Amazing Tools of Manufacture

[RogueMortal]

About this item speeding up the time to manufacture other things, does it apply to crafting magic items, or just to more mundane objects? The text refers to using Craft skills to make objects, and as I understand it you need to first make an item (Amazing Tools apply) and then enchant it (Tools do not apply) but some other people seem to read and interpret it differently. Thanks for any clarification.

[Adamantine Dragon]

I would read it as the tools help you make it, but don't help you enchant it.

[Tar-Tar]

Taken from what is written about crafting magic armor:

Creating Magic Armor wrote:

To create magic armor, a character needs a heat source and some iron, wood, or leatherworking tools. He also needs a supply of materials, the most obvious being the armor or the pieces of the armor to be assembled. Armor to be made into magic armor must be masterwork armor, and the masterwork cost is added to the base price to determine final market value. Additional magic supply costs for the materials are subsumed in the cost for creating the magic armor—half the base price of the item.

The page never uses the word "enchant" when talking about magic item creation. It always uses the word "create." Based on how it explains the process, it looks like the enchanting that takes place is part of the creation process for that item (in this case, armor). The armor can be created from scratch, and when it is finished it has some enhancements. As long as you use the required Craft skill, I don't see why you couldn't use this item to craft any sort of magic item.

[Weirdo]

I agree with Tar-Tar. It says it applies when you "create items using the Craft skill." You can create magic items using the appropriate Craft Skill. In the absence of any indication that it doesn't apply to magic item crafting, I'd assume that it does.