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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 2719624" data-attributes="member: 259">I recently worked with my DM to design an intelligent magic item:  basically, through a series of rituals (I've got Create Wondrous Item), I "awakened" a prayer-bead of Karma.  The bead was described originally as having the essence of an ancient, famous dwarven cleric tied to it, so I gave it the following powers:-Diplomacy 10 ranks (she was a leader of her folks) (cost 5000 gp)-Bless 3x/day (cost 1000 gp)-Cure moderate WOunds 3x/day (cost 6,500 gp)-Cast Magic Circle Against Evil at will (cost 16,000)-The 9,000 package deal to activate it intelligently.My DM just asked me to try pricing these abilities out individually, and I was a little shocked at the first thing I tried:  Magic Circle Against Evil.  If we're very generous and call it a command-word-activated ability instead of use-activated, the cost ought to be 3(the level) x 5 (the minimum caster level) x1,800 (the base price) x1.5 (since the duration is measured in 10 minutes/level), for a cost of 40,500 gp.  Just for this one ability.Is this a fluke?  Is there a reason for these low prices?Daniel</blockquote>