Hello
I want to create a magic artifact but I don't know how to calculate the price. It is supposed to work like the spell "False Vision". However, it's range is a 30 miles radius not a 40-ft one. How am I to put this in rules terms? How am I to estimate the Price and Cost. Is there a better spell I could use? Any tips?
Regards
Just by using the word "artifact" you answered your own questions about price and cost. There are no rules for pricing artifacts; they just ARE. No one can make them-there's no item creation feat for crafting artifacts in Pathfinder and only gods did it in any 3.E WotC products. So I'd just not worry about it. Artifacts are beyond price if they're major artifacts, and I'd say an orb with an effect 30 miles in radius qualifies as a major artifact.
Hello
I want to create a magic artifact but I don't know how to calculate the price. It is supposed to work like the spell "False Vision". However, it's range is a 30 miles radius not a 40-ft one. How am I to put this in rules terms? How am I to estimate the Price and Cost. Is there a better spell I could use? Any tips?
Regards
Just to be clear, the effect of this spell would be to cause all divination scrying spells which look at anything within 30 miles of the orb of false vision to instead reveal a major image chosen at the time of the orb's creation? With no saving throw on the part of the scryer and no spell resistance. In a 30 mile radius...
I'm not sure if there are numbers high enough to calculate the price for that, but I'll get started on it if you are REALLY curious.
Hello
I want to create a magic artifact but I don't know how to calculate the price. It is supposed to work like the spell "False Vision". However, it's range is a 30 miles radius not a 40-ft one. How am I to put this in rules terms? How am I to estimate the Price and Cost. Is there a better spell I could use? Any tips?
Regards
Like others have said before, you really can't put a price on artifacts. However, this does not mean that you cannot create one, but you cannot create it with mere game mechanics. What you describe has the potential to be a game shattering device. Just think of how many kingdoms would love to get their royal hands on such a device. The best way is to talk to your GM, describe what you want, and then he should come up with some kind of quest. Such quests could involve gathering specific material components, sacrifices, and so on used in the item's creation. The magic creating such an artifact is part sympathetic magic (like Voodoo) or dramatic inspiration (like the slaying of a named dragon) that leads to spontaneous generation artifact powers and then there is only a slight chance of this happening. The item also needs some kind of history because fame is also another possible source to it's power. In short, in order to create an epic item you have to do epic things, so you can't just save up and fork over the dough.