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Offline Braininthejar

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pricing these magic items?
« on: August 20, 2012, 08:20:33 PM »
How would you price the following magic items (and are they possible at all?)

1 a silver tablet that can be written upon and remembers/reproduces multiple notes when trigered with a password (basically a magical Ipad - I have a lot of sensitive info to store)

2 a pair of fingerless gloves that transform into claws when the user transforms, giving cold iron or silver claws to whatever he has just turned into?

3 single-target Evard's tentacles item (single use) keyed to one target individual - an apple sized ball which, when thrown in the general direction of its keyed target, grows tentacles and grapples it for several rounds?

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Re: pricing these magic items?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 08:39:44 PM »
1. 300gp maybe?
2. If it only does one: 5k. If it does both but only one at a time: 8k. If it does both constantly: 12k
3. 200 or 300gp. Depends on the save DC/damage. If those are high it could be 1200-1500 I suppose.

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Re: pricing these magic items?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 08:49:52 PM »
cheaper than I expected. And what spells/components would be appropriate to enchant nr 2 ? ( I find it more fun to hunt for specific stuff rather than pay flat materials cost - for example my circlet of charisma is being made with some alu-fiend blood and a couple of gold coins the prince threw my way - the kind of gold that speaks the loudest)

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Re: pricing these magic items?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2012, 09:00:42 PM »
1 and 3 are fairly minor. 3 is worth less than one charge of a 3rd level spell.

2 was based off two warforged feats that do that. If I remember correctly feats are about 5000gp each on magic items (may be wrong) so the rest was eyeballed from there. Nothing too extravagant

If you were after material components for 2 I would look for the blood of a fey and the tooth of a werecreature. Both of at least moderate power.

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Re: pricing these magic items?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2012, 09:10:22 PM »
For number one, have you considered taking ranks in autohypnosis

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Re: pricing these magic items?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2012, 04:23:40 PM »
For item 2, consider the Necklace of Natural Attacks from Savage Species.  And there is a weapon enhancement in MIC (Metalline I think?) that allows you to change your weapon's composition to be any other type of metal to overcome DR.  Combine the two, and you should have your price.