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I was looking at the text for how magic items are priced and found this tidbit:
In addition, some items cast or replicate spells with costly material components. For these items, the market price equals the base price plus an extra price for the spell component costs. The cost to create these items is the magic supplies cost plus the costs for the components.
Emphasis mine. Does this mean that when figuring out the cost of an item with costly material components, you divide the BASE price in half AND THEN add the material component costs (as opposed to dividing the price after having already added the mat component costs)?
For example, if you had a magic item that was priced at 12,000 gp, 2,000 of which was material component costs, would the correct way to determine the cost be:
((12,000 - 2,000) / 2) + 2,000 = Cost (which would be 7,000)
I wish I was articulate enough to phrase this more clearly, but hopefully someone out there knows what I'm trying to say.
I wish I was articulate enough to phrase this more clearly, but hopefully someone out there knows what I'm trying to say.
The next line down from what you quoted: "Descriptions of these items include an entry that gives the total cost of creating the item."
IMO, this means the following:
A Ring of Wizardry (I) costs 20,000 gp to purchase.
The Construction requirements include Limited Wish, and 10,000 gp.
Limited Wish has a material component of a diamond worth 1,500 gp.
Forging a Ring of Wizardry (I) should have a total cost of 10,000 gp, not 10,000 gp plus a diamond worth 1,500 gp.
Example of item with material component:
Ring of three Wishes.
Price 120,000. Cost 97500. Magic component of the price is 45000 with 75000gp in material component.
Converting Price to cost:
(120,000-75000)/2 +75000 = 45000/2 +75000 = 22500 +75000 = 97500cost
Example of item without material component:
Ring of Wizardry IV.
Price 100,000gp. Cost 50,000gp. Zero material components.
Reason: this is not replicating a specific spell thus does not require material components. Only magic items that replicate specific spells need to worry about material component costs.
- Gauss