Comments on: recipes for every magic item in the dungeon master’s guide

By: discourage

discourage — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:58:43 +0000

What is the definition of “great metal”? Is it any fantasy metal?

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:05:33 +0000

I’ve been using this since we started our campaign (I use gritty realism and give extensive downtime). Any chance you could update this with the magic items from Tasha’s?

By: Grau

Grau — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:42:44 +0000

Do you have a recipe for Moon Touched weapons? Also, do you have an updated list of recipes for most, if not all, magic items in D&D 5E?

By: Aussie GM

Aussie GM — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 01:43:37 +0000

Though it has been two years, my advice to 1d30 is this. The weapon had to score a killing blow, and the shield needed to prevent one.

So in the case of making a +3 shield : A champion, on low HP, must have a blow come within 4 of her AC (2 from the shield, +2 from the monster). If the average damage (or feel free to roll) would have dropped them, then boom, it is eligible. I would personally allow any shield to be eligible following this rule. Missed by 1-2 by a Pit Fiend? Grats, you could now make that shield magical if you can find someone to enchant it.

I trust the weapon is self-explanatory. I also subscribe to the “Any weapon can become eligible” theory here.

By: David Magill

David Magill — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:37:45 +0000

Thanks for doing this! Amazing work!!

By: Matthew Tate

Matthew Tate — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 01:42:16 +0000

Also just realized that I read the “or” as “and” in the golem entry, so that makes me look like an idiot. A golem eye is just a shortcut then.

By: Matthew Tate

Matthew Tate — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 01:40:00 +0000

I know this has been around for a long time, but it just occurred to me that in order to make a golem manual, you have to have a part from a golem. This should not be the case, because it creates a paradox. Golems only exist because someone makes them, but in order for someone to make a golem, they must find a golem — where did the first golems come from?

Changing it for myself, but thought I would point it out anyway. Thanks for all of this hard work!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 01:33:04 +0000

Well, I’m glad I never actually finished my plan to do this. looks good.

By: 1d30

1d30 — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 23:22:44 +0000

I like the ones for Shield and Weapon, which make it look like if you fight the next tier of creature it makes the item eligible for an upgrade. Or would you need to start with a nonmagical sword vs. legendary creature? How to avoid the idiocy of someone smacking a dragon with a nonmagical sword, dropping it to draw a new nonmagical sword for next round, just to make the swords eligible for crafting?

By: Lou Anders

Lou Anders — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:03:24 +0000

This is unbelievable helpful and very well done. Thanks so much for sharing this!