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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyvern" data-source="post: 1583746" data-attributes="member: 2374">It doesn't have to be that complicated really.  Let's say you have x number of Engine levels providing y speed points.  You divide this total by your hit dice to find maximum speed.  This is all worked out during vehicle construction.  Then for each Engine level you have, you need 1 Power unit.  So if you only divert half this number of Power units to the engines, you can only move at half your maximum speed.  Or something like that.  How maneuverability would fit in, I don't know yet.I already did that a long time ago.  You can find it at <a href="http://www.msu.edu/~reesmatt/Cosmo5.rtf" target="_blank">http://www.msu.edu/~reesmatt/Cosmo5.rtf</a>One thought I had the other day is that maybe we should change the scale to 1-10 so that 0 really does represent NO tech/magic.  (So the maximum spell level you can cast is equal to the magic level - 1.)  If we did that, we wouldn't have to add 1 to the tech/magic level when calculating movement points etc..If you're planning to ignore magic/tech potential and just use magic/tech achievement levels, then just change the formula I suggested earlier so that magic engines/power/fuel etc. use the sqaure of the magic achievement level, just like technological components use the sqaure of the tech achievement level.The reason I specifically avoided that was because it requires you to decide what spell a particular type of component uses, which in turn requires you to define how that component works.  No room for variation.  I don't mind that with special components that have a specialized purpose, but I thought for the general component types (engines, power, weapons, etc.) you wanted to leave it open-ended.  Also, if you use the regular rules for pricing wondrous items, then you have to factor in caster level as well.  Also, using the magic achievement level instead of the spell level allows you to reflect that "this culture is more magically advanced than that one, so it can build magic devices more cheaply."I like your idea on how to handle the pricing of tech items, though.Wyvern</blockquote>

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