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<blockquote data-quote="Daedrova" data-source="post: 2835581" data-attributes="member: 11835">No, the psionic item referred to is treated the same:All magic items take up a slot, as a general rule.&nbsp; Those that do not are doubled in price per their effect&nbsp; (i.e. Ioun Stones).With their short duration, the protection spells look comparable in power to 2nd level spells (e.g. scorching ray, resist energy, bull's strength, etc.); also considering one (protection) will affect only 1/3 of opponents' potential alignments.Along that line of thought, we should consider the MAGIC ITEM GOLD PIECE VALUES entry (DMG side bar):&nbsp;The emphasized above seems comparable to “Item Requires Specific Alignment to be used against.”&nbsp;This reasoning can be very problematic, as the tables/formulas for creating a magic item in the first place are not exact; rather guidelines. (and you are reversing the process)Although not a bad idea, it does change the flavor of the spell, and makes it’s value negligible at lower levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daedrova, post: 2835581, member: 11835"] No, the psionic item referred to is treated the same: All magic items take up a slot, as a general rule. Those that do not are doubled in price per their effect (i.e. Ioun Stones). With their short duration, the [I]protection [/I] spells look comparable in power to 2nd level spells (e.g. [I]scorching ray[/I], [I]resist energy[/I], [I]bull's strength[/I], etc.); also considering one ([I]protection[/I]) will affect only 1/3 of opponents' potential alignments. Along that line of thought, we should consider the MAGIC ITEM GOLD PIECE VALUES entry (DMG side bar): The emphasized above seems comparable to “Item Requires Specific Alignment to be used against.” This reasoning can be very problematic, as the tables/formulas for creating a magic item in the first place are not exact; rather guidelines. (and you are reversing the process) Although not a bad idea, it does change the flavor of the spell, and makes it’s value negligible at lower levels. [/QUOTE]

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