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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 1869290" data-attributes="member: 23094">Yep, the materials cost will be 1/3 of the total cost.For a mithral buckler, you're looking at a base price of 15gp + 1,000gp, or 338gp worth of materials.For a mithral small shield, you're looking at a base price of 9gp + 1,000gp, or 336gp worth of materials.For a mithral chain shirt, you're looking at a base price of 100gp + 1,000gp, or 366gp worth of materials.Keep in mind, however, that you're looking at spending an inordinate amount of time to make these items.  For a mithral chain shirt (as assuming you're a pretty standard 4th-level character), the time calculation looks like:VariablesBase Price: 100gpBase DC: 14 (= 10 + AC Bonus)Mithral Price: 1,000gpMasterwork DC: 20 (Standard)Craft (Armorsmith) Bonus: +12 (= +7 Ranks, +3 Intelligence, +2 Masterwork Tools)Time to CreateChain Shirt:DC x Craft Check sp / week = 14 x 22 sp / week = 308sp / weekTotal Progress: 1,000spTime = ~3.25 weeksMithral / Masterwork Component:DC x Craft Check sp / week = 20 x 22 sp / week = 440sp / weekTotal Progress: 10,000spTime = ~22.75 weeksTotal Time = ~27 weeks = ~ 1/2 yearNote, also, that the buckler will take an almost identical amount of time - the determining factor is the mithral cost.Thus, you are looking at approximately a year of your character's life devoted to doing nothing else for 8 hours a day but making these items.But, you get a 66% discount.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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