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This is just way too long.

Now yes, this is without the +10 DC to shorten the crafting times, but it still would be unreasonable. Also, it’s one thing to be realistic about crafting and another to viable for the game.

This is indeed the case. After some consideration I've let a player run a crafting character and I've played as a crafting character in a different campaign and both times I've noticed the same thing: Player characters rarely ever have 7 weeks of free time to make the accelerated half plate in the example.

The most "rest" time I've ever encountered was a mere 10 days of managing a business in town before someone else tries to blow up/take over the world and we needed to hit the road again.

Of course mundane crafting, just like magical crafting while adventuring will be slowed significantly by being on the move making it take even longer to make that half plate.

Lets also consider that this armour craftsman is most likely a non-magical fellow with a limited resource pool for magical assistance items/willing party mates. What happens with all the extra tools and other bits one needs to pound out a suit of armour? The forge, the anvils and the tools needed? Sure, craftsman tools are a flat 5lbs, but everything else takes up quite a bit of space and weight. Not everyone has a bag of holding big enough to carry a set of anvils and other crafting requirements... You cant always take your mule drawn cart with you up the bad guy's mountain fortress...

While players crafting their own gear is epic, a departure from attempted realism in the crafting rules is necessary to make it a viable option for use by PCs within their many constraints.

I've been toying with a character concept and I've run into a question that I cannot find an answer for.

For example, if one were to make use of a Tome of Clear Thought to raise his Int to 13, would he then qualify for a feat like Combat Expertise that requires Int 13? Or do inherent bonuses not count towards requirements?

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Hey everyone, quick question:
If the party bard has inspire courage up, does the bonus apply to both saves for phantasmal killer, or just the fortitude save?

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Thanks for the responses.

The Ioun Stone and Ring that negate the need for food/drink have also been brought up. Would you rule that these would negate the whole attempt at fasting?

I've been discussing Ioun Stone implantation with some of the folks I play with and we've got a few questions:

We cannot seem to come to an agreement in regards to the fasting prior to the implantation. Is water allowed or not?

Are short duration buff spells able to augment the Charima check or Heal check? Especially things that only last a manner of minutes or round.