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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6058402" data-attributes="member: 22424">As others have said, you start with the actual bonus granted by the item (minimum +1), then add the "ability plus" listed for each special ability in turn (for example, keen is +1, vorpal is +4). This gives a total, which you then use on table 7-9 to get the cost of the weapon.(Alternately, for weapons, it's "bonus squared, times 2,000".)Oh, and afterwards you have to add the cost of the base, masterwork weapon.There are two restrictions:- The total bonus (including all abilities) cannot exceed +10.- The actual bonus (that is, not including abilities) cannot exceed +5.(Epic magic items remove both these restrictions, albeit at additional cost.)So:A +1 longsword is a +1 item, costing 2,000 gp +315 for the longsword.A +1 keen longsword is a +2 item (+1 bonus, +1 keen), costing 8,000 gp +315 for the longsword.A +1 flaming longsword is also a +2 item (+1 bonus, +1 flaming), again costing 8,000+315 gp.A +1 flaming keen longsword is a +3 item (+1 bonus, +1 flaming, +1 keen), costing 18,000+315 gp.A +2 vorpal longsword is a +7 item (+2 bonus, +4 vorpal), costing 98,000+315 gp.However, you cannot create simply a +7 longsword - such a weapon has a bonus higher than +5.A +5 vorpal longsword is a +10 item (+5 bonus, +5 vorpal), costing 200,000+315 gp.However, you cannot create a +5 flaming vorpal longsword, because the total bonuses exceeds the +10 maximum.If you are the DM, I have three further recommendations I would like to make:1) When placing treasure, if the tables indicate a weapon with a bonus higher than +1, I would recommend always giving it some sort of special effect. So, PCs might find a +1 keen longsword, a +1 flaming longsword, or whatever, but they won't find a standard +2 longsword.2) Never place a treasure item with more than one such special ability.3) The strength of the ability should be equal to the plus of the item, or one step weaker. So, I might place a +1 keen longsword, a +2 keen longsword, or a +2 holy longsword, but I wouldn't place a +1 holy longsword.Two reasons for this: firstly, while items with a straight plus are undeniably effective, they're pretty dull. Better, IMO, to give items that are a bit more interesting. Secondly, many of the special abilities are better than simply getting a straight plus value (especially in 3.5e, where DR just requires "magic" to beat, rather than a specific plus). So, if they really want that +1 holy flaming longsword, bane vs evil outsiders, the PCs will have to craft it for themselves!Of course, that's just my opinion. YMMV. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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