metamagics and item pricing

[Negative Zero]

OK, if metamagic feats don't raise the level of a spell, will adding a metamagic feat to the creation of an item affect it's cost? and how? for example, my 5th lvl Wizard wants to make a set of earings that, using the message spell, will allow his group to communicate. i want to add the extend spell feat to improve it's duration. how does that affect the cost?

~NegZ

 

[Dr. Zoom]

For purposes of item creation, you add the metamagic "level." So your item would count as second level for this purpose. See PH page 241.

 

[Cintra]

If you have a metamagic feat that raises the spell level slot required, then the cost of the item increases accordingly. For example, a scroll of Burning Hands would normally cost 1*1*25gp to create, but if it were done with the Enlarge Spell feat (which requires using a spell slot one level higher and doubles the range) then it would be a 2nd level spell, which requires a minimum caster level of 3, so the cost would be 2*3*25gp, or 6 times higher than the other version.

If you have a feat that doesn't actually increase the level at all (like Eschew Components from the Forgotten Realms) then I suppose the cost wouldn't be increased, or you could house-rule some sort of extra cost (maybe 10%)? Then again, the 0-level increase feats mostly wouldn't apply (you don't really worry about Eschew Components when making or using a scroll anyway...).

 

[Negative Zero]

thanks muchly guys

~NegZ