-23T14:42:18Z2017-08-23T14:42:18Z<p>This is (mostly) for mundane crafting, but you might want to consider the craft skill unlock. With five ranks in a craft skill and that skill unlock production is doubled. With fifteen ranks it's 20 times faster.</p>
<p>With that skill unlock it's not particularly difficult to be making far more crafting progress than you could with magical items.</p>
<p>The cooperative crafting feat on an assistant is absolutely huge. Doubled production and a +2 bonus to your skill check. And I'm fairly sure that the doubling (but not the +2 bonus) can scale up by as many assistants as the GM will allow for whatever project you're working on. (So with three assistants you're making things 4• as quickly due to the rules for adding multipliers)</p>This is (mostly) for mundane crafting, but you might want to consider the craft skill unlock. With five ranks in a craft skill and that skill unlock production is doubled. With fifteen ranks it's 20 times faster.
With that skill unlock it's not particularly difficult to be making far more crafting progress than you could with magical items.
The cooperative crafting feat on an assistant is absolutely huge. Doubled production and a +2 bonus to your skill check. And I'm fairly sure that the...Linea Lirondottir2017-08-23T14:42:18ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersViondarhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#122017-08-23T14:23:13Z2017-08-23T14:23:13Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lady-J wrote:</div><blockquote> i may be miss remembering but wasn't there a prestige class that could sac a prepared spell slot to cast a spell from a scroll and have it use their caster level and not consume the scroll? </blockquote><p>That would be an awesome power!
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I've encountered the ability to bring scrolls to CL a few times, but not ever the ability to sacrifice spell slots to cast spells from scrolls. That would be epic!</p>Lady-J wrote:i may be miss remembering but wasn't there a prestige class that could sac a prepared spell slot to cast a spell from a scroll and have it use their caster level and not consume the scroll?
That would be an awesome power!
I've encountered the ability to bring scrolls to CL a few times, but not ever the ability to sacrifice spell slots to cast spells from scrolls. That would be epic!Viondar2017-08-23T14:23:13ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersAncient Dragon Masterhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#112017-08-23T08:59:11Z2017-08-23T08:57:32Z<p><a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/PrestigeClassesDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Pathfinder%20Savant" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here</a> <a href="http://archivesofnethys.com/PrestigeClassesDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Cyphermage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here</a>
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^Ancient Dragon Master2017-08-23T08:57:32ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersLady-Jhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#102017-08-23T08:17:16Z2017-08-23T08:17:16Z<p>i may be miss remembering but wasn't there a prestige class that could sac a prepared spell slot to cast a spell from a scroll and have it use their caster level and not consume the scroll?</p>i may be miss remembering but wasn't there a prestige class that could sac a prepared spell slot to cast a spell from a scroll and have it use their caster level and not consume the scroll?Lady-J2017-08-23T08:17:16ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersViondarhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#92017-08-23T07:55:05Z2017-08-23T07:55:05Z<p>I must have been interested in other things when I read the impossible bloodline before, because that's kinda nice! </p>
<p>That protector of the people feat is interesting. All nice roleplaying aside, you mainly just pay a sum of gold to get the feat. </p>
<p>And dwarfs do go fast! :D</p>
<p>Spellcraft pumping should do most of it, yeah, but spell completion items are not to be ignored. I'm still looking for ways to combine the psychic and the wizard spell list ;) </p>
<p>Anything else? Perhaps a feat solution that doesn't require a half-elf?</p>I must have been interested in other things when I read the impossible bloodline before, because that's kinda nice!
That protector of the people feat is interesting. All nice roleplaying aside, you mainly just pay a sum of gold to get the feat.
And dwarfs do go fast! :D
Spellcraft pumping should do most of it, yeah, but spell completion items are not to be ignored. I'm still looking for ways to combine the psychic and the wizard spell list ;)
Anything else? Perhaps a feat solution that...Viondar2017-08-23T07:55:05ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersavrhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#82017-08-23T01:09:28Z2017-08-23T01:09:28Z<p>A sorcerer (or better, a blood arcanist) with the Impossible bloodline can outright ignore some spell prereqs. This is probably better than gaining access to other lists.</p>A sorcerer (or better, a blood arcanist) with the Impossible bloodline can outright ignore some spell prereqs. This is probably better than gaining access to other lists.avr2017-08-23T01:09:28ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersAzten (alias of Dragonborn3)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#72017-08-23T00:58:21Z2017-08-23T00:58:21Z<p>3rd party options has the king of item crafter: the Artisan. I hadn't thought of using paragon surge though. That'll need to be remembered for my Eldritch Scion.</p>3rd party options has the king of item crafter: the Artisan. I hadn't thought of using paragon surge though. That'll need to be remembered for my Eldritch Scion.Azten (alias of Dragonborn3)2017-08-23T00:58:21ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersDastishttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#62017-08-23T00:42:39Z2017-08-23T00:42:39Z<p>Protector of the people gives you craft construct without any prerequisites</p>
<p>Leadership style feats with cooperative crafter lets you make things much faster</p>Protector of the people gives you craft construct without any prerequisites
Leadership style feats with cooperative crafter lets you make things much fasterDastis2017-08-23T00:42:39ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersGallant Armorhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#52017-08-23T00:13:05Z2017-08-23T00:13:05Z<p>Dwarf Wizard with a Valet familiar is great if you are tracking crafting time.</p>Dwarf Wizard with a Valet familiar is great if you are tracking crafting time.Gallant Armor2017-08-23T00:13:05ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersblahpershttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#42017-08-23T00:06:47Z2017-08-23T00:05:24Z<p>Honestly, though, you're better off pumping Spellcraft rather than trying to get access to every spell list, unless you just want to make scrolls and staves or something. Most items only have one or two prerequisite spells, and Spellcraft isn't the hardest thing in the world to pump.</p>Honestly, though, you're better off pumping Spellcraft rather than trying to get access to every spell list, unless you just want to make scrolls and staves or something. Most items only have one or two prerequisite spells, and Spellcraft isn't the hardest thing in the world to pump.blahpers2017-08-23T00:05:24ZRe: Forums: Advice: Making great item craftersblahpershttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ujm8?Making-great-item-crafters#32017-08-22T23:57:32Z2017-08-22T23:57:32Z<p>Hedge Magician (Magic), Ultimate Campaign.</p>Hedge Magician (Magic), Ultimate Campaign.blahpers2017-08-22T23:57:32Z