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<blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 1425271" data-attributes="member: 224"><p>That <em>might</em> be appropriate. One of the major problems with the magic pricing system is the lack of direction in this area.</p><p></p><p>For this particular item, I might be tempted to look at the <em>shocking grasp</em> as a weapon enhancement. Perhaps +3, since it's much better than typical energy damage, but can only be used once per round. If so, then this weapon (discounting the Str enhancement power) would be:</p><p></p><p>+4 equivalent weapon: (4*4*2000) +305 = 32,305 gp</p><p></p><p>Then adding the +2 Str enhancement bonus ability, we get:</p><p></p><p>32,000 + 4,000 * 1.5 = 36,305 gp</p><p> (.....with the "restricted class" discount taken from that.)</p><p></p><p><strong>James</strong>, I'm not sure where you're getting the 2,000gp cost of the Str enhancement from.</p><p></p><p>As for the <em>Quickened Shocking Grasp</em>....why on earth would you think that equivalent to what the poster asked for?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree. If this item was usable by Fighters only, we might be in agreement. But this magic item does not play to the typical wizard's strengths. A discount is not only warranted, but it's asked for by the DMG rules text. </p><p></p><p>I assume you are house ruling that "discount for restricted class" text. That's great....but it's a house rule. Wrong forum. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nail, post: 1425271, member: 224"] That [i]might[/i] be appropriate. One of the major problems with the magic pricing system is the lack of direction in this area. For this particular item, I might be tempted to look at the [i]shocking grasp[/i] as a weapon enhancement. Perhaps +3, since it's much better than typical energy damage, but can only be used once per round. If so, then this weapon (discounting the Str enhancement power) would be: +4 equivalent weapon: (4*4*2000) +305 = 32,305 gp Then adding the +2 Str enhancement bonus ability, we get: 32,000 + 4,000 * 1.5 = 36,305 gp (.....with the "restricted class" discount taken from that.) [b]James[/b], I'm not sure where you're getting the 2,000gp cost of the Str enhancement from. As for the [i]Quickened Shocking Grasp[/i]....why on earth would you think that equivalent to what the poster asked for? I disagree. If this item was usable by Fighters only, we might be in agreement. But this magic item does not play to the typical wizard's strengths. A discount is not only warranted, but it's asked for by the DMG rules text. I assume you are house ruling that "discount for restricted class" text. That's great....but it's a house rule. Wrong forum. :) [/QUOTE]
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