ELH Item creation question

[CRG]

I don't have the book in front of me here, but I was jotting down some notes on a item I'm toying with.

At what point does the item become "epic" and require the epic feats, etc.? This is a sword - if I recall, it is:

- any single item bonus greater than +5
- total equivalent bonus greater than +10

what else?

 

[dravot]

Pretty much anything that goes beyond the DMG guidelines:

- Skill bonuses above 10
- Ability Bonuses above 6
- Resistance Bonuses above 5
- Immune to energy damage

Examples in the ELH imply (or at least I infer) that any energy damage reduction above 30 would be epic (given that a ring of major resistance in the DMG is 30, and example armor in the ELH is at 50)

 

[Crothian]

Page 123 ELH.

In general, an item with even one of these characteristics is an epic magical item.

Grants attack or damage bonus greater then +5
Grants enhancement bonus to armor greater then +5
Has a special ability with a market price greater then +5
Grants an armor bonus of greater then +10 (not including magic armor's enhancem,ent bonus)
Grants Natural armor, deflection, or restistance bonus greater then +5
Grants and enhancement bonus of greater then +6
Grants an enhancement bonus to skills of greater then +30
Mimics a spell of an effective level higher then nine
Has a caster level above 20
has a market price above 200,000gp

 

[CRG]

gracias

Was there a gold piece limit? I seem to recall somebody saying there was something in the playtest version to this affect - ie, any item over a certain market value needed to use the epic creation feats. Not sure, but trying to make my afternoon here at work as ... ahem...productive...as possible.

 

[CRG]

thx crotian - posts crossed in mid-stream...