Sorry if this has been asked before, but how long does it take to repair an item with the Craft skill? Or, how does one know how many silver pieces worth of damage has been done to an item needing repair?
Oh, wait, I think I just answered my own question. It would be 1/5 the cost of the item.
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Does it take just as long to repair an item as it does to make one?
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Does it take just as long to repair an item as it does to make one?
THat is something I would like to know too!
"You can repair an item by making checks against the same DC that it took to make the item in the first place. The cost of repairing an item is one-fifth of the item's price."
So what I get from this is that it is just as hard to repair for example, a long sword (dc15) as it is to make one.... or that it requires the same amount of skill.... that makes sense because if your craft check result was any lower than 15 to repair it, the repair wouldn't be as strong as the rest of the piece, making it a crappy and ineffective repair.... (a failed repair).
So the confusing part is "the COST of repairing an item is one-fifth of the item's [base] price"... (I added "base" to make it clearer)... to me that just means, "instead of making a new long sword and paying 1/3rd the cost of the item in raw materials, you are paying 1/5th of the base price for raw materials to repair it.
The confusing part #2 is.... what is the silver piece equivalent or limit or goal to finish fixing a broken long sword.... or a longsword with the broken condition?
Does it require only "30 silver pieces of work" to make up the 1/5 in raw materials for repair (3 gold)?... or does it require the same amount of time to make a whole new sword, just costing 3 gold instead of 5 gold? If so, you might as well pay 2 extra gold and make a new one because that is BULL's-Strength.