The Help Me Price Custom Magic Items Thread


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Scarab Sages

Yet another thread where people post custom made magic items seeking help determining the price and prerequisites of custom designed magic items. :-)

[U] The Staff of the Apprentice [/U]
This is a simple +2 quarterstaff that also acts as a spell focus that adds +2 to any ranged touch attacks made to determine if spell effects hit. It also grants a +2 enhancement bonus to Knowledge Arcana and Spellcraft checks.

[U] Staff of the Antimage [/U]
This is a solid cold iron +2 quarterstaff that acts as a bane weapon against any creature with spell resistance. Additionally it adds +2 to the character’s caster level for purposes of overcoming spell resistance and for the purposes of the dispel magic and greater dispel magic spells only. The Staff of the Antimage does not detect as magical.

[U] Loremaster’s Staff [/U]
This finely crafted +2 quarterstaff is covered in a variety of runes. It adds a +1 enhancement bonus to all knowledge checks made while it is in the user’s hands. Additionally, all knowledge checks may be made untrained without penalty.

[U] Ring of Reciprocation [/U]
When you cast a spell with a range of Personal (“You”) or Touch of 3rd level or less on your familiar or Eidolon you also gain the benefits of the spell. This ring functions 3 times per day and must be worn continuously to regain its strength for the following day.

[U] Ring of Friendly Extension [/U]
If one of the following spells is cast on you (or by you on yourself); Shield, Enlarge Person, Reduce Person, Alter Self, Bear’s Endurance, Bull’s Strength, Cat’s Grace, Eagle’s Splendor, Fox’s Cunning, or Owl’s Wisdom; their duration changes to 1 hour / level of the caster. The ring can only extend one such spell at a time (though if two rings are worn each can extend a different spell. Removing the ring immediately ends the spell effect that was being extended.

[U] Ring of Personal Amplification [/U]
This Ring grants a +2 enhancement bonus to the character’s highest ability score.


Cele wrote:
Yet another thread where people post custom made magic items seeking help determining the price and prerequisites of custom designed magic items. :-)

The Staff of the Apprentice

I assume the +2 enhancement is to only one end of the weapon. The +2 to ranged touch spell attacks sounds to me to be the equivalent of a +1 special ability, so that's a +3 weapon. 18000gp right there. The +2 skill bonuses are worth 400gp each. Another 800gp. It has to be a masterwork quarterstaff, so thats 300gp.

Total = 19,100gp

Staff of the Antimage
This one is tough. It's a +2 weapon, with a Bane ability that affects a peculiar type. Anything with SR covers a lot of ground. Most outsiders, high level monks, someone with a Cloak of Spell Resistance. I'd make that a +2 special ability. I've seen somewhere what a +2 to caster level to overcome SR costs, but I can't remember. Throw in the bonus to Dispel and it probably rounds up to 10,000gp. I guess?

Masterwork quarterstaff = 300, +4 enhancement = 32000, other bonuses = 10000 (maybe)

Total = 42300gp (Though that seems maybe a little low to me.)

Loremaster’s Staff
MW quarterstaff = 300. +2 = 8000. +1 to 10 skills = 100 each or 1000

Total = 9300gp

Ring of Reciprocation
This is a tough one. It's sort of like casting a spell modified by the Twin Spell Metamagic feat, but effecting you and another rather than the same creature, but twice. Twin has the same requirement as Quicken. Hmm, I'd say it should cost half as much as a Metamagic Rod of Quicken, Lesser.

Total = 17,500gp

Ring of Friendly Extension
Tricky. Those are all fairly low level spells. 1 hour/level is a lot more than just an Extend effect, so it would be more than the cost of thinking of this item as some sort of Lesser Extend Metamagic item. I'd say half the cost of a Metamagic Rod of Extend.

Total = 5500gp

Ring of Personal Amplification
Under 3.5 rules, I'd definitely say it should just cost the standard for a +2 enhancement to an ability score. So, 4000gp. But pathfinder like to only put these sorts of bonuses in particular slots. I guess I would increase the price by 50% for the unusual slot. This is all assuming that the ring does not stack with other existing enhancement bonuses.

Total = 6000gp

Scarab Sages

Thank you Kelso! Any idea on caster levels and feats required?

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