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<blockquote data-quote="philreed" data-source="post: 370260" data-attributes="member: 5968">A question I'm hoping can be answered. It would make sense to me that magic arrows would have a cost based on &quot;Single use, use-activated&quot; according to Table 8-40 in the DMG or: Spell level x caster level x 50 gp. Creating a Sleep Arrow (DMG p. 189) in this way yields a cost of 250 gp plus 7 gp for the cost of masterwork arrows for a total of 257 gp.But the item has a cost of 132 gp in the DMG. This makes perfect sense if you use the &quot;Single use, spell completion&quot; formula of &quot;Spell level x caster level x 25 gp.&quot; That gives a cost of 125 gp plus 7 gp for masterwork arrows or 132 gp total.Okay, working the math on all of the arrows in the DMG shows they were constructed using option 2.I thought I was fine until I ran the math on the Arrow of Biting from Magic of Faerun (p. 141). That one uses the &quot;Single use, use-activated&quot; formula but has an additional cost of 50 gp that I cannot find in the math. Or, to run the math here, 4 (spell level) x 7 (caster level) x 50 gp = 1400 gp plus 7 gp for masterwork arrows = 1407 gp. The book lists it as 1457 gp.Can anyone tell me:#1. Which method is &quot;correct&quot; for determining the cost of these arrows.#2. Where did the extra 50 gp come from for the Arrow of Biting?Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="philreed, post: 370260, member: 5968"] A question I'm hoping can be answered. It would make sense to me that magic arrows would have a cost based on "Single use, use-activated" according to Table 8-40 in the DMG or: Spell level x caster level x 50 gp. Creating a Sleep Arrow (DMG p. 189) in this way yields a cost of 250 gp plus 7 gp for the cost of masterwork arrows for a total of 257 gp. But the item has a cost of 132 gp in the DMG. This makes perfect sense if you use the "Single use, spell completion" formula of "Spell level x caster level x 25 gp." That gives a cost of 125 gp plus 7 gp for masterwork arrows or 132 gp total. Okay, working the math on all of the arrows in the DMG shows they were constructed using option 2. I thought I was fine until I ran the math on the Arrow of Biting from Magic of Faerun (p. 141). That one uses the "Single use, use-activated" formula but has an additional cost of 50 gp that I cannot find in the math. Or, to run the math here, 4 (spell level) x 7 (caster level) x 50 gp = 1400 gp plus 7 gp for masterwork arrows = 1407 gp. The book lists it as 1457 gp. Can anyone tell me: #1. Which method is "correct" for determining the cost of these arrows. #2. Where did the extra 50 gp come from for the Arrow of Biting? Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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