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diablobasher 02-27-04, 12:51 PM	In the greyhawk sourcebook, it says after having played at least one adventure, you can buy pretty much anything up to +1, but it only says +1, is this +1 or +1 equiv? example my monk needs a new quaterstaff, i want a magic one, so can i buy a Quaterstaff +1 for 2600gp (2000 for +1, 600 for 2 headed masterwork) . answer, yes but... can i buy a Magical Quarterstaff (600gp) with the Ki-Focus enhancement (+1 equiv, 2000gp) for 2600gp, exactly the same as the +1, but the question is, can i buy it without an campaign documentation?
Simpi 02-27-04, 01:15 PM	Originally posted by diablobasher but... can i buy a Magical Quarterstaff (600gp) with the Ki-Focus enhancement (+1 equiv, 2000gp) for 2600gp, exactly the same as the +1, but the question is, can i buy it without an campaign documentation? No.
Macabail 02-27-04, 01:27 PM	You also cannot put an enhancement onto a weapon that is not magical. To get ki focus on a quarterstaff you would need: Masterwork Quarterstaff (300 gp) +1 Enhancement (2000 gp) Ki Focus (6000 gp) Total: 8300 gp Also, as Simpi said, you would need to have access to the ki focus enhancement from either a Meta-Org, or from an AR.
diablobasher 02-27-04, 03:06 PM	why is the ki focus 6000gp? i thought it cost the same as a +1 enhancement (2000) also, a quaterstaff is classed as double headed and costs 6000 masterwork.
Steve_MND 02-27-04, 03:25 PM	Because you cannot add a special ability (keen, flaming, etc.) onto a magic weapon unless it is already has at least a +1 or higher magical enhancement bonus. Check out the DMG on creating magic weapons.
kenobi65 02-27-04, 03:38 PM	Originally posted by Steve_MND Because you cannot add a special ability (keen, flaming, etc.) onto a magic weapon unless it is already has at least a +1 or higher magical enhancement bonus. Check out the DMG on creating magic weapons. Just to explain in a little more detail: As Steve says, you can't get a weapon that only has the ki focus ability; any special ability (i.e., ki focus, flaming, keen, etc.) has to be added to a weapon that has already been magically enhanced to at least +1. So, the cheapest ki focus weapon you could get would have a +1 enhancement, as well. Putting ki focus on top of a +1 yields a total "enhancement" of +2, for purposes of pricing. A +2 weapon costs 8000gp, plus the base cost of a masterwork version of that weapon. If you already had a +1 weapon, and wanted to have ki focus added to it, it'd cost an incremental 6000gp (8000 minus the 2000 for a +1 weapon, because that's already been done). If you wanted to add ki focus to a +2 weapon, it'd be an incremental 10,000gp (because a weapon with an effective +3 enhancement (+2, plus an extra "+1" for ki focus) is worth 18,000). Doing all this on a double weapon, like a quarterstaff, gets more complicated, because you have to worry about the enhancement on each "head" separately. You can choose to have all of the magical enhancements done on one head, but I think you'd have to pay the masterwork fee of 300gp twice (I don't think you can get a double weapon with only one head masterwork). So, a masterwork quarterstaff would cost 600gp (0gp for a stock staff, plus 300gp twice for making it masterwork).
Macabail 02-27-04, 04:18 PM	Yeah I should have listed the masterwork as 600. So: Masterwork Quarterstaff: 600 gp +1 Enhancement: 2000 gp Ki Focus: 6000 gp Total (one head): 8600 gp Total (two heads): 16600 gp
honeynuggets 02-28-04, 09:27 AM	A Wand of Cure Light Wounds can't be bought by anyone like a dagger +1 right? You need either AR access or MetaOrg access right?
Simpi 02-28-04, 09:55 AM	Originally posted by honeynuggets A Wand of Cure Light Wounds can't be bought by anyone like a dagger +1 right? You need either AR access or MetaOrg access right? That is right. Dagger+1 is freely available, Happy Stick is not. The list in LGCS is quite clear about what you can buy. Just see the prices in DMG if you are unsure.