Confused about Ammunition Costs [Archive] - Wizards Community

Confused about Ammunition Costs [Archive] - Wizards Community

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pres_man
11-05-04, 06:55 PM In the PHB it says that it costs 6 gp more for a single unit of ammunition to make it masterwork.

Then it has an example of 10 masterwork arrows costing 70 gp. Well here is the confusing part.
70/10 = 7 gp per arrow - 6 gp for masterwork = 1 gp

Yet 1 arrow doesn't cost 1 gp, but 20 arrows do. Each arrow only costs 5 cp.

So shouldn't it be 60.5 gp for 10 masterwork arrows or by unit do they mean the 20 arrows? So you can have 200 masterwork arrows for 70 gp?

The DMG seems to agree with the 7 gp per masterwork arrow, but again see above why that doesn't make sense.

Anybody know what is going on?
RaspK FOG
11-05-04, 07:13 PM For reasons of simplicity, or so it seems, masterwork arrows cost 7 gp; consider the fuss it would take to calculate the cost of 1.275 masterwork arrows if they cost 6,05 gp to make... :weep:
DarQuing
11-05-04, 07:13 PM I personally would rule that a unit of arrows (20) costs 1 gp. Therefore MWK arrows would cost 7 gp (not sure why you'd want MWK ammo in first place since ranged weapons bestow their enchantment on the ammo in the first place).
RaspK FOG
11-05-04, 07:30 PM First of all, it's enhancement; secondly, up to 3.5e that was not the case; finally, arrows of what ever slaying or that are otherwise given special properties other than those granted by the firing weapon require that they are also masterwork and enchanted seperately...
DarQuing
11-05-04, 07:32 PM *nods* Ah, okay. Thanks, RaspK FOG! :)
pres_man
11-05-04, 07:38 PM I personally would rule that a unit of arrows (20) costs 1 gp. Therefore MWK arrows would cost 7 gp (not sure why you'd want MWK ammo in first place since ranged weapons bestow their enchantment on the ammo in the first place).

Actually I wasn't really interested in magic arrows, but instead shuriken. If you could make 250 magic shuriken for the price of a regular weapon, it might be worth it.

Also another reason besides what has been state that you might magic up an arrow is that it you could get around the +10 enhancement max on weapons.

+10 on arrow and +10 on bow.
RaspK FOG
11-05-04, 08:02 PM Still love the image of my halfling rogue carrying 1000+ arrows on his tiny little back in Black Isle's games... :rolleyes:

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
pres_man 11-05-04, 06:55 PM	In the PHB it says that it costs 6 gp more for a single unit of ammunition to make it masterwork. Then it has an example of 10 masterwork arrows costing 70 gp. Well here is the confusing part. 70/10 = 7 gp per arrow - 6 gp for masterwork = 1 gp Yet 1 arrow doesn't cost 1 gp, but 20 arrows do. Each arrow only costs 5 cp. So shouldn't it be 60.5 gp for 10 masterwork arrows or by unit do they mean the 20 arrows? So you can have 200 masterwork arrows for 70 gp? The DMG seems to agree with the 7 gp per masterwork arrow, but again see above why that doesn't make sense. Anybody know what is going on?
RaspK FOG 11-05-04, 07:13 PM	For reasons of simplicity, or so it seems, masterwork arrows cost 7 gp; consider the fuss it would take to calculate the cost of 1.275 masterwork arrows if they cost 6,05 gp to make... :weep:
DarQuing 11-05-04, 07:13 PM	I personally would rule that a unit of arrows (20) costs 1 gp. Therefore MWK arrows would cost 7 gp (not sure why you'd want MWK ammo in first place since ranged weapons bestow their enchantment on the ammo in the first place).
RaspK FOG 11-05-04, 07:30 PM	First of all, it's enhancement; secondly, up to 3.5e that was not the case; finally, arrows of what ever slaying or that are otherwise given special properties other than those granted by the firing weapon require that they are also masterwork and enchanted seperately...
DarQuing 11-05-04, 07:32 PM	nods Ah, okay. Thanks, RaspK FOG! :)
pres_man 11-05-04, 07:38 PM	I personally would rule that a unit of arrows (20) costs 1 gp. Therefore MWK arrows would cost 7 gp (not sure why you'd want MWK ammo in first place since ranged weapons bestow their enchantment on the ammo in the first place). Actually I wasn't really interested in magic arrows, but instead shuriken. If you could make 250 magic shuriken for the price of a regular weapon, it might be worth it. Also another reason besides what has been state that you might magic up an arrow is that it you could get around the +10 enhancement max on weapons. +10 on arrow and +10 on bow.
RaspK FOG 11-05-04, 08:02 PM	Still love the image of my halfling rogue carrying 1000+ arrows on his tiny little back in Black Isle's games... :rolleyes: