Cost of Magic weapon

[sempai33]

Hi,
I want to know how to calculate the price for a +1 flaming longword. According to me, it costs :
15 gp (for the longsword) + 300gp (for masterwork) + 2000 gp (for a +1 enchantment) + 2000gp (for the Flaming) = 4315gp, is it right ?

[Tilquinith]

sempai33 wrote:

Hi,

I want to know how to calculate the price for a +1 flaming longword. According to me, it costs :
15 gp (for the longsword) + 300gp (for masterwork) + 2000 gp (for a +1 enchantment) + 2000gp (for the Flaming) = 4315gp, is it right ?

close... The flaming will cost 6000gp, the difference between a +1 and +2 equivalent weapon, for a grand total of 8315gp.

[The Grandfather]

Tilquinith wrote:

close... The flaming will cost 6000gp, the difference between a +1 and +2 equivalent weapon, for a grand total of 8315gp.

I concur.

[sempai33]

Tilquinith wrote:

sempai33 wrote:

Hi,

I want to know how to calculate the price for a +1 flaming longword. According to me, it costs :
15 gp (for the longsword) + 300gp (for masterwork) + 2000 gp (for a +1 enchantment) + 2000gp (for the Flaming) = 4315gp, is it right ?

close... The flaming will cost 6000gp, the difference between a +1 and +2 equivalent weapon, for a grand total of 8315gp.

Thanks but can you explain me the way to know that i costs 6000 gp, please?

[Tilquinith]

sempai33 wrote:

Tilquinith wrote:

sempai33 wrote:

Hi,

I want to know how to calculate the price for a +1 flaming longword. According to me, it costs :
15 gp (for the longsword) + 300gp (for masterwork) + 2000 gp (for a +1 enchantment) + 2000gp (for the Flaming) = 4315gp, is it right ?

close... The flaming will cost 6000gp, the difference between a +1 and +2 equivalent weapon, for a grand total of 8315gp.

Thanks but can you explain me the way to know that i costs 6000 gp, please?

Certainly, the weapon must of course be at least +1 in order to have been enchanted with special qualities such as flaming which is a +1 equivalent. Thus a +1 flaming longsword would be equivalently a +2 enchantment which costs 8000gp.

Edit: each special quality has a +# associated with it. And of course there is also the basic +# to attack and damage. You essentially mix and match these to a maximum equivalent bonus of +10. thus you could pick a +3 bons to attack and damage, add flaming and acid and have an equivalent +5 weapon. +3 to attack and damage and fire and acid each counting as an additional +1 to find the enchantment cost. Which for a +5 weapon would be 50,000gp.

[midknight]

The weapon costs like a +2 sword, +1 from the enhancement and +1 of the enhacement equivalent flaming property -> +2 weapon.
Cost 8315 = mw (300) + +2 enhancement (2*2^2*1000=8000) + weapon cost (15)

[wraithstrike]

sempai33 wrote:

Tilquinith wrote:

sempai33 wrote:

Hi,

I want to know how to calculate the price for a +1 flaming longword. According to me, it costs :
15 gp (for the longsword) + 300gp (for masterwork) + 2000 gp (for a +1 enchantment) + 2000gp (for the Flaming) = 4315gp, is it right ?

close... The flaming will cost 6000gp, the difference between a +1 and +2 equivalent weapon, for a grand total of 8315gp.

Thanks but can you explain me the way to know that i costs 6000 gp, please?

Minor Medium Major Weapon Bonus Base Price

01–70 01–10 — +1 2,000 gp
71–85 11–29 — +2 8,000 gp
— 30–58 01–20 +3 18,000 gp
— 59–62 21–38 +4 32,000 gp
— — 39–49 +5 50,000 gp

A +1 weapon with a +1 enchantment = +2 for the purpose of pricing the weapon.

As you can see from the chart a +2 weapon is 8000 gp

As you can also see a +1 weapon is 2000 gp

When upgrading a weapon you subtract the current weapon enchantment from the desired enchantment to get the price.

8000-2000=6000

If you were going from a +1 to a +5 the price would be 48000.

Edit: I could not get the chart to line up but it is here

[sempai33]

Thanks a lot everyone, that's clear now :-D

[James Risner]

sempai33 wrote:

+1 flaming longword.

4315gp, is it right ?

No

+1+1(flaming) = +2

price as a +2 weapon