Item math it hurts my head

[devonapple]

Just out of curiosity, what's so hard about this?

Lore + specializations + foci.

No excel sheet needed.

::shrug:: Some people don't learn that way. They need a chart or graphic to visualize where things are going.

[MadAlchemist]

I don't think anyone else mentioned this but Focus items specifically can not boost crafting. Y.S. pg. 280, second column, just above the Potions entry. 

[Deadmanwalking]

First of all: thou hast violated the Fifth Law!

Second: The bit you refer to is explicitly only about Focus Item Crafting. You can't have a Focus Item that makes crafting other Focus Items easier. Having one that boosts the Strength or Frequency of Enchanted Items is totally allowed. Re-read the page you cite if you don't believe me.

[Hick Jr]

No bootstrap engines.


And Resource threads are arguably ineligible for Forum Fifth Law violations.

[Mrmdubois]

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,36777.0.html

Let's just nip this in the bud. 

[Deadmanwalking]

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,36777.0.html

Let's just nip this in the bud. 

Okay, I've gotta admit, I laughed aloud there. 

[MadAlchemist]

Good catch Deadman... I'm apparently a bit rusty.

[Deadmanwalking]

Good catch Deadman... I'm apparently a bit rusty.

No worries, it happens to the best of us.

[Troy]

As Items of Power are different from Enchanted Items that wizards and other spellcasters make, why is there no Master List of Enchanted Items?

I feel like something like that would help alleviate this confusion about item math. You'd have the item, what it does, how it works and then explain the game-math used to make it.

I know it doesn't seem hard when you say Lore + Specializations + Foci ... but the book doesn't say that. It has four pages talking about how to do this.

EDIT: Outside of this Resource board, I found this thread -- Compilation of Focus/Enhanced Items. This is pretty much what I was talking about. So, please disregard the bulk of my post.