Purchasing Equipment Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Purchasing Equipment Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Kryll
02-09-06, 12:39 AM I was just wondering if I were to give a +1 enhancement to arrows (+2000 gp to base price for 50 arrows), how much the arrows would then cost with the x5 multiplier. Basically I was wondering if the cost is ((3 gp) x 5) + 2000 gp) = 2015 gp or ((3 gp + 2000) x 5) = 10015 gp. Or maybe some third possibility that I'm not seeing. I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
Sieylianna
02-09-06, 07:20 AM I was just wondering if I were to give a +1 enhancement to arrows (+2000 gp to base price for 50 arrows), how much the arrows would then cost with the x5 multiplier. Basically I was wondering if the cost is ((3 gp) x 5) + 2000 gp) = 2015 gp or ((3 gp + 2000) x 5) = 10015 gp. Or maybe some third possibility that I'm not seeing. I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

Buy a +1 bow. It gives the enchantment to any arrows you fire and isn't a consumable item. Then buy some non-enchanted cold iron, silver and adamantine arrows.

Ed
Kryll
02-09-06, 10:58 AM I'm sorry, I wasn't completely clear. My intention is to get arrows with some type of enchantment such as spell-storing. I was wondering how this would effect the price of consumables such as arrows.
Blackwood
02-09-06, 11:35 AM I'm fairly certain that you can't have spell storing arrows because that is a melee enhancement, not a ranged one. However I'll see about helping in the more general case. Let's say that one wants some number of Dragon Bane arrows. According to the campaign standards, a single masterwork arrow is 35g. The magic component of a +1 Dragon Bane arrow would cost 5 (because of its consumable nature) x 8000 (+2 enhancement weapon since first it must be +1 then it can get a quality) for a stack of 50 such arrows. So final cost is:
35 (masterwork) + (5 x 8000 / 50) = 835g for a single +1 dragonbane arrow.

Generally it will be more cost effecient to have a magic bow, though I could see carrying around a couple of specialty arrows as we get up in levels. (such as +1 adamantine, construct bane)
Kryll
02-09-06, 11:38 AM Thank you Blackwood! That is exactly what I was trying to ask. That is how I suspected it worked but I just wanted some confirmation. Thanks again.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Kryll 02-09-06, 12:39 AM	I was just wondering if I were to give a +1 enhancement to arrows (+2000 gp to base price for 50 arrows), how much the arrows would then cost with the x5 multiplier. Basically I was wondering if the cost is ((3 gp) x 5) + 2000 gp) = 2015 gp or ((3 gp + 2000) x 5) = 10015 gp. Or maybe some third possibility that I'm not seeing. I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
Sieylianna 02-09-06, 07:20 AM	I was just wondering if I were to give a +1 enhancement to arrows (+2000 gp to base price for 50 arrows), how much the arrows would then cost with the x5 multiplier. Basically I was wondering if the cost is ((3 gp) x 5) + 2000 gp) = 2015 gp or ((3 gp + 2000) x 5) = 10015 gp. Or maybe some third possibility that I'm not seeing. I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance. Buy a +1 bow. It gives the enchantment to any arrows you fire and isn't a consumable item. Then buy some non-enchanted cold iron, silver and adamantine arrows. Ed
Kryll 02-09-06, 10:58 AM	I'm sorry, I wasn't completely clear. My intention is to get arrows with some type of enchantment such as spell-storing. I was wondering how this would effect the price of consumables such as arrows.
Blackwood 02-09-06, 11:35 AM	I'm fairly certain that you can't have spell storing arrows because that is a melee enhancement, not a ranged one. However I'll see about helping in the more general case. Let's say that one wants some number of Dragon Bane arrows. According to the campaign standards, a single masterwork arrow is 35g. The magic component of a +1 Dragon Bane arrow would cost 5 (because of its consumable nature) x 8000 (+2 enhancement weapon since first it must be +1 then it can get a quality) for a stack of 50 such arrows. So final cost is: 35 (masterwork) + (5 x 8000 / 50) = 835g for a single +1 dragonbane arrow. Generally it will be more cost effecient to have a magic bow, though I could see carrying around a couple of specialty arrows as we get up in levels. (such as +1 adamantine, construct bane)
Kryll 02-09-06, 11:38 AM	Thank you Blackwood! That is exactly what I was trying to ask. That is how I suspected it worked but I just wanted some confirmation. Thanks again.