🜁 DOOMBLADE MAGIC ITEM CRAFTING SYSTEM

A Brutal, Costly, High‑Risk System for Creating Magic Items

This system is designed to sit on top of the existing Loot rules — not replace them.

It uses:

• Spell Effect pricing

• Magic Power pricing

• Weapon/Armor Effect multipliers

• Monster parts (optional but powerful)

Crafting is meant to be rare, dangerous, and expensive — something only the most determined heroes attempt.

🜂 THE THREE FOUNDATIONS OF CRAFTING

Crafting requires:

1. A Base Item (weapon, armor, clothing, staff, wand, etc.)

2. A Magical Component (spell effect, magic power, or monster part)

3. A Crafting Test (Craftsmanship or Magic)

If any of these are missing, crafting cannot begin.

🜃 STEP 1 — CHOOSE A BASE ITEM

A hero must start with a mundane item from Treasure Tables 5–9:

• Clothing

• Weapons

• Armor

• Staffs

• Wands

The base GC value of the item determines the minimum cost of crafting.

Rule:
You must pay the base item’s GC value again in rare materials.
(So a 50 GC Chain Vest costs 50 GC to buy + 50 GC in materials.)

This prevents cheap crafting abuse.

🜄 STEP 2 — CHOOSE THE MAGIC SOURCE

There are three ways to enchant an item:

A. Spell Effect Crafting (Potions, Scrolls, Wands, Staves)

Use the formula from the Loot PDF:

Spell Effect Value = (Circle × Charges) × 100 GC

Examples:

• 1st Circle × 1 charge = 100 GC

• 2nd Circle × 3 charges = 600 GC

• 3rd Circle × 3 charges = 900 GC

• 5th Circle × 3 charges = 1500 GC

This is the core cost of spell‑based crafting.

B. Magic Power Crafting (Stat Bonuses)

Use the Magic Power formula:

Magic Power Value = Item Value × (Bonus × 100 GC)

Example:
A 50 GC Chain Vest enchanted with +1 Defense:

• 50 × (1 × 100) = 5000 GC

This is intentionally expensive — stat boosts are rare.

C. Monster‑Part Crafting (Optional but Powerful)

Monster parts can:

• Reduce GC cost

• Add special effects

• Unlock unique relics

Rule:
Using a monster part reduces total GC cost by 25% per rare part, up to 75%.

Mythic parts reduce cost by 90%, but carry danger (see below).

🜅 STEP 3 — PAY THE COST

Crafting requires:

• Base item cost (paid again)

• Spell or Magic Power cost

• Optional monster parts

• A crafting location (forge, ritual circle, workshop)

• Time (1d6 days per Circle or Bonus level)

Crafting is expensive and slow.

🜆 STEP 4 — MAKE THE CRAFTING TEST

The crafter rolls Craftsmanship or Magic.

Difficulty:

• Simple consumable: TN 4

• Spell item (1st–2nd Circle): TN 5

• Spell item (3rd–4th Circle): TN 6

• Spell item (5th Circle): TN 7

• Magic Power item (+1 to +3): TN 6

• Magic Power item (+4 to +6): TN 7

• Legendary item: TN 8

• Mythic relic: TN 9

This is intentionally brutal.

🜇 FAILURE RESULTS

Crafting is dangerous.

On failure:

• All GC spent is lost

• All monster parts are destroyed

• The item is ruined

On a roll of 1:

• Magical backlash

• Crafter takes 1d6 damage per Circle or Bonus level

• GM may add curses, explosions, or summoned entities

Crafting is not safe.

🜈 SUCCESS RESULTS

If the test succeeds:

• The item is created

• It gains the chosen Spell Effect, Magic Power, or Relic ability

• It is permanently magical

If the roll exceeds TN by 3+:
The item gains a bonus minor effect (GM’s choice):

• Glows faintly

• Counts as silvered

• +1 to a related skill

• Emits warmth or cold

• Slightly increases durability

🜉 OPTIONAL RULE — ESSENCE OVERLOAD (For Mythic Parts)

Using a Mythic monster part (World‑Eater, Heart of Winter, Abyssal Maw, etc.) triggers an additional test:

Endurance TN 8

On failure:

• The crafter gains a permanent mutation

• Or a curse

• Or a magical scar

• Or a vision of cosmic horror

On success:

• The relic is forged

• It gains a unique mythic effect

This keeps mythic crafting rare and dramatic.

🜊 EXAMPLE CRAFTED ITEMS

Here are examples using the system:

Phoenix‑Ash Cloak

• Base item: Cloak (2 GC → 2 GC materials)

• Spell Effect: Fire Resistance (2nd Circle × 1 charge = 200 GC)

• Monster part: Phoenix Ash (rare, −25% cost)

• Total cost: 202 GC → reduced to 151 GC

• Crafting test: TN 5

Effect: Resist fire for 1 hour per day.

Storm‑Crown Hammer

• Base item: Great Axe (value 50 GC → 50 GC materials)

• Magic Power: +1 Offense

  • 50 × (1 × 100) = 5000 GC

• Monster part: Storm‑Crown Core (legendary, −50% cost)

• Total cost: 5050 GC → reduced to 2525 GC

• Crafting test: TN 7

Effect: +1 Offense, +1d6 lightning once per day.

World‑Eater Relic

• Base item: Steel Breastplate (200 GC → 200 GC materials)

• Magic Power: +3 Defense

  • 200 × (3 × 100) = 60,000 GC

• Monster part: World‑Eater Fragment (mythic, −90% cost)

• Total cost: 60,200 GC → reduced to 6,020 GC

• Crafting test: TN 9

• Essence Overload test: Endurance TN 8

Effect: +3 Defense, +3d6 true damage once per day.