Have a few guys who are hardcore into crafting, decided to try and organize what a crafting book should be.

[lhudek]

Hello everyone!

If this is the wrong board please let me know, I am not sure where exactly to put this.

Looking for some feedback on this concept we put together as we would love to see a truly great crafting book put out for Pathfinder. I am fully aware she is just a concept. I want to know if this makes sense to go in as a direction from the community, nothing more. It is easier to have a good concept and then populate then screw up with a bad concept.

New Link to make life easier

Any feedback, no matter how harsh, is appreciated.

[Marc Radle]

Gah! Can you trash the 6 million duplicate threads? You only have an hour to do so

[Kobold Catgirl]

Uh-oh. I think you've got competition.

[lhudek]

Marc Radle wrote:

Gah! Can you trash the 6 million duplicate threads? You only have an hour to do so

Literally attempting to do so as it lags all over, not sure why it did that to begin with I am so sorry!

Edit: Should be fixed

[SwiftStriker]

I tried copy/pasting the link and it always comes up as doesn't exist. Please post a fixed link.
I found out why it didn't work before there is a weird space just before the end of the link. Also you have it set so we need permission to view the document.

[lhudek]

SwiftStriker wrote:

I tried copy/pasting the link and it always comes up as doesn't exist. Please post a fixed link.

On it:

Screw it using dropbox since Docs is being goofy

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TfBEAkk5gzQ3ozAfe6e3dPEpWaoukyTCnbDjrE3 Ncsc/edit?usp=sharing

OR:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0qolbw0xotfeljy/CraftingCreations.doc?dl=0

If neither one of these work then I am the worlds worst nerd...or just really suck at permissions.

[SwiftStriker]

lhudek wrote:

SwiftStriker wrote:

I tried copy/pasting the link and it always comes up as doesn't exist. Please post a fixed link.

On it:

Screw it using dropbox since Docs is being goofy

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0qolbw0xotfeljy/CraftingCreations.doc?dl=0

I feel like there is supposed to be links in the document but dropbox doesn't have any.

[Kobold Catgirl]

The link in your OP works for me. This seems interesting—a little WoW, but new options for mundane crafters is always cool.

[SwiftStriker]

I really like the concept of it. Having a full guide for crafting not just the time it takes to craft but what materials are needed and how to get them is great for new and veteran players alike. I can't wait to see how you expand on this.
I also really like the reference chart for the crafted materials. I think it would be neat to make ice increase hardness based off temperature/thickness ratio as ice becomes almost like steel if both thick enough and cold enough.

[lhudek]

SwiftStriker wrote:

I really like the concept of it. Having a full guide for crafting not just the time it takes to craft but what materials are needed and how to get them is great for new and veteran players alike. I can't wait to see how you expand on this.

Since the game seems to be in Lbs of material, our current thought is gathering in pounds. For example, all medium beats may be skinned for a maximum of 1 lb of leather (after refinement). If you fail the dc by less then 5, you get 0.5 lb of leather (only in 0.5 intervals, no 0.3 nonsense). More then 5 results in nothing gained and its lost.

Then we go into how each area of the world has X many crafting materials that occur naturally. Then the dm rolls to see how many veins or trees etc.. MIGHT be able to be tracked down via a skill check. Then a skill check to gather it with a nice bonus if you have good gathering tools. Certain materials need special tools, thus is the nature of crafting.

We can add temp and other things in the special part, I got sick of having to look this up so often.

[SwiftStriker]

I really like the detail of the custom class. I don't think you need to add a knowledge for gathering material because I feel that would be decent enough as part of a survival check, similar to the track skill for a ranger but make it more tuned for gathering the material itself. If you do keep the knowledge or decide on using my suggestion or just decide something else I don't like calling it a harvesting skill as that seems like some kind of farm work.
I like the idea of getting weapons from other planes and have them get special features depending on the plane taken from but I feel like that would be better for a different class as well. I feel like it took away from the fact that you have a character class that is all about gathering material and crafting armor and weapons from what they specialize in. I would like to see it as an alternate class feature maybe something that deals with planar crafting where you can get materials from other planes based off your character level and later be able to summon weapons from different planes also based off level. I like the thought of gaining this ability at level 2 and every 4 levels there after. Each time you can choose a different plane from a set list up to 5 planes at level 18. looking forward to more progress and again I can't wait to see what you do next.

[lhudek]

Edit:
The link keeps...pasting wrong somehow but she is fixed!

I figured many people would want a quick reference table, so I did that first:
Update to the Crafting Guide, V0.2

[Aelryinth]

There is a well thought of 3rd part crafting guide out there on the market for under $5, but I can't remember what it is called. It may help solve your problems without that much work.

==Aelryinth

[Sethvir]

Aelryinth wrote:

There is a well thought of 3rd part crafting guide out there on the market for under $5, but I can't remember what it is called. It may help solve your problems without that much work.

==Aelryinth

Making Craft Work by Spes Magna Games.

[necromental]

Sethvir wrote:

Aelryinth wrote:

There is a well thought of 3rd part crafting guide out there on the market for under $5, but I can't remember what it is called. It may help solve your problems without that much work.

==Aelryinth

Making Craft Work by Spes Magna Games.

Yep, that one is brilliant. Simple, intuitive, 5 pages long and and I think it's 1$.

[lhudek]

Aelryinth wrote:

There is a well thought of 3rd part crafting guide out there on the market for under $5, but I can't remember what it is called. It may help solve your problems without that much work.

==Aelryinth

I have looked around trying to find one, and posted over a few boards looking before I started doing this.

I am going to go nab this and see how she is, thanks!