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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bensei" data-source="post: 1132067" data-attributes="member: 830">I am a bit confused about the prices (gp) and costs (gp & XP) to craft of some specific magic items, e.g. armors.One example how it should work (IMHO):Rhino HidePrice to buy: 5,165gpCost to craft: 2,665gp+200XPThis makes sense, since the price for one masterwork hide armor is 165gp, hence5,165 = 200*25+1652,665 = 200*12.5.In another example, the arithmetics work out fine, but I do not understand the price:Plate Armor of the DeepPrice to buy: 24,650gpCost to craft: 17,150gp+600XP600*12.5 = 7500,   17,150 - 7,500 = 9,650600*25 = 15000,   24,650 - 15,000 = 9,650Fine. The same number comes out, so the cost for the nonmagical parts is 9,650gp. The cost of a masterwork full plate is 1,650gp, which leaves exactly 8,000gp. Now: What are these 8,000gp for?So far so good, but now:Celestial ArmorPrice to buy: 22,400gpCost to craft: 12,550gp+1,004XP1,004*12,5 = 12,5501,004*25 = 25,100This, however does not make any sense.Firstly, shouldn't the cost to craft include some price for nonmagical parts, i.e. at least 300gp for a masterwork chainmail?Secondly, the price to buy is even less that 25 times the XP cost to craft. How can this be?Finally:Mithral Full Plate of SpeedWhat are the costs to craft this one? They are not listed.And for calculating it, I need to understand the system.But as the above examples show, this is not quite clear.Please help.</blockquote>