Certain skills grant the ability to create magical items, but the process is not easy.
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The Process
Potions
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Scrolls
Like potions, scrolls are fairly easy to manufacture and are also accessible to characters of moderate level. Scrolls come in two varieties: spell scrolls and protection scrolls. Spell scrolls are exactly what the name implies—scrolls that store spells that can be cast simply by being read. Protection scrolls are special single-use magical items that provide defense against a number of threats. While any character may read a protection scroll without the benefit of a read magic spell, wizard and priest scrolls cannot be normally ready by a creature without the benefit of a read magic spell (unless the spell in question is on the list of spells available to that creature). Note that under certain circumstances, thieves, and bards may read spell scrolls that they normally wouldn't be able to read.
Low-level wizards and priests may be able to read spells from scrolls that are normally beyond their abilities; even a 1st-level wizard can pronounce the incantation for a fireball or lightning bolt correctly, for example.
Level Requirements: Typically, wizards may create scrolls when they reach 9th level, while Priests may scribe scrolls when they reach 7th level. Any spell the character knows (or has access to, in the case of a priest) can be placed on a scroll, or the character may attempt to create a protection scroll. If Proficiencies is installed, however, then characters may instead need to have the requisite number of proficiency points in Spellcraft in order to create scrolls (see that mod). Additionally, there is an option to allow wizards (but not sorcerers) to scribe scrolls at level 1, priests and sorcerers to scribe scrolls at level 4, bards to scribe scrolls at level 7 or 27, and rangers and paladins to scribe scrolls at level 24. Finally, scribe scroll can become available via high level ability for any of these classes.
Research: There is no research required for spell scrolls or for protection scrolls. For example, if a wizard knows how to cast globe of invulnerability, they can write a scroll of protection from magic without performing any kind of research.
Processes and Materials: Scrolls require three components: some form of paper, a specially-blended ink, and a unique quill. Common paper, parchment, or papyrus may be used to create the scroll; paper provides a +5% bonus to the success roll, while papyrus inflicts a -5% penalty. All scrolls require a rare quill of some kind. Ink for spells of 1st to 3rd level requires a rare ingredient; ink for spells of 4th to 6th level requires an exotic ingredient; and ink for spells of 7th to 9th level requires a rare and an exotic ingredient. (Use the spell level equivalents noted above for protection scrolls.) Scrolls do not require an xp expenditure to create.
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Wands
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Characters can buy these materials at an appropriate vendor or create these ingredients from scratch. The cost to do so are as follows:
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Item Creation Materials
Item
Material Components
Uses
Cost
Scroll Kit
100
300 gp
Scroll Kit, Masterwork
500 gp
Alchemist’s Tools
Alchemist’s Tools, Masterwork
Herbalist's Supplies
Herbalist's Supplies , Masterwork
Gem Cutter's Kit
Gem Cutter's Kit, Masterwork
Paper
Quill
Exotic Feather
25 gp
Rare Ink
Exotic Ink
Rare and Exotic Ink
Cost: Assuming that the character is able to obtain any special or unusual materials required for the scroll, it will cost them a number of gold pieces equal to 100 gp per spell level.
Success or Failure: The base chance for a successful scribing is 80%, +1% per character level, - 1 % per spell level (or equivalent spell level, in the case of protection scrolls) per character level. Note that a failure will always produce something. See the Table: Failed Scrolls for details.
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Scroll Type/Name
Required Spell(s)
Components
Cost
File
Spell Scroll, Levels 1-3
By Spell
Paper^, Quill, Rare Ink
100 gp/level
Varies
Spell Scroll, Levels 4-6
By Spell
Paper^, Quill, Exotic Ink
100 gp/level
Varies
Spell Scroll, Levels 7-9
By Spell
Paper^, Quill, Rare and Exotic Ink
100 gp/level
Varies
Protection from Magic
Globe of Invulnerability;
Paper^, Quill, Exotic Ink
600 gp
?
Protection from Poison
Neutralize Poison;
Paper^, Quill, Exotic Ink
400 gp
?
Protection from Petrification
Stone to Flesh;
Paper^, Quill, Exotic Ink
600 gp
?
Protection from Undead
Control Undead;
Paper^, Quill, Rare and Exotic Ink
700 gp
?
^ This can be Papyrus, Parchment, or Paper. Note that the kind of paper used affects the chance of successful creation.
Material Components and Other Items
Name
Required for
Cost
Locations
File
Potion Components
-
-
-
-
Empty Potion Bottle
(all potions)
10 gp
Shops; Various
POTN54.itm ?
Scroll Components
-
-
-
-
Quality Papyrus
(all scrolls)(c)
1 gp
?
Quality Parchment
(all scrolls)(c)
3 gp
?
Quality Paper
(all scrolls)(c)
5 gp
?
Quality Vellum
(all scrolls)(c)
25 gp
?
Special Quill
(all scrolls)
?
Ink, Rare
(all scrolls[3])(c)
?
Ink, Exotic
(all scrolls[6])(c)
?
Ink, Rare & Exotic
(all scrolls[9])(c)
?
Wand Components
-
-
-
-
Diamond
Tier II Wands
1,000 gp
Shops; Various
MISC42.itm
Emerald
Tier III Wands
1,500 gp
Shops; Various
MISC43.itm
King's Tears
Tier V Wands
4,000 gp
Shops; Various
MISC44.itm
Moonbar Gem
Tier I Wands
375 gp
Shops; Various
MISC40.itm
Opal, Black
Tier I Wands
300 gp
Shops; Various
MISC38.itm
Opal, Water
Tier I Wands
350 gp
Shops; Various
MISC39.itm
Rogue Stone
Tier VI and VII Wands
5,000 gp
Shops; Various
MISC45.itm
Star Sapphire
Tier IV Wands
2,000 gp
Shops; Various
MISC41.itm; TTTREAS.itm
Misc Components
-
-
-
-
Notebook
-
20 gp
Shops; Various
B_NBOOK.itm
Notebook Page, Blank
-
-
-
B_PPTN00.itm
Air Fragment
Invisibility;
?
Air Elementals; Inv. Stalker;
?
Blood: Fire Giant
Strength; Fire Giant Strength
?
Fire Giants;
?
Blood: Frost Giant
Strength; Frost Giant Strength
?
Frost Giants;
?
Blood: Ogre
Strength; Hill Giant Strength
?
Ogres;
?
Enchanted Stone
Potion of Stone Giant Str;
?
Stone Golem; Earth Elemental;
?
Eyestalk, Beholder
(any)
?
Beholders and kin;
B_EYE01.itm
Eye, Basilisk
Potion of Stone Form;
100 gp
Basilisk;
?
Gland: Cat
Agility; Animal Control;
?
Cats;
?
Gland: Beholder
(any)
?
Beholders and kin;
?
Holy Water
Healing;
?
Temples; Bless Water Spell; Various
?
Name
The name of the material component or special object. (N) New Potion. Only installed if New Potions Component is installed
(R) Revised Potion. Only installed if Revised Component is installed
(E) Exists in at least one EE game. (i) Only if IR is installed
Required For
The potions that require this particular component. (c) This spell can replace a component (or this component can replace a spell). Interchangeable ingredients/spells both have this marking
(all potions) This component can be used to create any potion whatsoever, and is required to make any potion unless also marked with (c). (all scrolls[#]) This component can be used to create any scroll whatsoever, up to level [#]. Unless also marked with (c), it is required to make any scroll whatsoever. (all) This item can be used to create any magic item, and can be used to replace most components or spells. The only exceptions are components required for all items of a certain type (e.g. empty potion bottles for potion making).
Cost
The base cost of the component where available. The Value is given in Gold Pieces.
Locations
Where this component can be found
File
The filename of the item
Item Descriptions
Notebook
This notebook is perfect for sketching out notes for various endeavors, including recipes for potions, crafting instructions for wands, etc.
The notebook has a simple mechanical device that allows the user to remove and replace pages as needed.
Note that the pages in this notebook are too shoddy to use for scroll creation.
STATISTICS:
Weight: 2
Notebook Page, Blank
This is a blank page from a notebook.
It is too shoddy to use for scroll creation.
STATISTICS:
Weight: 0
Diamond
Diamond is a hard clear gem which can be clear blue-white, rich blue, yellow, or pink. The hardest of all the gemstones, and among the most valuable, diamonds are usually found in the northern mountains by underground races and then traded to the surface world.
Diamonds can be used to create various wands of Tier
STATISTICS:
Weight: 0
Emerald
An emerald is a brilliant green beryl, cleaved along straight box-like lines, with rectangular cutting in the finished gem. Emeralds are often connected with health.
Diamonds can be used to create various wands of Tier
STATISTICS:
Weight: 0
King's Tears
King's tears are very rare and found only in the realms, where they are sometimes called frozen tears. Clear, teardrop-shaped, smooth-surfaced, and totally unbreakable so far by any means, these stones are said to be the crystallized tears of long-dead necromancer kings. In each gem can be seen that which the weeping king loved long ago. Their true nature is unknown, but suffice it to say that sages prize these gems above all others.
Diamonds can be used to create various wands of Tier
STATISTICS:
Weight: 0
Rogue Stone
A small, shifting, rainbow colored, iridescent gemstone. The fluid shades of color appear almost liquid under normal sunlight; it is truly a beautiful sight to behold. Rogue stones are extremely rare and are used for the gemjump spell, hence one of the most sought after gems in the realms.
Diamonds can be used to create various wands of Tier
STATISTICS:
Weight: 0
Star Sapphire
Star sapphire is a precious variation of the sapphire; however, it is more translucent, with a white star highlighted in its center. A star sapphire has been known to ornament devices that protect against magic.
Diamonds can be used to create various wands of Tier
Magic Item Creation
Certain skills grant the ability to create magical items, but the process is not easy.
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The Process
Potions
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Scrolls
Like potions, scrolls are fairly easy to manufacture and are also accessible to characters of moderate level. Scrolls come in two varieties: spell scrolls and protection scrolls. Spell scrolls are exactly what the name implies—scrolls that store spells that can be cast simply by being read. Protection scrolls are special single-use magical items that provide defense against a number of threats. While any character may read a protection scroll without the benefit of a read magic spell, wizard and priest scrolls cannot be normally ready by a creature without the benefit of a read magic spell (unless the spell in question is on the list of spells available to that creature). Note that under certain circumstances, thieves, and bards may read spell scrolls that they normally wouldn't be able to read.
Low-level wizards and priests may be able to read spells from scrolls that are normally beyond their abilities; even a 1st-level wizard can pronounce the incantation for a fireball or lightning bolt correctly, for example.
Level Requirements: Typically, wizards may create scrolls when they reach 9th level, while Priests may scribe scrolls when they reach 7th level. Any spell the character knows (or has access to, in the case of a priest) can be placed on a scroll, or the character may attempt to create a protection scroll. If Proficiencies is installed, however, then characters may instead need to have the requisite number of proficiency points in Spellcraft in order to create scrolls (see that mod). Additionally, there is an option to allow wizards (but not sorcerers) to scribe scrolls at level 1, priests and sorcerers to scribe scrolls at level 4, bards to scribe scrolls at level 7 or 27, and rangers and paladins to scribe scrolls at level 24. Finally, scribe scroll can become available via high level ability for any of these classes.
Research: There is no research required for spell scrolls or for protection scrolls. For example, if a wizard knows how to cast globe of invulnerability, they can write a scroll of protection from magic without performing any kind of research.
Processes and Materials: Scrolls require three components: some form of paper, a specially-blended ink, and a unique quill. Common paper, parchment, or papyrus may be used to create the scroll; paper provides a +5% bonus to the success roll, while papyrus inflicts a -5% penalty. All scrolls require a rare quill of some kind. Ink for spells of 1st to 3rd level requires a rare ingredient; ink for spells of 4th to 6th level requires an exotic ingredient; and ink for spells of 7th to 9th level requires a rare and an exotic ingredient. (Use the spell level equivalents noted above for protection scrolls.) Scrolls do not require an xp expenditure to create.
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Item Creation Materials
Cost: Assuming that the character is able to obtain any special or unusual materials required for the scroll, it will cost them a number of gold pieces equal to 100 gp per spell level.
Success or Failure: The base chance for a successful scribing is 80%, +1% per character level, - 1 % per spell level (or equivalent spell level, in the case of protection scrolls) per character level. Note that a failure will always produce something. See the Table: Failed Scrolls for details.
Scroll Creation
^ This can be Papyrus, Parchment, or Paper. Note that the kind of paper used affects the chance of successful creation.
Material Components and Other Items
Name
The name of the material component or special object.
(N) New Potion. Only installed if New Potions Component is installed (R) Revised Potion. Only installed if Revised Component is installed (E) Exists in at least one EE game.
(i) Only if IR is installed
Required For
The potions that require this particular component.
(c) This spell can replace a component (or this component can replace a spell). Interchangeable ingredients/spells both have this marking (all potions) This component can be used to create any potion whatsoever, and is required to make any potion unless also marked with (c).
(all scrolls[#]) This component can be used to create any scroll whatsoever, up to level [#]. Unless also marked with (c), it is required to make any scroll whatsoever.
(all) This item can be used to create any magic item, and can be used to replace most components or spells. The only exceptions are components required for all items of a certain type (e.g. empty potion bottles for potion making).
Cost
The base cost of the component where available. The Value is given in Gold Pieces.
Locations
Where this component can be found
File
The filename of the item
Item Descriptions