I'm not really sure this is in the right forum, because while it does relate to Rules, the question I have isn't about a certain ruling but about the logic behind that rule.
I'm working through some end stuff with a Kingmaker campaign. Actual play is long since over, but one of my players really wants to play the Kingdom Building and Mass Combat out for a while.
So, concerning Mass Combat, Kingmaker 5 says Improved Weapon resources cost 5 BP/Week, and you can get magic weapons for 10X that cost. I presumed 50 BP. But my player pointed out that's 200 BP a month. A BP being roughly 4,000 gp, that's 800K every month to equip an army of any size with magic weapons (+2 OM).
I told him I'd just bought Ultimate Campaign, and I'd look the rule up to see if it had been adjusted or maybe we were misreading it. Nope. It's made very clear in UC:
"Each resource added to an army increases the army’s weekly Consumption by the listed amount."
and
"Improved Weapons (5 BP): The army is armed with masterwork weapons, increasing OM and Consumption by 1. For 50 BP, you can outfit the army with magic weapons, increasing OM and Consumption by 2 instead."
So how can any campaign world justify spending let's say 3 million gp (200 x 4 x 4000) for 4 months worth of one army's magic weapons? Something seems off.
Okay, after re-reading, I think I might be off on the rule after all.
The cost is 50 BP, but it's the weekly Consumption amount, in this case 2, that should be added. So I'm charging the initial 50 BP and then 2 BP per week (effectively) for the magic weapons, correct?