Confused about weapon enhancement pricing.


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My GM fleetingly half-explained it, so to the boards I come!

I assumed that for the +1 bonus, as the chart says, it costs 2,000 gp. Then for the +2, 8,000 gp and so on.
Now I can't remember what my GM said exactly, but something about it costing more than 8,000 gp. Something like if I have a +1 longsword and want to add the flaming quality, it's more than the sum its parts so costs more. Can anyone shed some light on to this? Sorry for how terribly vague it is, I've scoured the CRB and can't find the section on what to do with the "base price".

Many thanks!


If you were adding the flaming weapon quality to a +1 longsword (for a total of +2 worth of enchants on the item) it would generally cost you 6,000 gold pieces. That's the cost of a +2 weapon (8,000) minus the gold already spent for the +1.

To go from +2 to +3 it would be 10,000g (18,000-8,000).

Of course that's assuming you're getting an existing weapon upgraded by someone, the prices listed in the book are for if you buy a brand new weapon with that level of enchantment.

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toxicpie wrote:

My GM fleetingly half-explained it, so to the boards I come!

I assumed that for the +1 bonus, as the chart says, it costs 2,000 gp. Then for the +2, 8,000 gp and so on.
Now I can't remember what my GM said exactly, but something about it costing more than 8,000 gp. Something like if I have a +1 longsword and want to add the flaming quality, it's more than the sum its parts so costs more. Can anyone shed some light on to this? Sorry for how terribly vague it is, I've scoured the CRB and can't find the section on what to do with the "base price".

Many thanks!

Most enhancements are priced based upon their bonus equivelant. For example, a +1 flaming long sword is the price equivelant of a +2 long sword, 8315gp. A +1 flaming burst long sword or a +2 flaming longsword is the price equivelant of a +3 long sword, 18,315gp. The price to upgrade a weapon is the difference between the old price and the new price. So, the price to upgrade a +1 long sword to +1 flaming, is 6000gp. This would also be the cost to upgrade from a +1 long sword to a +2 long sword.

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