Re: Ignoring the flames...
Gyoza sausage bun said:
If you look just in the DMG there is inconsistent evidence.
The listed Admantine items all include the masterwork cost, suggesting masterwork quality can be applied to special materials items.
The listed Mithral items all omit the masterwork cost.
Personally I let it stack.
Interesting point, one which I did not notice before.
Perhaps . . .
Ya' know, maybe even the designers don't know the answer!
In that case, there is no rule about it, as the designers all rule differently. ELH shows one thing, FAQ shows another, DMG shows a third . . .
I still interpret to rule as being that all special items are already sconsidered MW. It only makes sense.
I do recall, however, a passage in one of the books that specifically states that items made of special materials are already masterwork, and that you can't have a "normal" item along with a "MW" item, when involving special materials. For the life of me I can't find it, and I don't memorize page numbers. (Only people with no life do that.) I know it's in there, though, because that's why I have run it the way I do.