Post by shroudb on Oct 9, 2014 8:49:38 GMT -7
I wonder if we craft mundane arms and armor with the official rules or if there are(/are planned) some adjustments for it.
The reason being that the way craft is calculated by Paizo it is really impossible for an adventurer to craft anything.
All in all, it would take a lvl3 Dwarf craftsman, with 14int, masterwork tools, and assistants, a whooping 5 MONTHS! to craft a single mithral shirt.
p.e. Maths:
let's take a plain mithril shirt: cost 100
AC of +4, +1000gp cost for mithril light armor (150gp of which is the masterwork component)
masterwork component is a seperate check, of DC 20 (150gp)
Base cost is (100+1000-150= 950gp)
let's say that you are level 3, a normal level for a mithril non magical light armor with a market cost of 1100:
craft(int) would be at 3+ 3(class skill), let's also say that you have +2int, so 8, let's also say that you use masterwork tools, so 10, and you also hire some assistants, 12. You are even a Dwarf! for another 2 to go 14.
So, so far, a Dwarf craftsman, with full ranks in craft, that hired assistants, has a base of 14+ inteligence, has bought masterwork tools, can do a 24DC craft by taking 10.
DC for the main armor is 14. Because you are in a hurry, you rush the process, so DC rises to 24.
24x24= 576 sp /week.
main component: 9500sp.
9500/576= 16,5
So it would take him 4 months and 0,5 week for the main component
masterwork component is another 1500 sp.
he can craft 20x24= 480sp worth of it/week
so something a bit more than 3 weeks.
4 months +half a week, +3weeks +half a week = 5 Months.
edit:
by level 5, he would need only 1 year + 4months for a mithril breastplate (not even agile one, mind you)
The reason being that the way craft is calculated by Paizo it is really impossible for an adventurer to craft anything.
All in all, it would take a lvl3 Dwarf craftsman, with 14int, masterwork tools, and assistants, a whooping 5 MONTHS! to craft a single mithral shirt.
p.e. Maths:
let's take a plain mithril shirt: cost 100
AC of +4, +1000gp cost for mithril light armor (150gp of which is the masterwork component)
masterwork component is a seperate check, of DC 20 (150gp)
Base cost is (100+1000-150= 950gp)
let's say that you are level 3, a normal level for a mithril non magical light armor with a market cost of 1100:
craft(int) would be at 3+ 3(class skill), let's also say that you have +2int, so 8, let's also say that you use masterwork tools, so 10, and you also hire some assistants, 12. You are even a Dwarf! for another 2 to go 14.
So, so far, a Dwarf craftsman, with full ranks in craft, that hired assistants, has a base of 14+ inteligence, has bought masterwork tools, can do a 24DC craft by taking 10.
DC for the main armor is 14. Because you are in a hurry, you rush the process, so DC rises to 24.
24x24= 576 sp /week.
main component: 9500sp.
9500/576= 16,5
So it would take him 4 months and 0,5 week for the main component
masterwork component is another 1500 sp.
he can craft 20x24= 480sp worth of it/week
so something a bit more than 3 weeks.
4 months +half a week, +3weeks +half a week = 5 Months.
edit:
by level 5, he would need only 1 year + 4months for a mithril breastplate (not even agile one, mind you)