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Offline GreatRobo

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[Pathfinder] Item Enchantment Questions
« on: April 02, 2012, 10:59:13 AM »
To start things off I haven't been playing pathfinder or even dnd for a lot more than six months so this is going to be noob hour in Dixie. Im very confused by the wording of the rules surrounding item enchantment. The main question I have is.... is it possible to have say.... a +10 speed scimitar? Or would the +10 overrule the speed enchantment? Is it possible to have multiple enchantments on a single weapon?

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Re: [Pathfinder] Item Enchantment Questions
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 08:01:05 PM »
Warning: the words "enhancement" and "enchantment" look similar, but are different.  Please read carefully.

Magic you add to a weapon have either a "plus bonus" cost or a flat gold piece cost.  Let's focus on the "plus bonus" cost first:

A speed weapon costs a +3 bonus.
A flaming weapon costs a +1 bonus.
A holy weapon costs a +2 bonus.
Each +1 to to-hit and damage enhancement also costs +1 per +1 (makes sense, right?)

So a +4 speed, flaming, holy sword costs +4 (+4 enhancement) +3 (speed) +1 (flaming) +2 (holy) = +10 total enchantment.

The max total you can go is +10.  So a +10 speed(+3) scimitar is not allowed since that totals +13.
You can have multiple magic enchantments on a weapon, so the +4 speed holy flaming is allowed.

The cost of these enchantments is bonus-squared times 2000gp.  So a +1 weapon = 1 * 1 * 2000 = 2000 gp.  A +10 weapon = 10 * 10 * 2000 = 200,000gp.

A magic weapon is required to have at least a +1 enhancement before any special enchantments can be added.

Then there are enchantments that cost a flat gold piece amount.  I don't see any listed in the DMG, but you would just add the cost of these enchantments to the cost of the magic weapon.

Good luck!


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Re: [Pathfinder] Item Enchantment Questions
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 11:39:32 AM »
Thanks for the help on clarification!