Magic Weapons Question

[Victim]

One of my group DMs (Who got most of us playing/DMing) told me a bit ago that when buying a magic weapon you pay the cost to enhance it +1 through +5 and then need to pay the cost again for whatever bonus the enchantment asks for.

My question is: Do you really need to pay both times?
(IE: 4000 gold for a +1 Vicious enchanted weapon)

[Gisher]

For pricing purposes, Vicious counts as a +1 enhancement bonus. So a +1 Vicious sword costs the same as a +2 weapon which would be 8,000 g.p.

[Weirdo]

Gisher is correct.

Weapons are priced by total enhancement equivalent, which means you add the numerical bonus to the combined bonus values of any properties. Vicious is valued as a +1 bonus, which means it's priced as a +2 weapon (1+1), which costs 8,000gp.

[Routamaa]

What Gisher and Weirdo said.

Also have to add that weapon or armour always have to have +1 enchantment before you can add special ability.
In this case Vicious.

[Victim]

Ah, ok that makes much more sense. Thank you all for the help :D

[Kayerloth]

And to further clarify that is 8,000 plus the cost of a masterwork version of the weapon made of the appropriate material for a +2.