Alignment Discount On Crafting Manuals & Tomes

[CraftySunuwaBeach]

Hello there!

So one of my favourite parts of Pathfinder is the crafting system, even after 10 years of playing I find a new caveat of niche of crafting rules and such.

The other day however I fell over a peculiarity in the Manuals and Tomes Wondrous Items, definitely some of the more famous magic items out there.

See the thing is that their costs are not as every other Wondrous Item; they don't cost half of commercial price to craft, but only a few thousand less, I suspect because of Wish as a requirement.

However, in the crafting rules it states that you can get certain discounts on the price, most remarkably 30% discount by making it required to have the correct alignment or class.

Something tells me that you shouldn't be able to do that on manuals and tomes, but at the same time I haven't been able to find any rules that specifically stating it isn't allowed.

Do anyone have rules denying or confirming that it is not against the rules?

[Taja the Barbarian]

The cost of stat boost manuals includes a 25,000g diamond material component, which essentially can not be avoided or discounted: If you get a crafting cost discount somehow, it won't apply to this portion of the cost.

The 30% discount for user restrictions is generally viewed as impacting the sale price only: The crafting cost is still the same as it would be without the restriction. Generally speaking, the restriction makes such an item harder to sell on the open market (since so many potential customers would be excluded from using it) but is typically advantageous for personal crafting as it limits it potential usage if stolen by someone.

Finally, the 'custom item' crafting rules are really just guidelines for the GM to use: At the end of the day, your GM has to decide if such an item is possible and what it would cost to craft.