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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 6243972" data-attributes="member: 17040">I'm making an NPC and interested in giving him a Bowstaff (Complete Adventurer page 129), but I want to enchant it further than the base +2 enhancement bonus it comes with out of the book.  But I can't figure out how to do so.  Normally, when I enhance a "specific weapon," I subtract the cost of the existing enhancement from the base price of the item and add that difference to the cost of whatever new enhancement I want to give it.  For example, let's say I wanted to upgrade a Luck Blade (0 Wishes) from a +2 weapon to a +5 Holy weapon (total +7 enhancement):Luck Blade Base Price 22060gpBase cost of Short Sword +2 - 8310Cost of a Short Sword +7 - 98310Cost Difference - 90000Cost of a Holy Luck Blade +5 (0 Wishes) - 112060gpHowever, with the Bowstaff, you're talking 3 possible zones of enchantment - each of the Quarterstaff's 2 sides, and the Bow enchantments.  Normally with a double weapon, you have to enchant each side separately.  But the bowstaff is listed as being a +2 Quarterstaff and a +2 Longbow, and the base price of the weapon is only 10975gp.  That's barely more than the cost of a single +2 weapon.  My current guess breaks the price down as follows: Masterwork Longbow: 375Masterwork Quarterstaff: 300+2 Enchantment Bonus: 8000Ability to magically shift from bow to staff: 2300?But that allows for only 1 +2 enhancement, which is theoretically shared between the bow and quarterstaff.  My guess(?) would be that the quarterstaff as written is only enchanted on one end, and that end shares enchantment with the longbow?  If you wanted to enchant the staff on the other end, you'd pay double as you would for any double weapon, but how would that enchantment impact the longbow side?  Also, if you wanted to add magical enhancements like Holy or Flaming to the dominant end of the staff, would those abilities transfer to the bow if they could technically apply to both melee and ranged weapons?  I can't find anything in 3.5 to substantiate that approach, but I came across this Pathfinder spell: <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/b/bowstaff" target="_blank">http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/b/bowstaff</a>How would you handle enchantment of a Bowstaff?</blockquote>

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