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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 1066134" data-attributes="member: 907">This is yet another one of those cases where people confuse Base price, Cost to create, and Market Value. Let's use a pair of scrolls to show the difference:Scroll 1: Scroll of Mage Armor, caster level 1.Base Price: Spell Level*Caster Level*25 = 25 gpSpecial costs: none.Cost to create: Base price/2 in gp (12.5 gp); Base price/25 in XP (1 XP); Base price/1000 in days (1 day)Market value: Base price + special costs = 25 gpScroll 2: Scroll of Identify, caster level 1.Base price: Spell level*Caster level*25 = 25 gpSpecial costs: Material component, 100 gpCost to create: Base price/2 in gp (12.5 gp) plus special costs (100 gp) for a total of 112.5 gp; Base price/25 in XP (1 XP); Base price/1000 in days (1 day)Market value: Base price + special costs = 25 gp + 100 gp = 125 gp.Another example: Ring of three wishes.Base price: Spell level * Caster Level * 50 (for being a single-use item) * 3 (for three charges) = 22,950 gpSpecial costs: 15,000 XP for the three wishes.Cost to create: Base price/2 in gp = 11,475 gp; Base price/25 plus special costs in XP = 15,918 XP; Base price/1000 in days = 23 days.Market Value: Base price plus special costs (15,000 XP á 5 gp/XP) = 22,950 + 5*15,000 = 97,950.</blockquote>