Making Magic Items in the Emerald Kingdoms

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it takes life force to create a magic item. Force each measure of life, a weapon gains a +1 (CS). If the life force is given freely, the weapon is considered benign, good. It is evil otherwise, and malign. All life force must come from a single source. An aging priest, knight or magus are typically the sources for the good weapons… willingly giving up their remaining time for a greater cause. For items with special powers, you need the life force (although it does not require death always) of a creature which has the innate ability to wish to mimic (ex: fire lizard for a flaming sword). Temporary items are made by sacrificing mana points and using emeralds as a catalyst. These mana come back at 1 per week. During that time, the magus also loses the ability to use the spell imbued in the item. They can re-learn it independently.