From a very long term player. At this moment I'm not too concerned with the craft thing however...
I'm not concerned with the craft thing either, I'm concerned with accuracy, especially for the brand new player reading this today or next month.
And so I took the trouble to double check, and to run a very simple, very quick test, something neither your nor your "very long term player" seemed to have bothered with.
And it turns out... we're all wrong.
I'm pretty sure crafts are 3x, actually, it says that in the wiki
No, it does
not. The wiki is correct, and it clearly says no such thing. You should read it again, more closely, and not just listen to what you have "herd".
It seems that crafts* appear singly,
or in pairs
or in threes - and that is influenced in part by the skill of the crafter, and part by chance. So if you have a no-skill crafter, you're more likely to get singles, but a legendary will always(?) produce 3's.
("crafts" specifically, not "instruments" nor "toys")Mugs and mug-like objects (flasks, goblets, etc) are
always made in threes.
I'm pretty sure crafts are 3x, actually, it says that in the wiki, and when I made platinum crafts, I got a ring, an amulet, and something else.
Which is why one example of something does not "prove" anything, and should never be presented as "How DF Works". DF is quite often more random and unexpected than it at first appears, and this is one small example.