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<blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 1253844" data-attributes="member: 478">As Matt said, the tables are just guidelines. The cost of an item is always directly related to its power in the game.There are plenty examples in the DMG, that use spells as prerequisites but the caster level doesn't match the minimum caster level for the spell, and where the cost does not add up like in the table (it actually does not for most wondrous items <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />). The spells used as prerequisites are just to get some relation to the desired effect, they have no actual influence in the cost of an item.Here are some examples from the DMG:Elixir of Vision, Eyes of the Eagle, Horseshoes of Speed, Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments, Druid's Vestment.If you just use the tables, results often are completely ridiculous, like the one quoted above! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />ByeThanee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thanee, post: 1253844, member: 478"] As Matt said, the tables are just guidelines. The cost of an item is always directly related to its power in the game. There are plenty examples in the DMG, that use spells as prerequisites but the caster level doesn't match the minimum caster level for the spell, and where the cost does not add up like in the table (it actually does not for most wondrous items ;)). The spells used as prerequisites are just to get some relation to the desired effect, they have no actual influence in the cost of an item. Here are some examples from the DMG: Elixir of Vision, Eyes of the Eagle, Horseshoes of Speed, Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments, Druid's Vestment. If you just use the tables, results often are completely ridiculous, like the one quoted above! ;) Bye Thanee [/QUOTE]

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