Duplicating items to make forgeries was a staple feature of the first Dragon’s Dogma, and it made a return in Dragon’s Dogma 2 as well. The system allows players to make fake copies of real items and use the fakes to dupe NPCs in various ways. Some NPCs are smarter than others and catch on quickly if they’re handed a forgery. Figuring who to give which version of an item is part of the fun.