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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6162842" data-attributes="member: 6681948">billd91 makes a good point.&nbsp; These determine seling price, not just purchase price.&nbsp; Greenfield, if I give your Martial PC a choice between a Greater Ring of Universal Energy Resistance and a +5 weapon, +5 armor and a +5 shield (all three, not a choice between them), which will you choose?&nbsp; At present, those +5 everthings cost 100,000 gp, so at the ring's original cost, you have considerable cash left over if you sell it.&nbsp; At the revised price, you have to top up 10,000 gp.&nbsp; Is that ring really a bargain at 180,000 gp?&nbsp; It seems very overpriced at 308,000 when compared to these options, at least to me.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; I suspect because the formula pricing does not consider that we can switch between Resist Energy types whenever we change spells,&nbsp; but a ring of only one type will&nbsp; never help against another.&nbsp; Item prices fail to consider whether how situational their benefits are.So, is the ring overpriced, or are magic weapons and armor underpriced?&nbsp; Perhaps that is the real question - maybe the &quot;big 6&quot; should have their prices raised until they are no longer the clear and obvious choices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6162842, member: 6681948"] billd91 makes a good point. These determine seling price, not just purchase price. Greenfield, if I give your Martial PC a choice between a Greater Ring of Universal Energy Resistance and a +5 weapon, +5 armor and a +5 shield (all three, not a choice between them), which will you choose? At present, those +5 everthings cost 100,000 gp, so at the ring's original cost, you have considerable cash left over if you sell it. At the revised price, you have to top up 10,000 gp. Is that ring really a bargain at 180,000 gp? It seems very overpriced at 308,000 when compared to these options, at least to me. Why? I suspect because the formula pricing does not consider that we can switch between Resist Energy types whenever we change spells, but a ring of only one type will never help against another. Item prices fail to consider whether how situational their benefits are. So, is the ring overpriced, or are magic weapons and armor underpriced? Perhaps that is the real question - maybe the "big 6" should have their prices raised until they are no longer the clear and obvious choices. [/QUOTE]

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