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Gigas Breaker
2012-11-02, 09:02 PM
I've never made items or had any crafting feats so I'm a complete noob regarding magic item creation.

Ok I have a +1 silver gauntlet. I want to add a +2 strength bonus as on the gauntlets of ogre strength. I've looked at the SRD and found this entry:
Multiple Different Abilities
Abilities such as an attack roll bonus or saving throw bonus and a spell-like function are not similar, and their values are simply added together to determine the cost. For items that do take up a space on a character’s body each additional power not only has no discount but instead has a 50% increase in price.
If a +2 strength bonus costs 4,000 gp, would it cost me 6,000 gp to have this enchantment added to my gauntlet? Am I getting this right?

TuggyNE
2012-11-02, 09:32 PM
I've never made items or had any crafting feats so I'm a complete noob regarding magic item creation.

Ok I have a +1 silver gauntlet. I want to add a +2 strength bonus as on the gauntlets of ogre strength. I've looked at the SRD and found this entry:
If a +2 strength bonus costs 4,000 gp, would it cost me 6,000 gp to have this enchantment added to my gauntlet? Am I getting this right?

I believe that's correct.

Curmudgeon
2012-11-02, 09:33 PM
It's just going to cost an additional 4,000 gp. This is made very clear in Magic Item Compendium (see pages 233-234). You're adding a common item effect (STR increase) to an item which occupies a body slot (Arms) where this is ordinarily found, so there is no price premium.

Gigas Breaker
2012-11-02, 10:05 PM
Ok cool! Thanks for the help!