Guess what! My grand scheme (And the Poll Results...) has led me to make a ItemCraft formula, a way to make a ton of items with only one datablock each, and like, the most hilarious way to kill anyone ever!
Item Craft
Item Craft is accomplished by taking a TON of items, and putting 'em all together until you hit a final finished product.
For instance, let's say we're making a White Blocktard Sword, the weakest possible shield-less sword..
(Bas**** Sword)
We'll need a fair amount of ore: For instance, for a White Blocktard Sword, we'll need 5 White Blokium, than combine the Blokium until we get a lump of 5 Ores; Than, we make it into a bar with a Flaming PortaForge (Whichis made by combining wood with a PortaForge), than combining the bar with a mould, than combining the unfinished sword with a hammer, ending the process, and leaving you with a fairly powerful Blocktard Sword. And this was just a basic idea: There's a ton of potential recipes to be found in Recipe Books and from random tinkering.
That process again, for TL;DR guys:
White Blokium Ore x 5 = White Lump (5)
Wood + PortaForge = Firey Forge (1)
PortaForge + White Lump (5) = White Bar (5)
White Bar (5) + Sword Mould = Unfinished White B. Sword
Unfinished White B. Sword + Hammer = White B. Sword
Plus, the Firey PortaForge works as a flamethrower! Giving the basic smithy working to scrounge up a living having a defense is something I haven't seen in ANY RPG, ever. EVER.
If you have feedback on the item system, tell me, and I'll make modifications as I / you see fit.