What is the cost for Magic Barding?

[DigitalMage]

I just wanted to ask a quick question that I couldn't find a clear answer to by searching these forums.

Barding for a medium sized animal (e.g. a medium size dog) costs double (PF p162). Making that Masterwork presumably costs an additional 300 gp (double the normal 150 gp to make masterwork armour).

However, if I then want to make that barding magical, is the cost of that doubled too? I imagine it is about imbuing magic into an item, and so that shouldn't be too much different than doing so for normal armour, thus I wouldn't expect this to be doubled too. However by RAW I can see that it should be.

Is there an official ruling or FAQ? As this will be for PFS play I am keen to get it right.

[Darksol the Painbringer]

There is a FAQ that says it all, but it has some RAW inconsistency issues. I'd link it, but I'm on my phone right now.

[blahpers]

The FAQ (assuming that's the one in question) only covers non-magical equipment. Enhancing equipment via magic item creation doesn't generally care about the size of the equipment, only the enhancements being applied.

So, in general, for nonmagical stuff:

Start with base price.

Adjust for special materials, armor modifications, etc.

Multiply for size and/or shape.

Add masterwork cost, if applicable and not already covered by special material. (Yes, this is kind of weird.)

If you're crafting it yourself, apply the crafting discount(s) here.

Then do the math for magical enhancements separately from that. Size and such doesn't matter, with the exception of cold iron or other special materials that specifically add to the price based on magical enhancements.

So: Medium masterwork barding for a dog would cost double the base price of the equivalent armor plus 150 gp (masterwork; do not double). Crafting it would only cost 1/3 of that. Enhancing it would cost the same as enhancing a regular humanoid armor of the same type--size and shape do not matter.

[DigitalMage]

blahpers wrote:

So: Medium masterwork barding for a dog would cost double the base price of the equivalent armor plus 150 gp (masterwork; do not double). Crafting it would only cost 1/3 of that. Enhancing it would cost the same as enhancing a regular humanoid armor of the same type--size and shape do not matter.

Thanks for the response, and I am glad I wasn't missing a FAQ with clarity on the magical enhancement issue.

I think I may have doubled the masterwork cost, but as that was done several scenarios ago I am not that bothered (having erred on the side of caution the build isn't illegal). Now that I am looking to make it magical though, knowing I shouldn't double the cost is good!