Cost of magic enchantment stacked onto pre existing magic item [Archive] - Wizards Community

Cost of magic enchantment stacked onto pre existing magic item [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Sken Dingle
11-25-03, 01:01 PM I couldn't find an explicit explination of this in the book. Let's say I have a plus one sword. I want the flaming enchantment added to my plus one sword. A +1 flaming sword is 8000GP (according to 3.0). So if I bring my +1 sword to a magic shop and want flaming added to it, how much do I spend? An extra 2000GP (Not likely), a whole 8000GP (Might as well pay for a whole new sword and sell my old one), or 6000gp. The last option makes sense, but it is not explained in the book and seems like a leap of intuition to make since it is not explained. Thank you for your help.
kreynolds
11-25-03, 01:16 PM You pay the difference between the two. See page 246 of the 3.0 DMG, Adding New Abilities, first paragraph, last sentence.
tarkin
11-25-03, 01:46 PM But yes, to make a +1 sword a +1 flaming sword, it does in fact cost 6,000 gp.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Sken Dingle 11-25-03, 01:01 PM	I couldn't find an explicit explination of this in the book. Let's say I have a plus one sword. I want the flaming enchantment added to my plus one sword. A +1 flaming sword is 8000GP (according to 3.0). So if I bring my +1 sword to a magic shop and want flaming added to it, how much do I spend? An extra 2000GP (Not likely), a whole 8000GP (Might as well pay for a whole new sword and sell my old one), or 6000gp. The last option makes sense, but it is not explained in the book and seems like a leap of intuition to make since it is not explained. Thank you for your help.
kreynolds 11-25-03, 01:16 PM	You pay the difference between the two. See page 246 of the 3.0 DMG, Adding New Abilities, first paragraph, last sentence.
tarkin 11-25-03, 01:46 PM	But yes, to make a +1 sword a +1 flaming sword, it does in fact cost 6,000 gp.