Is there a feat or spell that lets you take one magic item (worth X gp), reduce it to its components (X/2 gp) and use those to build a new magic item?
Pathfinder 1.0 only. No third party materials, please, or D&D 3.0/3.5 or homebrew stuff.
EDIT: Or "ask your GM." That isn't helpful, since the GM would prefer I find the solution within the rules rather than make him spend GM prep time going to the messageboards and asking this question himself and tracking the answers.
I'm not sure if there is a need for such a feat since mechanically its the same as selling the item and then using the gold you got from selling it to build the new item.
The rules semi-support that you can do this via the upgrading rules.
If the item’s current and proposed abilities follow the normal pricing rules (particularly with weapons, armor, and shields), adding the new abilities is a matter of subtracting the old price from the new price and determining how many days of crafting it takes to make up the difference.
Example: Patrick’s wizard decides to use his downtime to increase the armor bonus on his bracers of armor +1 to +3. The price difference between the two types of bracers is 8,000 gp, so Patrick’s wizard must spend 8 days and 4,000 gp (half the 8,000 gp price difference) upgrading his bracers’ magic. If he has fewer than 8 days before the next adventure, he’ll need to finish his crafting while traveling or use accelerated crafting in town to speed up the process.
I would ask the DM if you could be allowed to do this without any additional feats. They may require that the deconstructed magic item be similar to the one you want to build but as I said, mechanically this is the same as just selling the old item and using the money from selling it to build the new one.
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Pro: Can drastically reduce the time required to craft an expensive item since salvaged "parts" don't count against the standard one-day-per-1,000-gp time requirement.
Pro: You can bypass some construction requirements if you include enough materials from a salvaged item with those same requirements.
Con: You only get 2/3 of the item's cost back, whereas you could theoretically sell the old item for full cost (i.e., half price).
Thanks, blahpers! That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew it existed, just couldn't remember/find it.
Selling, in this case, isn't an option. Gotta scavenge what we have.
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Thanks, blahpers! That's exactly what I was looking for. I knew it existed, just couldn't remember/find it.
Selling, in this case, isn't an option. Gotta scavenge what we have.
Best of luck! : D