I never used staves before, so I wanted to make a wizard using and crafting staves. Naturally I checked out the rules to make customs staves and then tried to calculate some of the existing staves to see if my math was correct. But what I found was very confusing. Depending where the staff was from (Core or Advanced) the prices changed. One time I got the crafting costs and the other time I got the base price.
Can you check if I made a mistake?
Formula: Base Cost x Spell level x Caster level (minimum 8) / No. Charges
Costs are 400 for highest, 300 for 2nd highest, 200 for all other spells.
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From Core:
Staff of Charming, Base Price: 17600, Craft: 8800
Charm Monster - 400 x 4 x 8 / 2 = 6400
Charm Person - 300 x 1 x 8 = 2400
Sum: 8800 (equal to craft cost)
Staff of Defense, Base Price: 62000, Craft: 31000
Shield of Law - 400 x 8 x 15 / 3 = 16000
Shield other - 300 x 1 x 15 = 9000
Shield - 200 x 1 x 15 = 3000
Shield of Faith - 200 x 1 x 15 = 3000
Sum: 31000 (equal to craft cost)
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From Advanced:
Staff of Stealth, Base Price: 18400, Craft: 9200
Gr. Invisibility - 400 x 4 x 8 / 2 = 6400
Nondetection - 300 x 3 x 8 = 7200
Invisibility - 200 x 2 x 8 = 3200
Disuise Self - 200 x 1 x 8 = 1600
Sum: 18400 (equal to base price)
Staff of Toxins, Base Price: 12600, Craft: 6300
Cloudkill - 400 x 4 x 8 / 2 = 6400
Stinking Cloud - 300 x 3 x 8 = 7200
Sum: 13600 (equal to base price +100)
So using the same formula I get two very different outcomes. Where's the bug in this? I don't think Paizo would have missed such an obvious error.
Staff of windy utility
Gust of wind - 2 charges 3200
Air Bubble - 1 charge 2400
Floating Disk - 1 charge 1600
Sum: 7200
Also contains unlimited Mage Hand calculated at 1800. Basically the item "Hand of the Mage" with 100% cost increase since it is added to another item and the item is not a ring.
The staff also has 2 more minor effects for flavor reasons which I did not calculate:
-) Always stands upright when placed on ground (the top of the staff is branched out, so it can hold a book for reading... the wizard is a book worm and an egghead ^^)
-) The pages can't be turned over by wind
The staff is also my bonded item.
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You are right, the formula generate the crafting cost but the price in the APG are made as if the formula was generating the market price.
It is an error that was signaled several times and it will be (hopefully) corrected in the next printing of the APG.
From the APG FAQ:
Staves: The staves in the magic item section of the Advanced Player's Guide appear to be at half the normal price. Is this correct?No, the staves in the Advanced Player's Guide are incorrectly priced and should be double the listed price. These staves have been reprinted in Ultimate Equipment with the correct price.
—Jason Bulmahn, 07/28/12
Oh thank you.
I didn't know that.
That explains it.