Clockwork Subtype - Difficult to Create - Poppet

[Tyrion_86]

"Difficult to Create (Ex) The time and gp cost required to create a clockwork is 150% of normal. Construction requirements in individual clockwork monster entries are already increased."

If I have a poppet with steam-powered clockwork template and after creation I want to improve its capacities (Mighty Poppet for example). does "Difficult to Create" apply?

[Diego Rossi]

Yes, it applies even if you add abilities after it has been crafted.

[Diego Rossi]

To expand:

- if we look at that from a "real-life" point of view, we are adding more mechanisms to a clockwork mechanism, so the added part would be clockworks, too. At that point, the added cost and time requirements are applied.

- if we look at it from a game mechanics point of view, Paizo, to simplify things, has magic items have the same final cost for identical items, regardless of the sequence in which the powers where added and a construct is a magical item while it is crafted, so the same principle would apply.