Modifying "pre-constructed" items

[RuminDange]

RuminDange: Thanks for breaking out the numbers like that. I was flipping through the DMG the other night and thinking about posting some numerical extrapolations myself, but alas, real life intruded, so it may be another few days before I do it...

Welcome, I tend to break down a lot of standard items for my game and modify, tweak or otherwise change stuff around to suit my game world. I set up an excel spreadsheet to help me do this and it really helps. I just have to remember when answering questions like this since I still a lot of 3.0 rules for my stuff as we have not (and probably will not) switch to 3.5. Although I borrowed a lot of updates, changes and stuff from 3.5 to enhance the game without nerfing everything to hell and back.

RD