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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 3158106" data-attributes="member: 141">You are absolutely right.  That's what it says on page 282.  But it is a very odd rule, if you think about it; adding the ability to a slotless item costs double, but if the ability is similar to the abilities already present you halve it, so the base multiplier is 1.  However if you add it to a slotted item you have to multiply by 1.5.  And if the affinity is lacking you multiply by an additional 1.5, for a total of 2.25; more than the cost of adding it to a slotless item!  You'd be better off enchanting a separate slotless item; then it would only cost twice as much.For instance, suppose you are pricing a talisman of supreme wizardry - it's just like your ring of wizardry in that it doubles all spells, but it is slotless.  All prices are double, but the second most expensive ability is multiplied by 0.75 (net result 1.5) and the third and subsequent abilities are halved (net result 1.0) as per page 282. It would cost2 x 810K + 1.5 x 640K + 490K + 360K + 250K + 100K + 70K + 40K + 20K = 3,910,000Only 4% more expensive than the ring of wizardry, despite the fact that the talisman doesn't use a precious ring slot.I must be misunderstanding the rules somehow; how would you price it?Or a pearl of power that can be used more than once per day; it's a slotless item and you can't get more similar than identity; would the second use get a 25% discount, and subsequent uses a 50% discount?  That doesn't seem right.I'm confused.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

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