NO NO NO! You guys are missing the whole story! See, the crafting system works perfectly!
Until you spend a level-and-a-half hunting down ingredients, and you only have 1 set of them for your latest project. After spending a good amount of gold getting the stuff to get your ingredients ready, and you're at the last step, POOF! Yo've rolled a 2. You needed a 3 or higher.
Then, the world around you crumbles.
Marv-o-matic