Item Crafting: Difference between revisions

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== [[VideoLive-Action Game]] examplesTV ==
* The game from the ''[[Community]]'' episode "Digital Estate Planning" features such a system.
** Gilbert uses the system to create a spear which he then uses to attack.
** Britta forges a strength potion {{spoiler|which turns out to be poison.}}
** Abed messes around with the system and discovers it can be used to create {{spoiler|giant robots, attack helicopters, atomic bombs,}} and even {{spoiler|children.}}
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[GURPS]]'' has Craft Skills, which PCs can use (with the appropriate workshops or labs) to craft equipment. ''GURPS'' also has rules for inventing new gear that is not described anywhere in the ruulebooks.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
=== Action Adventure ===
* ''[[Aquaria (video game)|Aquaria]]'' allows you to combine [[Randomly Drops|Random Drops]] to make [[Heal Thyself|healing items]] like [[Hyperactive Metabolism|food]].
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* ''[[Terraria]]'' is all about exploration through digging, so finding ore and creating items with it only makes sense thematically.
 
=== Web Comics ===
 
== Non-video game examples ==
=== Live Action Television ===
* The game from the ''[[Community]]'' episode "Digital Estate Planning" features such a system.
** Gilbert uses the system to create a spear which he then uses to attack.
** Britta forges a strength potion {{spoiler|which turns out to be poison.}}
** Abed messes around with the system and discovers it can be used to create {{spoiler|giant robots, attack helicopters, atomic bombs,}} and even {{spoiler|children.}}
 
 
=== Web Comics ===
* Like every other RPG trope, the webcomic ''[[Adventurers!]]'' manages to make fun of this.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' features punch card alchemy, which allows characters to combine their items in various configurations to create sweet loot (provided of course that said characters have sufficient resources).
* Emily can enchant weapons and armor in ''[[Our Little Adventure]].'' Thankfully she has learned to successfully create items that don't scream rude things at their wielders anymore.
 
=== Real Life ===
* Like items in games with item crafting, if you want the best computer you need to collect parts separately, put them together and ignore offerings by professionals
* Thanks to patent expiration and military specifications for part tolerances, several firearms that remained popular for ~20 years past their introduction can be built with every part being made by a different manufacturer. It's particularly common among competition shooters, and few serious competitors will use a weapon they haven't made themselves.