"You need… the Magical Crafting skill feat to create magic items" (under Craft, page 148).
"Many magic armors and weapons are created by etching runes onto them." (under Armor and Weapons, page 377).
So I conclude that a smith who wants to add potency or property runes to a weapon or armor needs to have the magical crafting feat. Izzat right?
I note that Magical Crafting is a 2nd level feat, but it requires Expert Crafting, which afaik isn't available until level 3. Also, Magical Crafting gives you formulas for four common magical items of level 2 or lower. The lowest level for any rune is 4, so this "benefit" is no help. :-( There aren't very many common magical items of level 2 or lower, but I suppose it is what it is.
Expert Handwraps of Might Fists with no runes added are level 2, and the descriptionn says all handwraps have the Magical trait, but are these really magical?
Is there a way to get expert crafting and magical crafting by second level?
"You need… the Magical Crafting skill feat to create magic items" (under Craft, page 148).
"Many magic armors and weapons are created by etching runes onto them." (under Armor and Weapons, page 377).So I conclude that a smith who wants to add potency or property runes to a weapon or armor needs to have the magical crafting feat. Izzat right?
Sounds right to me.
Is there a way to get expert crafting and magical crafting by second level?
Rogues get skill increases at every level after 1st, so yes. Not sure if there are other ways currently.