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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 1069021" data-attributes="member: 2829">Actually, if his character is the one crafting it, it will be even less than 70%. To start, it will be at 50%. Basically, his character wealth isn't hit by the item's market value. It's hit by the item's creation cost.Also, with a duration measured in 10 minutes/level, the 3.5 DMG states that the total cost should be multiplied by 1.5 if its a continuous item. However, such an item, and even the spell, only applies/functions for one undead creature at a time. So more castings, or more items, would normally be required to affect more than one undead creature. If this item is to basically function like an unlimited charged wand though, that's cool, but you'll need to take that versatility into consideration.As mentioned above, the creation formula yields a fairly low result, but this is largely due to the limited duration. While the low cost may make such an item appear very attractive and cheap, it's a pain in the rear to use. Think about it. If you need to disguise five undead creatures, you have to reactivate the item five times every thirty minutes that you wish to keep them disguised.Anyways, the end effect isn't that awesome, since all it takes is a simple Will save to disbelieve it when the undead creature is interacted with.So, according to the 3.5 DMG, the formula would be 2 x 3 x 1800 x 1.5, which would give a total of 16,200 for a command-word activated magic item that contains unlimited charges of disguise undead at 3rd-caster level, requiring a standard action to activate and speaking of a word per use and per undead creature.I think that's fine. Besides, to give you a comparison, a fully charged wand of disguise undead would only cost you 4,500gp (2 x 3 x 750). So, this item is more than three and a half times the cost of a wand.Seems fair to me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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