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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 3566602" data-attributes="member: 29252">Theoretically.However, they are guidelines for a reason.  See, by guidelines, an at-will command word Widget of Cure Minor Wounds (clerical cantrip) costs 900 gp.  The infinite healing aspect of it, however, breaks game balance something fierce.  The Ring of Regeneration has some pesky limitations, is considerably less useful, and costs more than a full order of magnitude more. Widget of Cure Minor Wounds is broken compared to Ring of Regeneration (or even Wand of Cure Light Wounds - you can run out of the Wand).A Use-activated Widget of True Strike (whenever the wielder makes an attack roll) similarly breaks the game - and theoretically costs 2,000 gp when done as a slotted spell-duplicating item (4,000 gp as an unslotted item).  Fighter doesn't miss (except on a nat-1), even doing full power attack, for basically every opponent.  Full Power Attack All The Time.  It's more useful than a +10 sword (which, book value when you go Epic, is priced at essentially 2,000,000 gp).  Widget of True Strike is broken compared to a very expensive sword.A continuous caster level 1 Widget of Mage Armor theoretically costs 2,000 gp - and provides exactly the same protection as a +4 Bracers of Armor at a cost of 16,000 gp.  Widget of Mage Armor is broken compared to Bracers of Armor.At caster level 7, with a duration of an hour/level, it's going to be active basically always, even at 1/day.  Something smells fishy?  Don't price it by the cost of a spell, price it by the bonuses it provides.  I don't know the spell.  What does it do?</blockquote>

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