Special Materials: Vastly more expensive, or SP / GP mixup?

[inverseicarus]

I was looking at buying some sling bullets made of special materials, specifically Cold Iron and Silvered.

In 1E...

Cold Iron doubles the cost of the weapon, which is practically nothing for a sling bullet (2sp instead of 1sp for 10 bullets.)

Silvered sling bullets, I believe would be 2gp per bullet, plus the 1sp, for a total of 20.1gp for 10 bullets.

In 2E, 10 sling bullets would be considered an item of "light bulk" and Cold Iron and silvered would each cost 50gp, while a full set of plate armor costs 300sp (30gp).

Was there a mixup with GP/SP in the Special Materials section, or have they intentionally been made vastly more expensive?

[bookrat]

I've noticed that, too. A simple level 1 snare cost more than most weapons.

[IronJack89]

The alchemist has a lot of issues with this as well, some of the alchemical items are prohibitively expensive making them only useful if crafted for free. Like acid flask that deals 1d4 persistent+1 dmg and cost 3gp(30sp) or 1/5th of your 1st level wealth. Its only slightly better than a cantrip that you can cast forever for free, wat.