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CREATING SOME ITEMS FOR YOUR PARTY
After racking up some dough for rescuing both Prince Thrommel and Countess Tillahi, its time for my party artificer, Valarian, to go to work.
Whenever
you select Craft Wondrous Items from the Radial Menu, you'll get
a screen that provides a complete list of the items that you can
make. When you click on that item, you'll get a description of what
the item does, the experience point cost to make it, and the gold
cost.
*NOTE* You cannot craft an item if its experience point cost would cause your crafting character to lose a character level. For example, let's suppose Valarian has 15,500xp. That's 500xp more after having reached his 6th level at 15,000xp. He could craft an Amulet of Health +2 (160xp) but not +4 (640xp) or +6 (1,440xp). He would have to wait until he has at least 15,640xp or 16,440xp respectively if he wishes to craft those items.
With the gold collected from Lord Grundwell and Countess Tillahi, I then proceed to make these items immediately (most of which require 1,440 xp and 18,000gp):
Of course, the obvious problem with this is that it drains Valarian's experience points. But it isn't really that big a deal. Places like the Deklo Grove and Imeryds Run allow you to recoup the experience points. Furthermore, Valarian will in some ways benefit from the Challenge Rating system whereby higher-level characters earn less experience from battles than lower-level characters would. As such, Valarian doesn't fall too far behind, and will catch up well before the endgame.
Along the way, Valarian will craft the remaining items when the party amasses enough gold. Worry not. There's more than enough treasure to be discovered in the Temple of Elemental Evil to finance such ambitions. Those remaining items are:
I won't make Bracers of Armor for Lanatir, because I'll find them in the Temple anyway.
This feat requires you to have either a masterwork item, or a weapon or armor that has already been enchanted to at least +1. The maximum enchantment that an item can have is +3. What you need to do is to have the item in the inventory of your spellcaster. The spellcaster then activates his feat from the radial menu. The items that he can enchant will show up in the menu. If a possible enchantment is highlighted in white, it means that he can place that enchantment upon the weapon. If the option is highlighted in blue, it means that the item already has that enchantment. If the option is highlighted in grey, it means that somehow the player is unable to select that enchantment, whether because he or she lacks the needed xp, gold, or spells. *NOTE* And the same limitation that you can't expend xp if it would make your character to lose a level applies just as much to Craft Magic Arms and Armor as it does to Craft Wondrous Items.
To raise the enchantment, from +1 to +2 for example, you only need experience points and gold. On the other hand, certain modifications require the artificer to have certain spells and a certain caster level as prerequisites. These requirements for the most part can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide 3.5e. However, somebody named silverdragon72 posted information specific to ToEE on the Gamebanshee forums. That information is now provided below.
Flaming
- weapon scores +1d6 fire damage with each hit
Prerequisites: 8th level caster and Flame Blade, Flamestrike, or
Fireball
Weapon must be at least +1
Frost
- weapon has a +1 bonus and scores +1d6 cold damage with each hit
Prerequisites: 8th level caster and Chill Metal or Ice Storm
Weapon must be at least +1
Shock
- weapon has a +1 bonus and scores +1d6 electrical damage with each
hit
Prerequisites: 8th level caster and Call Lightning or Lightning
Bolt
Weapon must be at least +1
Keen
- doubles the critical hit range of the weapon; apparently it works
just as well for blunt weapons.
Prerequisites: 10th level caster and Keen Edge.
Weapon must be at least +1
Mighty
Cleaving - Weapon has a +1 bonus and confers one additional
Cleave attack each round.
Prerequisites: 8th level as a divine spellcaster
Weapon must be at least +2
Icy
Burst - Weapon inflicts 1d10 cold damage on a critical
hit. If critical multiplier is x3, then cold damage is 3d10.
Prerequisites: 10th level caster and Chill Metal or Ice Storm.
Weapon must be at least +2
Shocking
Burst - Weapon inflicts 1d10 damage on a critical hit.
If critical multiplier is x3, then cold damage is 3d10.
Prerequisites: 10th level caster and Call Lightning and Lightning
Bolt.
Weapon must be at least +2
Holy
- Weapon inflicts an extra +2d6 damage against evil opponents.
Prerequisites: 7th level good-aligned caster and Holy Smite
Weapon must be at least +1
Unholy
- Weapon inflicts an extra +2d6 damage against good opponents.
Prerequisites: 7th level evil-aligned caster and Unholy Blight
Axiomatic
- Weapon inflicts an extra +2d6 damage against chaotic opponents.
Prerequisites: 7th level lawful-aligned caster and Order's Wrath
Weapon must be at least +2
Anarchic
- Weapon inflicts an extra +2d6 damage against lawful opponents.
Prerequisites: 7th level chaotic-aligned caster and Chaos Hammer
Weapon must be at least +2
My own additions:
Spell Resistance [13] - This option enchants an armor so as to provide a +13 Spell Resistance bonus to its wearer.
Silence - This option enchants an armor so as to provide a bonus to Move Silently checks.
Here are the improvements that I made.
Sir
Tirion:
- Ferofist takes the Flaming
Long Sword +1 and boosts it to a Flaming Holy Sword +3 of Mighty
Cleaving. Now my Paladin truly rocks.
- Full Plate +1 to +3.
- War Hammer +2 to +3.
Ferofist:
- Ferofist transforms his Great
Cleaver to a Holy Great Cleaver +3.
- Holy Mace +1 to +3.
Alliria:
- Ferofist transforms the Dagger
of Venom +1 to a Holy Dagger of Venom +3.
- Troll Bone Armor to Troll
Bone Armor +3.
Valarian:
- Long Bow +1 to Long
Bow +3.
Where the armors were concerned, Spell Resistance of only 13 and Silence didn’t seem that big a deal to me.
