| Magickz |
I think everything would be solved if.. they made a book.
That has everything you could buy and craft.
To buy the item it should give you a flat price. Then the price for the modifiers, and that's your price.
To craft something they tell you what the item is, what the raw materials are and much much they cost/ worth. From there they should have set DC's for that item along with a length of time it take to finish.
The DC is just to see if you mess up, if you do you have to start all over again. If the item is anything but metal which can be melted down and reused the crafter must get the materials once again.
As for time....
Lets say you want to craft a shortsword. You get the materials you need and head to the town forge. (Here is what I would like to see)You have to ask the town blacksmith if you can use his forge, if he says no then pay him. He is running a business after all.)
This is the part where Realism should come into play... and I think a few of you need to go back to school when it comes to this.
A blacksmith generally keeps his forge going 24/7 since it uses less wood or coal to keep it going compared to stopping and starting it everyday for a few hours.
For the sake of putting this into a RPG! I'm going to skip the handle and ornaments.
OK! We got our iron we need for the sword so we melt down the iron. Depends on the forge it can take 1-10 hours to do that.
Next we pour the mold (Chances are... unless you are making a exotic weapon the blacksmith will have the mold, In which you spend a day making) Pouring the mold takes about 30 sec- 1 minute... Letting it sit till is a solid takes 1-5 hours. (The mold is for the basic shape of the item not exact)
Now you take the iron shape out of the mold and you pound it into how you want the blade to be. 1-2 hours
Roll out the handle then add the hilt. 1-2 hours.
Drop in in a barrel of oil for a moment then put it in a barrel of water. This allows for the metal to cool at a high rate of speed without damaging the sword. (Oil also prevents rusting while cooling) 2-4 hours depending on size.
Now the the blade is done cooling, Grind, sharpen, polish, wrap leather around the handle. 1-2 hours
Tada! Still have to do work but hey... its not a year worth of work like in the book.
Now this is just basics for a sword and would probably be handed to a grunt in the army. It was not folded or had special materials used or anything.
But the point is this... It did not take a year to make a suit of armor for anyone but kings. Kings armors normally were not used for combat thus more time could be put into them for their looks. Designs, Style, Gold, Gems, ect all able to be put in over a year. When it actually came time for war and they ended up in the position or actually fought with their army they used the same armor as everyone else. Of course they added a little bit for looks so people could tell who he was.
Yes I know this is a very old topic...