Magic item pricing with a flat cost enhancement.

[Chess Pwn]

So I'm trying to find this on these forums and I can't find it.
If I have a +2 weapon and add Glamered that's a total cost of 12,000 I understand that. My question is would the price be the same if I have a +1 Glamered weapon and want to make it a +2 Glamered? I'm just trying to find out if this works all the same if you do it either way.

[James Risner]

+1 Longsword is 2315 (from memory on the sword at 15 gp)

+2 Glamered (2700 gp) costs 8315+2700 = 11015 gp

From +1 to +2 Glamered = 9015 gp.
From +2 to +2 Glamered = 2700 gp

[Archaeik]

The total price of the item should be the same.

If you have a +1 (2000g) and want to bump it to +2 (8000g), you pay the difference.
Glamered is a flat cost and never enters into any of the multiplication calculations.

To go from +1 -> +2 Glamered should cost 10k

As James pointed out, this is in addition to the masterwork weapon cost.
However, the 2700g price he used was for armor.

[Sarrah]

I'm terribly confused with the numbers. Is upgrading a weapon from +1 to +2 more expensive than buying a brand new +2 weapon?

[Archaeik]

No.

Upgrading Items

You pay the difference in cost.
If you upgrade yourself, you pay half the difference.

[Lifat]

First I buy a masterwork longsword. Cost is 315 gp
Then I pay a merchant to make it +1, costing an additional 2000 gp (total 2315 gp)
Then I pay a merchant to make it glamered, costing an additional 4000 gp for weapons (total 6315 gp)
Then I pay a merchant to make it +2, costing an additional 6000 gp, because that is the difference between a +1 and a +2 weapon. (total 12315 gp)

[RogueShadow3]

Yes which is the same as if you just bought a +2 (8000), glamered (4000), masterwork sword (315)

[Lifat]

Yup.

[James Risner]

Archaeik wrote:

the 2700g price he used was for armor.

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