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<blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8476335" data-attributes="member: 42856">I think this part is supposed to cover, say, enchanting your father's sword to become a +1 sword. You need the sword, and paying the custom-made magic item price on top of that. I agree that &quot;crafter's fee&quot; seem to refer to the markup in the table on the next page, but I think it should be understood as crafter's price.OK...Yes. Instead of just buying an off-the-shelf masterwork full plate armor at 3,000 gp, you get a bespoke full plate masterwork armour at 4,650 gp. That's not unreasonable (unlike the renting a demiplane pricing on the same page, which is 1,000 a tenday or 4,000 for 30 days, which is... odd. But mages are odd).I read the part about the &quot;crafter's fee for a wondrous item&quot; as the total cost of commissionning the item, not the crafter's margin. So to have your masterwork full plate armor enchanted, it costs you the price of the armour (4,650 gp), the cost of an off-the-shelf celestial aegis (17,500 gp) and the crafter's markup (1,750 gp). For a total of 23,900 gp.So, a Celestial Aegis can be bought:1. For 17,500 gp at MagicMart, provided there is a MagicMart in your universe (and if you visit the City of Brass or a Cannith Enclave, it's fine);2. For 19,250 gp at an artisan's shop, in a metropolis where masterwork armours are easily acquired from... army supplies stores? ;3. For 23,900 gp at an artisan's shop, if there is no way to readily buy a masterwork full plate armour when you need one and need it commissioned.I may be wrong, but a different reading would lead to bespoke items being less expensive than ready-made items.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jfdlsjfd, post: 8476335, member: 42856"] I think this part is supposed to cover, say, enchanting your father's sword to become a +1 sword. You need the sword, and paying the custom-made magic item price on top of that. I agree that "crafter's fee" seem to refer to the markup in the table on the next page, but I think it should be understood as crafter's price. OK... Yes. Instead of just buying an off-the-shelf masterwork full plate armor at 3,000 gp, you get a [I]bespoke[/I] full plate masterwork armour at 4,650 gp. That's not unreasonable (unlike the renting a demiplane pricing on the same page, which is 1,000 a tenday or 4,000 for 30 days, which is... odd. But mages are odd). I read the part about the "crafter's fee for a wondrous item" as the total cost of commissionning the item, not the crafter's margin. So to have your masterwork full plate armor enchanted, it costs you the price of the armour (4,650 gp), the cost of an off-the-shelf celestial aegis (17,500 gp) and the crafter's markup (1,750 gp). For a total of 23,900 gp. So, a Celestial Aegis can be bought: 1. For 17,500 gp at MagicMart, provided there is a MagicMart in your universe (and if you visit the City of Brass or a Cannith Enclave, it's fine); 2. For 19,250 gp at an artisan's shop, in a metropolis where masterwork armours are easily acquired from... army supplies stores? ; 3. For 23,900 gp at an artisan's shop, if there is no way to readily buy a masterwork full plate armour when you need one and need it commissioned. I may be wrong, but a different reading would lead to bespoke items being less expensive than ready-made items. [/QUOTE]

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