Hiya!
When I finally started playing HotU for the very first
time, I started with my 2/11 paladin/cleric I've took through SoU
already. I'll never forget entering the shop in Waterdeep that sold the
crafting components, and I just thought to myself "Holy cow! You can
craft your own gear!!!"
However, that character didn't have any
ranks in Craft Armor / Weapon, so I immediately stopped playing HotU
again and started the SoU OC all over again. This time I played a
wizard, and during the course of SoU I maxed out the Craft Armor and
Craft Weapon skills. I literally rushed through SoU just to finally
start HotU with a "craftsman" type of character.
Unfortunately, I
will also never forget how disappointed I was to slowly realize that
the only items you can craft are basic non-magical weapons (including
arrows and crossbow bolts), armors, helmets, and shields.
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And
depending on what you craft, the costs for this basic item are two to
three times higher than simly buying it in a shop. And trust me, I've
spend
HOURS sitting around and crafting stuff.
I might be
wrong, but I guess that this is the reason why there isn't a crafting
guide available yet. I've googled for half an hour before writing this
post, searching for any kind of crafting guide for NWN. The only guides I
could find are either for the first NWN OC (where you have to find
certain items and take them to a smith), or guides that are specific to
certain servers only (since they are using a custom crafting system).
However,
there are a few quasi-magical items you can craft. They are nothing
special, it's quite expensive, and the DCs for the crafting skill checks
are all in the 20's.
From a Bar of Adamantine you can craft...
From
a Bar of Mithral you can craft...
And from Planks of Ironwood you can craft...
* This is not a mistake - the
larger the shield, the cheaper it gets.
I
hope this helps you a bit and saves you the trouble of experimenting on
your own, just to come to the same results as I did.
And
before you start blaming the crafting system in HotU, please keep in
mind that this is only a very basic system. It's purpose is not to allow
you to craft all sort of magical stuff by default, but to serve as
basis for user-created crafting systems.
Cheers!