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more time and gold than it takes for them. Here’s
an overview of the process.
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magic item is to acquire a [KPMUIfor it. This is the
equivalent of a recipe or a blueprint; it explains
the process and components required to create
the item. If you can obtain a schema—from
House Cannith, the mystical library of Arcanix,
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you’re ready to move on. Otherwise, you can
create a schema, but this takes time and skill.
An arcane spellcaster uses Arcana to create
schema. A divine caster uses Religion, while
a druid or ranger relies on Nature. You must
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bonus plus your ability score bonus—in order
to develop a schema. You must maintain the
minimum skill bonus for the duration of your
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for a few minutes won’t help you.
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Common 3 days +2
Uncommon 1 +4
Rare 3 +6
Very Rare 8 +8
Legendary 16 +10This ability to develop a schema represents
remarkable talent. It could take House Cannith
years or decades to develop a particular schema;
the fact that you can accomplish this in weeks
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innovators. However, it is always up to the
DM to decide if you can create a particular
schema. The DM can always choose to exclude a
particular magic item from a campaign.
Rare Components. Any magic item requires
specialized materials—Eberron dragonshards,
rare woods or metals, exotic herbs or other
substances. While exotic, these things can
be purchased or obtained in any major city.
But creating a magic item from scratch often
requires rarer components that can’t simply
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Thelanis, a feather from a couatl, or the scale
of a dragon. More often than not, such this will
require an adventure. You may not have to kill
something to obtain what you need, but you’ll
surely have to overcome a challenge. The Magic
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challenge could be.D¦®/ãÃ/ĦٮÄãÝ
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Common 1–3
Uncommon 4–8
Rare 9–12
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when you’re not looking for one. You could
discover an exotic Khyber crystal in the ruins of
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yield suggestions as to what items could be made
with the component; for example, that Khyber
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Creation. Once you have your schema and
any rare components, you’re ready to begin. The
DM can assign skills or tools that are required
for this act of creation, so that it requires both
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pay the basic costs of materials and services
required to make the item. And you must spend a
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Common 1 50 gp
Uncommon 2 200 gp
Rare 10 2,000 gp
Very Rare 25 20,000 gp
Legendary 20 100,000 gp* Halved for a consumable item