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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 1970808" data-attributes="member: 2122">So we have the final installment on Making Magic Items:<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20050118a" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20050118a</a>Things of note (IMO):This sets a nice precedent on pricing stuff that can be problematic.One thing that came up IMC (epic, a year ago), is a vest of greater heroism, always active. This in effect gives a +4 to hit, saves, skills, and immunity to fear (we decided to ignore the temporary hit points stuff for this item). At the time, I had no reference for how to price this item, so I followed the much sensible rule of "How much are you ready to pay for it", and arbitrarily set it at 600,000 g.p..According to Skip, it's better to figure out what those pluses entail and ignore the base spell. SO... +4 to hit: bonus squared x 2000: 32,000. Doesn't provide +4 damage, so half, but since it is stackable with regular sword bonus (and other standard bonuses such as bulls strength), it's a tad better, so let's just shave off 25%, which leaves 24,000 g.p.+4 saves: bonus squared x 1000, but stacks with vest or cloak of resistance, AND it is an additional power, so I'll triple that: 48,000 g.p.+4 skills: that's a rough one because it has a much bigger effect on a rogue than on a fighter. For a single skill it would be 4x4x100 or 1600, for the second skill I could add 50% more on the 1600, or 2400, and I could arbitrarily decide to calculate it for 10 skills (this bonus also applies on untrained skill checks), or (2400x9)+1600, or 23,200. Immunity to fear: for this one, I am at a loss, but being immune to fear is more or less as good as having freedom of movement active at all times (ring of freedom of movement), so I'll base myself on the ring's price. I would MUCH rather have freedom of movement active all the time than being immune to fear, so I won't double this one: 40,000 g.p.The vest of greater heroism thus comes at a total of 135,200 g.p., caster level 12th.Makes any sense ? ? ?</blockquote>

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