Creating Wondrous Items

To create a wondrous item, a character usually needs some sort of equipment or tools to work on the item. She also needs a supply of materials, the most obvious being the item itself or the pieces of the item to be assembled. The cost for the materials is subsumed in the cost for creating

Wand Base Costs (By Crafter’s Class)

Spell

Cleric, Druid,

Paladin,

Level

Wizard

Sorcerer

Bard

Ranger* 0 375 gp 375 gp 375 gp — 1st 750 gp 750 gp 750 gp 750 gp 2nd 4,500 gp 6,000 gp 6,000 gp 6,000 gp 3rd 11,250 gp 13,500 gp 15,750 gp 15,750 gp 4th 21,000 gp 24,000 gp 30,000 gp 30,000 gp * Caster level is equal to class level –3. Prices assume that the wand was made at the minimum caster level. The cost to create a wand is half the base price.

the item. Wondrous item costs are difficult to determine. Refer to Table 15–29 and use the item prices in the item descriptions as a guideline. Creating an item costs half the market value listed.

If spells are involved in the prerequisites for making the item, the creator must have prepared the spells to be cast (or must know the spells, in the case of a sorcerer or bard) but need not provide any material components or focuses the spells require. The act of working on the item triggers the prepared spells, making them unavailable for casting during each day of the item’s creation. (That is, those spell slots are expended from the caster’s currently prepared spells, just as if they had been cast.)

Creating some items may entail other prerequisites beyond or other than spellcasting. See the individual descriptions for details.

Crafting a wondrous item requires 1 day for each 1,000 gp of the base price.

Item Creation Feat Required: Craft Wondrous Item.

Skill Used In Creation: Spellcraft or an applicable Craft or Profession skill check.