Michael Pace 573 wrote:
Is it possible for a wizard to create a wondrous item (brooch, belt, whatever, etc.) with 50 charges and a spell trigger instead of use-activated, continuous or command word?
For example, a 3rd level wizard with craft wondrous item makes the following items.
1) Brooch of shield spell (any first level spell cast as if first level)
50 charges
spell level 1 x caster level 1 x 750 GB (page 550, table 15-29 core rule book)
base price: 750 GB
construction cost: 375 GB
to answer your question YES it is possable to craft that with craft wonderous item it is ultimatly up to dm but! CWI is used for any item that is not CAA CW CS or any other crafting feat. a brooch would fall under cwi as it offers no ac (CAA) its not a wand (CW) its not a staff (CS) you can make wonderous items with charges. you can make swords with charges. if you wanted and had the gold you could make a sword witch on contact with an enemy casted fireball at 10d6. i dont know any dm that would allow that but its completly up to dm on what you can and cannot make. i dont see why they wouldnt allow a brooch of shielding spell. once all casts are done it would become useless. a wand is a wand. no different shape. i would ask your DM if he would allow it. if you wanted you could make a bead of shield with charges. activation is banging it on your head. its how you craft and word its activation. if your dm says no then no you cant. i have made armor that apon hit cast entangle and had freedom of movement put on it. (i was a druid) and in combat that would be my escape so i could cast spells and not worry about being hit. its just what the dm would allow you to make is whatever you can make. no one said that CAA has to be just what is in the book. as a dm myself i like to see what people can come up with. come on. as an example
Soul Soap
Aura faint abjuration; CL 1st
Slot none; Price 200 gp; Weight 2 lbs.
DESCRIPTION
This small bar of coarse gray soap has tiny pieces of ash, coal, or hard earth embedded in it, making the use of the soap uncomfortable and leaving anyone washed with it as dirty as before. Washing a creature with the soap requires water and takes 1 minute, after which the creature can attempt a new Will saving throw against any hostile ongoing mind-affecting effect currently affecting it. Unwilling creatures must be pinned or otherwise made helpless before they can be washed. The soap is sufficient to wash one creature.
CONSTRUCTION
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, resistance; Cost 100 gp
that is an awesome use of CWI and it takes a 0 level spell and makes it do something completely different then what the spell actually does witch is +1 enhancment to saves. if a dm doesnt want people to make unique items then there not my kind of dm :)
