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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 2167611" data-attributes="member: 907">Interestingly enough, the rules sort of contradict themselves on this point. In the beginning of the Creating Magic Items section, it says:[bq]Multiple Similar Abilities: For items with multiple similar abilities that don’t take up space on a character’s body use the following formula: Calculate the price of the single most costly ability, then add 75% of the value of the next most costly ability, plus one-half the value of any other abilities.[/bq]Later, in the section on creating staves, it says:[bq]he cost for the materials is subsumed in the cost for creating the staff—375 gp x the level of the highest-level spell x the level of the caster, plus 75% of the value of the next most costly ability (281.25 gp x the level of the spell x the level of the caster), plus one-half of the value of any other abilities (187.5 gp x the level of the spell x the level of the caster). Staffs are always fully charged (50 charges) when created.[/bq]So, the book can't even keep things straight in a single paragraph (talking about "highest-level" and "most costly"). IMO, the abilities ought to be sorted by cost, not level, otherwise you could do something stupid like including a 9th level spell that takes 50 charges to use, in order to get a 25% discount on the spell you're really looking for.</blockquote>