Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Nakat 08-27-07, 10:15 AM	Can someone help me check my math? I'd like to make an item that Casts Delay Poison at CL 6 2/day. I take Caster Level (6), multiply by Spell Level (2) and then Multiply that by 1800 (Command Word Item) Then I want it only to work twice per day, so I divide by... what? It says (5 divided by the number of times per day) That would mean if there's 1 charge I divide the cost by 5, but if there's two only by 2.5?? That seems a huge jump, and I'm not sure if I'm reading it right at all. Can someone let me know so I can figure this out a little bit. I'm usually ok with this stuff but it's morning here and math is, as we all know, hard.
tarkin 08-27-07, 11:11 AM	Twice per day costs twice as much as a 1/day. Just divide by 5 then multiply by 2. Yes, that is the same as dividing by 2.5 Your mathematical impression of it being a huge jump was wrong.
Nakat 08-27-07, 01:46 PM	In my mind, dividing a number in the tens of thousands by 5, and dividing that number by 2.5 are quite different, actually.
tarkin 08-27-07, 02:11 PM	Base cost 20,000 gp. Cost to make it 1/day = 20,000/5 = 4,000 gp. Cost to make it 2/day = 20,000/2.5 = 8,000 gp. Pay twice as much, get twice as much. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
T_Stalker 08-27-07, 02:15 PM	Seconded.
Nakat 08-27-07, 04:28 PM	Um, you know, perhaps you are just misunderstanding me. I didn't say it wasn't reasonable. I just said that when I was working the math the numbers didn't seem right and I wanted some help. Which I now got, and thank you for that.