Don' forget the paperwork!
Let himtrack everything down to the hour when crafting. Ahhh. Nm he's probably an accountant and would enjoy it...
I Think, as suggested above, that the crafting and spelling problem is a non problem. And you can be a great GM is you ude it as a spring board for the story. Think of a way his crafting and his friends spelling can get Them involved in the next part og the story. There is somthing with syncronizing expectations but when the game is running in game things is best adresses in game. And i personally love when my players take some i intiative and not just sit in the tavan and wait for the next Quest. So make a story out of what is really an oppotunity.
And the boar thing can pehaps be dealt with in a similar way?
Edit: still o the phone.
I Think, as suggested above, that the crafting and spelling problem is a non problem. And you can be a great GM is you ude it as a spring board for the story. Think of a way his crafting and his friends spelling can get Them involved in the next part og the story. There is somthing with syncronizing expectations but when the game is running in game things is best adresses in game. And i personally love when my players take some i intiative and not just sit in the tavan and wait for the next Quest. So make a story out of what is really an oppotunity.
And the boar thing can pehaps be dealt with in a similar way?
Edit: still o the phone.
Selling not spelling! Spelling is my problem:(
Just be aware of crafting time. I don't think 100gp(10% of 1000) per day of downtime is really gamebreaking. I haven't started playing Rise of the Runelords yet, but if the gets 3 days beetween the adventures he is just 300gp before the rest of the party.
If he used the trait and his two feats to increase his saves this would be make him much more efficient, than a few extra coins. If he bought flat boni with his traits getting the same through extra cash will take a long time. It will also grow potentially more expensive as he levels and probably be harder to keep up since Item prices are squared boni.
Just be aware not to tell him about Blood Money/Fabricate Shenanigans.
However I may be biased(and an evil munchkin), since I planned on making an optimized Crafter wizard for our Rise of the Runelords campaign.(I normally prefer Barbarians and Paladins.)
I have to admit I took the same trait and Hedge Magician(5% discount when crafting) and the Dwarven favored class bonus, since I wanted to be optimzed for crafting.
About hunting boars: Tell him it might be dangerous, since there have been sightings of XY(include some creature from the encounter list) and other menacing creatures a few days ago. If he still wants to go for bars you can roll the random encounter table.
ALSO DOES HE HAVE SURVIVAL/KNOWLEDGE(NATURE)? If no, how is he going to find himself some boars, without being able to track them/knowing where to find such animals?
Sorry in advance about the length, I sure hope the player or gm gets a chance to see this...
Any way you slice even with the most kind and generous gm in the world, 100gp of profit for 1.5-8 hours worth of work didnt end up being worth it for me in the grand scheme of things. Our party had been together only 18 days by the time we got to Magnimar. I didnt craft for profit but if he plans on it, all that effort for 1800gp would seem like ice skating uphill.
I've personally paved the road he plans to walk and if he's still keeping track on these forums I can say that even if he totally gets his way and you're really nice about everything, the rewards are still massively not worth the effort. But if he still wants to do it, nobody would say 'let it happen' louder than I, and honestly allowing him to do it might be the fastest and least self-damning way to stop it from happening. Once he sees the poor payoff, he'll probably beg you to let him change it to something else.
My gm allowed me to craft pretty much every single day of ROTRL, and even after I got a chance to rewrite my character and get rid of crafting, I've kept a character diary of our progress. We're just starting book 5 and all told we've been on the road 90 days... If I had kept at it... or rather if your player sticks to his guns about doing it and you're nice to him and let him craft EVERY NIGHT, he stands to make about 9000gp by level 13 over the course of 4 books. Game breaking it isnt. And if he finds that out he'll probably do what I did and say nah.... lets try something else. Theres no reason not to let him do this, but if you want him to change his mind my best advice is to show him this post. I was there. I did it already. As good as it can possibly get It still blows and isnt worth the trouble.
If he JUST used it to craft party gear like I did, he'd increase the WBL of the party by approximately 45000-90000 (500-1000gp x 90 days) by the start of book 5 which still aint sayin much. An extra 22k magic item for each party member by level 13. It was only after travelling down that road myself that I was able to see that it was not worth the effort and as a GM I wouldnt dream of stopping someone from doing it if they're dead set on it.
By the same token though, as a gm who cares about his players I'd want to make sure the guy who was planning on doing this realized he's blowing 2 traits and a feat on the POSSIBILITY of having an extra 22k magic item by the time he's level 13 and see if he's still enthusiastic about the idea.
TLDR: There's no reason not to allow him to do it because in my VERY EXPERIENCED opinion from having actually and dedicatedly done precisely what he's thinking of doing: as good as it can possibly get, it still blows and isnt worth the trouble, and stopping him might be as easy as showing him what happens when it works out as good as it possibly can (see above lengthy post) or just letting him find out the hard way [by letting him do what he's asking to do] how bad it sucks and isnt worth it.
Sorry in advance about the length, I sure hope the player or gm gets a chance to see this...
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Yeah I thought so too, just crafting gear will increase the WBL more. With Vallet Familiar + Dwarven Favored class bonus would increase the profit to
300gp/day, but the impact on WBL from dircetly crafting equipment will still be MUCH higher.I also took this combination primarily for versatility. I don't wanna end up lacking a mere 200gp for an item and having to wait till the next advebnture.
Happy to help. Cant wait to hear how it turns out!