Crafting Basics

Crafting Overview

This crafting system is used from the Kibbles' Compendium of Craft and Creation (with a PDF available from the DM for this campaign so you can view it offline or without this resource). This system makes crafting a rather abstract process that is simple and easy to understand and use. Generally, crafting will follow this process:

• Select an Item. Find the item you would like to craft on a crafting table.

• Check with the DM. They will confirm if that item exists and has the default rarity in their game. This system is a tool, it does not supersede worldbuilding

• Gather the Materials. Materials can be looted from humanoids, harvested from more exotic creature types, purchased at stores, or gathered from the wilderness. The specifics of any material and where it can be found is covered in the materials section

• Begin Crafting. With everything prepared, you can finally attempt to craft an item.

Crafting

Crafting Time

All forms of crafting takes up time in the form of hours and crafting time is seperated into 2 hour increments. Generally, in 5th Edition time is often broken up into 10, 24 hour days per one week. Most crafting will occur during rests whilst traveling or during extended downtime while in cities or towns.

Crafting During Travel

While travelling, you may craft during your evening rest. Typically, these rests consist of 6 hours of sleeping and 2 hours of free time, so most characters will only be able to make 2 hours of progress on any single crafting project during this time. If you are focused on crafting, you cannot keep watch and also take a -5 penalty to your Passive Perception, since you are focused on your current project.

Crafting During Downtime

When you are in a town or city for multiple days, you can participate in Downtime. If you choose to craft during this time, you may spend up to 8 hours crafting each day. You may choose to spend more time crafting after this 8 hour limit, but for every 2 hours you choose to spend crafting, you must make a Constitution Saving Throw (DC 15) or suffer 1 level of Exhaustion. If you suffer a level of Exhaustion due to overworking yourself, you may not take a Long Rest that night to remove it and must spend the next day strictly doing light activity in order to take a Long Rest the next evening.

Crafting Checks

Crafting Checks are considered Ability Checks where you make a standard d20 roll that add an ability score modifier and your proficiency bonus (if you're proficient). This is no different than any other ability check you would make in the game. These checks are made at the end of the 2 hour increments that you spend crafting: A success means you make progress, while a failure simply means you do not make progress.

Additionally, most of the professions will have individual guidelines on how to craft specific items and certain professions may require more than just the tool for certain items (e.g. the Blacksmith profession may require access to a forge or the Alchemist profession may require access to a lab).

Clarification - Other Bonuses and Features

Since Crafting Checks occur over a period of time, they have a few special properties, but some things work the same:

• Expertise. You may qualify for Expertise if you have a class feature or a feat that grants you Expertise in a specific tool.

• Feats. Any feat or class feature that adds bonuses or has interactions with ability checks will still apply to Crafting Checks.

• Temporary Bonuses. Any bonus that is not permanent, such as a cast of the Guidance Spell, will not apply to a Crafting Check.

Optional Rule - "Taking 10"

While crafting, you may choose to extend a crafting increment to 4 hours instead of 2 hours. When you do this, you may take a roll of 10 instead of actually rolling the d20. You still add any applicable proficiency bonuses and ability modifiers to determine the final roll. This rule is meant to make crafting quicker for simpler items that your character can passively make by expending extra time.

Materials

Gathering Materials

Materials can be acquired in a few different ways:

• Loot and Salvaging. After combat, you may either loot a creature or an area in order to gather materials. You may also breakdown loot into its base components through salvaging.

• Gathering and Harvesting. During travel or downtime, you may scour an area with natural resources in order to gather or harvest materials.

• Purchasing. You may also directly purchase materials from an available merchant. Also, if you choose to sell components to a merchant, they are sold at half the price.

Types of Materials

Materials come in the following different types:

• Reagents. Typically used for Alchemy or Poisoncraft

• Magical Ink. Typically used for Scrollscribing.

• Essences. Typically used for Alchemy, Enchanting, Scrollscribing or Wandwhittling.

• Ingots and Scraps. Typically used for Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting or Tinkering.

• Hides and Leathers. Typically used for Leatherworking.

• Parts. Typically used for TInkering.

• Wood. Typically used for Blacksmithing, Cooking, Tinkering, Wandwhittling or Woodworking.

• Supplies. Typically used for Cooking.

Quick References

Crafting Tools

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Profession	Related Tool	Related Ability Score
Alchemy	Alchemist's Supplies	Wisdom or Intelligence
Blacksmithing	Blacksmith's Tools	Strength
Cooking	Cook's Utensils	Wisdom
Enchanting	Arcana	Intelligence
Engineering	Carpenter's Tools	Intelligence
Jewelcrafting	Jeweler's Tools	Dexterity
Leatherworking	Leatherworker's Tools	Dexterity
Poisoncraft	Poisoner's Kit	Wisdom or Intelligence
Runecarving	Varies	Wisdom or Intelligence
Scrollscribing	Calligrapher's Supplies	Intelligence
Tinkering	Tinker's Tools	Intelligence
Wandwhittling	Woodcarver's Tools	Dexterity
Woodcarving	Woodcarver's Tools	Dexterity

Magic Item Prices

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Rarity	Consumable Price	Price
Common	25 - 50 gp	50 - 100 gp
Uncommon	50 - 250 gp	101 - 500 gp
Rare	250 - 2,500 gp	501 - 5,000 gp
Very Rare	2,500 gp - 25,000 gp	5,001 - 50,000 gp
Legendary	>25,000 gp	>50,000 gp

Spell Scroll Prices

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Spell Level	Rarity	Price
Cantrip	Common	20 gp
Level 1	Uncommon	65 gp
Level 2	Uncommon	90 gp
Level 3	Rare	250 gp
Level 4	Rare	300 gp
Level 5	Rare	1,200 gp
Level 6	Rare	1,500 gp
Level 7	Very Rare	12,000 gp
Level 8	Very Rare	14,000 gp
Level 9	Legendary	40,000 gp