Enchanted Items

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 144375

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at s...> 
wrote:
>
> Bart:
> However, seeing how much of a pain in the butt the invisibility 
> cloak is, why didn't Malfoy arrange for it to be destroyed?

Geoff:
He obviously didn't know about it until the incident at the Shrieking 
Shack in POA and the question then is, did Snape guess that Harry 
possessed one and also tell DM. After that though, he'd still have to 
get his hands on it.

Bart: 
> Frankly, it appears that enchanted items exist solely for the  
> purposeo f furthering the plot. Once again, given what Fred and 
> George have come up with, the creation of enchanted items does not 
> appear to normally be a highly valued skill, yet enchanted items 
> appear to be simultaneously useful and rare.

Geoff:
I think it depends on the enchanted object. Gred and Forge's stuff 
seems to be aimed at a mass market whereas I suspect that the 
creation of an Invisibility cloak is probably  more demanding in 
skill and time.