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Louist

08-02-06, 09:33 PM
Is is possible to further enhance a magical weapon or piece of armour? ie: Add flaming to an existing +2 shortword. Or must an entirely new weapon/armour be purchased or created?
savant_warlord13

08-02-06, 09:38 PM
yes http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/creatingMagicItems.htm#addingNewAbilitie s
Dalthbar

08-02-06, 10:05 PM
Note that the bit linked above is literally all there is on the subject. It's clearly allowed, but very little detail is provided.

What we do in my group is simply do the math for the difference in the old and new items and then add a bit more for the labor and usual "market forces". (e.g., it's a seller's market in most worlds, so we tend to add a bit more than list price)
SageBahamut

08-02-06, 10:52 PM
I remember reading somewhere that all you have to do is pay the difference in money/XP/time as per the usual rules. I don't remember where, but I do remember reading it. Sorry that that's insanely vague, but it's something...
risner

08-03-06, 12:59 AM
I remember reading somewhere that all you have to do is pay the difference in money/XP/time as per the usual rules. I don't remember where, but I do remember reading it. Sorry that that's insanely vague, but it's something...

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Louist

08-03-06, 01:49 AM
Thanks for the responces. Good to get some idea of how that works, as the DMG doesn't give any information!
risner

08-04-06, 03:01 PM
Thanks for the responces. Good to get some idea of how that works, as the DMG doesn't give any information!

Actually it does, DMG p288.