Crafting an item above player's level

[markrivett]

I may be missing something about the crafting rules, so please point me in the right direction if so.

If I am a 7th level wizard who knows the spells burning hands, flaming sphere, flaming sphere, and fireball, can I craft a greater staff of fire, which is an 8th level magic item?

How does crafting fit into the allocated treasure per level?

thank you in advance

[thenobledrake]

First bullet point on the Craft activity.

[breithauptclan]

Yeah, the first requirement for crafting an item is that the item level is your level or lower.

markrivett wrote:

How does crafting fit into the allocated treasure per level?

Actually, crafting things comes out of your current funds same as buying things.

You can craft things as your Earn Income activity during downtime. It generally comes out approximately equivalent though. The discount you get from crafting an item is about the same as the money you would make doing some job. So if you are going to buy the item anyway, you don't really come out ahead.

[Captain Morgan]

Whether Crafting is a better use of downtime than earning income kind of depends on how your crafting bonus compares to your lores, and what the level of jobs are in your settlement.

Either way, you'd need to give people a loooot of downtime before it would significantly impact treasure allotment per level.