Craft Cost of Standard Grade vs Others

[Rhyst]

Looking at the Craft Requirements of Armor for Precious Materials, it looks like all grades state "... at least X + x/bulk". All Non-Standard grades, including lower grades, seem to indicate a Craft Requirement that is the 50%. Standard-Grade lists a lesser amount.

Example
Cold Iron (Low-Grade) Full Plate would require 98 of initial materials to craft, 98 of which needs to be Cold Iron.
Cold Iron (Standard-Grade) Full Plate would require 840 of initial materials to craft, 210 of which needs to be Cold Iron. (630 remaining required)
Cold Iron (High-Grade) Full Plate would require 14,000 of initial materials to craft, 14,000 of which needs to be Cold Iron.

[Zapp]

Do you have a question?

[Rhyst]

Sorry It cut it off (likely a bad copy/paste on my part).

Why Is the Material requirement for Standard not 50% like the others?

Seem strange that Crafting an Item Requires "50% in raw materials" for ANY object being created however Standard-Grade items only stipulate a portion of the 50% be the Precious Material. Other Grades indicate all of the 50% is the Precious Material.

[NielsenE]

The rules I see are:
"When you Craft an item that incorporates a precious material, your initial raw materials for the item must include that material; at least 10% of the investment must be of the material for low-grade, at least 25% for standard-grade, and all of it for high-grade. "

[Rhyst]

NielsenE wrote:

The rules I see are:

"When you Craft an item that incorporates a precious material, your initial raw materials for the item must include that material; at least 10% of the investment must be of the material for low-grade, at least 25% for standard-grade, and all of it for high-grade. "

Correct "At Least". But when you look at the Craft Requirements for example Cold Iron Armor, it lists a requirement for every Grade that is 50% of the item cost. Except for Standard Grade which shows something that is much less than 50%. Each of the Standard Grades for armor are that way.

[HumbleGamer]

Rhyst wrote:

NielsenE wrote:

The rules I see are:

"When you Craft an item that incorporates a precious material, your initial raw materials for the item must include that material; at least 10% of the investment must be of the material for low-grade, at least 25% for standard-grade, and all of it for high-grade. "

Correct "At Least". But when you look at the Craft Requirements for example Cold Iron Armor, it lists a requirement for every Grade that is 50% of the item cost. Except for Standard Grade which shows something that is much less than 50%. Each of the Standard Grades for armor are that way.

I think you misread silver pieces for gold pieces.

Quote:

Price 140 gp (+14 gp per Bulk)

Craft Requirements The initial raw materials must include cold iron worth at least 70 sp + 7 sp per Bulk

https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=140

The armor cost is 140gp +14gp per bulk

You must provide 50% of the item cost ( 70g+ +7gp per bulk ) and 10% of it in materials.
1/10 of 50%, which is 70gp, is 7gp ( which is equal to 70sp ) and you have to add 7sp per bulk ( which is 1/10 of 7gp ).

[NielsenE]

You're confusing two different sets of rules.

1) When crafting you must provide 50% of the cost up front. When working in precious materials some portion of that upfront cost must be in the form of the precious material.

2) That portion is controlled by the rule I quoted:
"When you Craft an item that incorporates a precious material, your initial raw materials for the item must include that material; at least 10% of the investment must be of the material for low-grade, at least 25% for standard-grade, and all of it for high-grade." Bolding added.

[Rhyst]

Thank you both, I miss read the low-grad as GP rather than SP. which fits the 10%/25%/100% rule NielsenE mentions.