Custom Magic Item AC bonus multiple abilities

[Kelemvor187]

Hi,

i need your input on the following item:

Amulet of natural armor +1, +1 AC insight, +1 AC sacred

The amulet of NA+1 would cost 2000 GP, insight and sacred cost bonus squared * 2500, plus 50% for additional ability.

This would come up to 9500 GP (2000+3750+3750), which seems not sooo unreasonable at first glance (compared to 9000 GP for bracers of armor +3).

BUT: Armor is a "low" power magic effect, because you can aquire armor bonus through mundane armor.

This is harder for insight and sacred bonus.
In addition, if you bring up the "AC-bonus" of the item up to +4 (+2 armor +1 insight +1 sacred) the item is cheaper than a +4 bracers of armor (11500 vs. 16000).

Do you have any guidelines or lines of thinking, how such an item could be priced fairly / adequately?

Thanks!

[DJEternalDarkness]

I believe that you start with the most expensive part (+1 insight/sacred AC bonus), so the math would be a little different 2500 base + 3000 (Nat armor +1) + 3750 (insight/sacred) for a total of:

9250 gp

So still seems ok. Always charge for the most expensive part first, then add everything else.

[Kelemvor187]

Yes, you are right, forgot about that ;)

[Chess Pwn]

Insight is a rare bonus and so is sacred and shouldn't really be used because of it.

And personally, item creation rules shouldn't be used, the only time you'd want to use them is to cheese the system cause if you were to use them and not cheese the system it'd make an item that you'd not want to buy.

So I'd say the price needs to be higher for bringing in bonus types not meant to be used to like double their prices.

So 5000 base +3000 nat + 7500 for a total of 15500. This is where I'd start for a fair price for using rare bonuses.

[Cevah]

DJEternalDarkness wrote:

Always charge for the most expensive part first, then add everything else.

Nope. Always charge the first enchant at 100% and the others at 150%. The text and tables differ, but the FAQs I have found all say to use the text over the table.

Merchants, however use the most expensive first, because a wise crafter does so for the cheapest cost, and they use that for their determination and not the actual value it happened to cost.

/cevah

[blahpers]

Which is silly for several reasons, so nobody runs it that way.

[Kelemvor187]

Thank you all for your posts.
I have abolished the idea :)

[Cevah]

blahpers wrote:

Which is silly for several reasons, so nobody runs it that way.

Silly, but RAW. :-)

/cevah

[blahpers]

Cevah wrote:

blahpers wrote:

Which is silly for several reasons, so nobody runs it that way.

Silly, but RAW. :-)

/cevah

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct!

/On second thought, let's not play RAW. It is a silly text.