At Will Prestidigation Item? [Archive] - Wizards Community

At Will Prestidigation Item? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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MaverickWolf
10-24-06, 03:22 PM I'm trying to determine the cost of an item (a ring, for example), that allows prestidigation at will or as a continuous effect. Being that it's duration is 1 hour, as opposed to 1 hour/level, I'm not entirely sure how to price it...Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. The quicker, the better, as I'm working on a character.
Platonix
10-24-06, 03:33 PM Pricing an item by spell effect is supposed to be a last resort, but the effect of prestidigitation is so unique that it's really the only option.

The formula for the cost of a continuous-use item is (spell level) x (caster level) x 2,000 gp. The spell level is 0, but since that would result in free magic, we use the standard rule that 0-level spells are treated as ½-level for pricing. The caster level can be set at 1 since prestidigitation really doesn't gain anything from higher caster level. Thus, ½ x 1 x 2,000 gp = 1,000 gp.

That'd be the price for a ring, or maybe a headband or hairclip. Other types of wondrous items might go up to 1,500 if they're in a body slot that prestidigitation doesn't make sense for. An amulet, for example, is supposed to carry protection or discernment magic, which doesn't describe prestidigitation very well, so an amulet of prestidigitation would be 1,500.
risner
10-24-06, 03:33 PM This has came up many times.

It has been priced from 900 gp to 1,800 gp.
Usually use activated (like Hand of the Mage).
Platonix
10-24-06, 03:39 PM This has came up many times.

It has been priced from 900 gp to 1,800 gp.
Usually use activated (like Hand of the Mage).
Note that an item that cost only 900 gp would not be continuous. It would require you to speak a command word every time you wanted to use it. Given the nature of the spell, though, a single speaking of the command word might enable the item's use for a full hour, which is better than a lot of command-word items.
User5127
10-25-06, 12:55 AM and EVERY caster should have one!

screw cleaning your own clothes! and the smell of bat sh*t? nah! its roses! lol
pmurray@bigpond.com
10-27-06, 05:45 AM Or you could make a few of them and open a laundry. Bet that's how they do it in ebberon, with water elementals to wash and air elementals to dry.
hyperflash
11-10-06, 10:08 AM You could just use permenancy and give you prestigitation all the time rather than spending a 1000gp
User5127
11-10-06, 10:14 AM but that involves xp..

besides as a wizard I want to have a slotless magic item of continous prestidigation. mabye a slotless ring. ^_^
rastlin_of_the_tomes
11-10-06, 01:16 PM ring of contin. pres. = every mother's dream cleaner

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
MaverickWolf 10-24-06, 03:22 PM	I'm trying to determine the cost of an item (a ring, for example), that allows prestidigation at will or as a continuous effect. Being that it's duration is 1 hour, as opposed to 1 hour/level, I'm not entirely sure how to price it...Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. The quicker, the better, as I'm working on a character.
Platonix 10-24-06, 03:33 PM	Pricing an item by spell effect is supposed to be a last resort, but the effect of prestidigitation is so unique that it's really the only option. The formula for the cost of a continuous-use item is (spell level) x (caster level) x 2,000 gp. The spell level is 0, but since that would result in free magic, we use the standard rule that 0-level spells are treated as ½-level for pricing. The caster level can be set at 1 since prestidigitation really doesn't gain anything from higher caster level. Thus, ½ x 1 x 2,000 gp = 1,000 gp. That'd be the price for a ring, or maybe a headband or hairclip. Other types of wondrous items might go up to 1,500 if they're in a body slot that prestidigitation doesn't make sense for. An amulet, for example, is supposed to carry protection or discernment magic, which doesn't describe prestidigitation very well, so an amulet of prestidigitation would be 1,500.
risner 10-24-06, 03:33 PM	This has came up many times. It has been priced from 900 gp to 1,800 gp. Usually use activated (like Hand of the Mage).
Platonix 10-24-06, 03:39 PM	This has came up many times. It has been priced from 900 gp to 1,800 gp. Usually use activated (like Hand of the Mage). Note that an item that cost only 900 gp would not be continuous. It would require you to speak a command word every time you wanted to use it. Given the nature of the spell, though, a single speaking of the command word might enable the item's use for a full hour, which is better than a lot of command-word items.
User5127 10-25-06, 12:55 AM	and EVERY caster should have one! screw cleaning your own clothes! and the smell of bat sh*t? nah! its roses! lol
pmurray@bigpond.com 10-27-06, 05:45 AM	Or you could make a few of them and open a laundry. Bet that's how they do it in ebberon, with water elementals to wash and air elementals to dry.
hyperflash 11-10-06, 10:08 AM	You could just use permenancy and give you prestigitation all the time rather than spending a 1000gp
User5127 11-10-06, 10:14 AM	but that involves xp.. besides as a wizard I want to have a slotless magic item of continous prestidigation. mabye a slotless ring. ^_^
rastlin_of_the_tomes 11-10-06, 01:16 PM	ring of contin. pres. = every mother's dream cleaner