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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Legildur" data-source="post: 4641712" data-attributes="member: 1258">I always read the The Item Cost Modifier for Special Materials applies during construction of the item, not at some later point. It's like asking to take a steel shield and then make it mithral at a later date or to make a mundane weapon masterwork.However, the opening sentence in the DMG (p284) is interesting "a complex process involving metallurgy and alchemy can bond silver to a weapon made of steel ...".This implies past tense, i.e. that the alchemical silver can be applied after construction of the steel weapon.However, for a mere 90gp cost, how does your friend's solution then compare to silversheen, which provides the alchemical silver properties to a weapon for 1 hour at a cost of 250gp?It seems to suggest that the alchemcial silvering process cannot be applied after the construction of the weapon.</blockquote>