
Ravingdork |

I don't believe the rules really cover that in any great detail.
In any case, I imagine such an item would cost the same as it's magical equivalent, would work in an antimagic zone, and require a power source.

Bob Bob Bob |
From the PRD (and I think I heard page 17 of the book)
It is also possible to enhance high-tech armor and high-tech weaponry with armor special abilities or weapon special abilities, including magical enhancement bonuses. One could build a +2 laser rifle, a +4 dancing humanoid bane chainsaw, or a +1 ghost touch spacesuit. In theory, a magic item creator could even infuse a technological item with magical intelligence. To create a magical high-tech item like this, one must first secure the high-tech item itself, either via purchase, discovery, or crafting. All high-tech weapons and armor are considered masterwork for the purposes of adding magical enhancements to them (though they do not gain the other typical benefits for masterwork items).
Magic and tech work simultaneously, and the appropriate parts shut off in the appropriate dead zones/circumstances.

wintersrage |
I as this question as I am going to be starting the numerian adventure path after the 1 we are running now.
I am going be building a swashbuckler with dervish dance.
My scimitar is going to be entirely tech no magic, so I will need to know the rules, and the tech stuff on the prd is not overly clear.
In the long run my sword will be a +5 bane speed weapon.

Dragonchess Player |

Technology does what technology does; magic does what magic does. It's not as simple as "substituting tech for magic for the same effect" or vice versa. This is spelled out fairly explicitly in Crafting High-Tech Items
Hybrid Items
Items with both magical and technological components, such as the null blade, use a special crafting process. The creator must first succeed at a skill check at the listed DC for crafting the technological portion of the item, and then must succeed at a check based on the item's caster level for crafting the magical portion. Any spell or level-based prerequisites not met increase this crafting DC, as described for magic item creation. The skill used for each check is based on the item creation feats required by the item. Failure on either check ruins the item. Use the item's listed price as normal for determining crafting time, and the item's cost for raw materials. If the creator has feats or abilities that accelerate item creation, only the least favorable bonus applies. In other words, to create a hybrid item faster, the creator needs to be able to create both magical and technological items faster.
It is also possible to enhance high-tech armor and high-tech weaponry with armor special abilities or weapon special abilities, including magical enhancement bonuses. One could build a +2 laser rifle, a +4 dancing humanoid bane chainsaw, or a +1 ghost touch spacesuit. In theory, a magic item creator could even infuse a technological item with magical intelligence. To create a magical high-tech item like this, one must first secure the high-tech item itself, either via purchase, discovery, or crafting. All high-tech weapons and armor are considered masterwork for the purposes of adding magical enhancements to them (though they do not gain the other typical benefits for masterwork items). At the GM's discretion, some magical special abilities might simply not be appropriate for application to certain technological items. When a character crafts an existing technological item into a magic item in this manner, he does not need to meet the base item's crafting requirements—a wizard with Craft Magic Arms and Armor can create a +1 arc pistol from a normal arc pistol without having Craft Technological Arms and Armor and without having access to a military laboratory. In a situation where a character wishes to craft the entire item from scratch, the nonmagical technological item must be fully crafted and completed before work on magically enhancing it can begin.
Also, this is emphasized in the introduction to technological equipment: "Many technological items replicate specific spells or magical effects. However, they do not use magic in any way, and thus function normally in areas of antimagic or primal magic, and are otherwise unaffected by any effects that target or affect magic items."
As far as using a "tech" weapon, you have two choices: use an existing technological weapon (chainsaw, laser torch, monowhip, or stun baton) or a weapon made of a skymetal. Adding "plusses" or weapon abilities would then require it becoming a hybrid item, as described above, because technology has no equivalent of "+5 bane speed."

wintersrage |
Technology does what technology does; magic does what magic does. It's not as simple as "substituting tech for magic for the same effect" or vice versa. This is spelled out fairly explicitly in Crafting High-Tech Items
Technology Guide wrote:...Hybrid Items
Items with both magical and technological components, such as the null blade, use a special crafting process. The creator must first succeed at a skill check at the listed DC for crafting the technological portion of the item, and then must succeed at a check based on the item's caster level for crafting the magical portion. Any spell or level-based prerequisites not met increase this crafting DC, as described for magic item creation. The skill used for each check is based on the item creation feats required by the item. Failure on either check ruins the item. Use the item's listed price as normal for determining crafting time, and the item's cost for raw materials. If the creator has feats or abilities that accelerate item creation, only the least favorable bonus applies. In other words, to create a hybrid item faster, the creator needs to be able to create both magical and technological items faster.
It is also possible to enhance high-tech armor and high-tech weaponry with armor special abilities or weapon special abilities, including magical enhancement bonuses. One could build a +2 laser rifle, a +4 dancing humanoid bane chainsaw, or a +1 ghost touch spacesuit. In theory, a magic item creator could even infuse a technological item with magical intelligence. To create a magical high-tech item like this, one must first secure the high-tech item itself, either via purchase, discovery, or crafting. All high-tech weapons and armor are considered masterwork for the purposes of adding magical enhancements to them (though they do not gain the other typical benefits for masterwork items). At the GM's discretion,
what type of sky metal should i use for a scimitar for a swashbuckler.

Pendagast |

From the PRD (and I think I heard page 17 of the book)PRD wrote:It is also possible to enhance high-tech armor and high-tech weaponry with armor special abilities or weapon special abilities, including magical enhancement bonuses. One could build a +2 laser rifle, a +4 dancing humanoid bane chainsaw, or a +1 ghost touch spacesuit. In theory, a magic item creator could even infuse a technological item with magical intelligence. To create a magical high-tech item like this, one must first secure the high-tech item itself, either via purchase, discovery, or crafting. All high-tech weapons and armor are considered masterwork for the purposes of adding magical enhancements to them (though they do not gain the other typical benefits for masterwork items).Magic and tech work simultaneously, and the appropriate parts shut off in the appropriate dead zones/circumstances.
+4 dancing chainsaw… nuff said

wintersrage |
Where are the stats on the Skymetals? I've seen the stats of a few, but I don't think I've seen them all in one place. Heck, I'm not so sure that I've even seen them all in different places.
The sky metal listing are in the adventure path the shattered star, shards of sin book on page 70-71.

Bob Bob Bob |
The skymetals have been reprinted in the Technology guide. Weirdly, they're listed in the hazards section here. The best for weapons are Adamantine (still), Inubrix (brilliant energy for iron/steel armor and shields), and Siccatite (provided you can get resist fire or cold 1).
There is no discount on skymetals for being in Numeria. There is no such thing as a "tech" enhancement to weapons. All enhancements (+5, speed, etc.) are still magical. Tech weapons are fully built products (like swords to normal fighters) that you can then further enhance with magic.