Cost of a Magical Mithril Shirt

[Olaf the Stout]

I have a new player starting in my game. He is starting at 5th level and I have given him 9k GP to spend on equipment. He wants to get a +1 Mithril Shirt. I'm ok with this. The only thing that we were having trouble figuring out is the cost. A Mithril Shirt costs 1100 GP. Would adding the +1 just add 1k to the cost (making a +1 Mithril Shirt cost 2100 GP) or is it more?

Olaf the Stout

 

[irdeggman]

Let's see cost of armor:

Chain shirt 100 gp

Mithral (to light armor) + 1000 gp (includes masterwork quality)

+1 enhancement to armor +1000 gp

total price

2200 gp

Somehow the prices listed in the DMG don't add up do they?

 

[Infiniti2000]

Let's see cost of armor:
Chain shirt 100 gp
Mithral (to light armor) + 1000 gp (includes masterwork quality)
+1 enhancement to armor +1000 gp
total price
2200 gp
Somehow the prices listed in the DMG don't add up do they?

They do, yours don't. 100+1000+1000=2100. Not 2200.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

They do, yours don't. 100+1000+1000=2100. Not 2200.

So you think the cost is just 2100 GP then?

Olaf the Stout

 

[Seffbasilisk]

The cost is just 2100. Unless he wants special things like armor spikes or somesuch.

 

[Infiniti2000]

So you think the cost is just 2100 GP then?

Yes. And I think irdeggman will agree (he probably just had a typo).

 

[Thurbane]

The PCGen freeware is very good for this sort of thing, if that helps...I find it saves a lot of time when kitting out a character above first level.

 

[Klaus]

So you think the cost is just 2100 GP then?

Olaf the Stout

It's 2100gp, which is not cheap at all (a skilled laborer needs to work almost 7 years to afford that). But a 5th-level character with 9000gp can spend up to 4500gp in a single item, so there's no problem there (heck, he could afford a mithril full plate +1 for about 3800gp).

 

[Kalshane]

It's 2100gp, which is not cheap at all (a skilled laborer needs to work almost 7 years to afford that). But a 5th-level character with 9000gp can spend up to 4500gp in a single item, so there's no problem there (heck, he could afford a mithril full plate +1 for about 3800gp).

Actually, mithral heavy armor costs 9000 more, so that suit of mithral full plate costs 10500gp before magic.

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Yea, the Mithril Shirt is Adventurer Jammies.

Everybody should have one, really, even the wizard if he's not 12th level with a rod of Lesser Extend.

Because we all know that if the GM says you should set up the campsite on the battlemat ... it's not a good night in PC-Land.

--fje