Masterwork Alchemist's Lab

[White_Drake]

Currently no masterwork alchemists' lab exists, although both alchemist's labs and generic masterwork tools do. Would it be feasible to combine the prices for both and call it a masterwork alchemists' lab with a total +4 bonus on alchemy, or would you say that the alchemy lab is basically already a masterwork tool for alchemy by any other name, and a +4 bonus would be over the top?

[Wonton]

Well, by RAW, they both provide a +2 Circumstance bonus. So even with a very liberal reading of how MW Tools work, you couldn't make that stack. Now, would I let a player make a masterwork Alchemist's Lab for a +4 bonus? Probably, but it would cost more than 50 extra gold. Just look at the other masterwork items in that table compared to their regular version. Artisan's tools - 11x more expensive. Musical instrument - 20x. Thieves' tools - 3.3x. By that logic, a Masterwork Alchemist's Lab would probably cost at least 1200, maybe even closer to 2000 gold.

[prufock]

Alchemist's Lab, Climber's Kit, Disguise Kit, Healer's Kit, etc are already masterwork tools, they just lack that word in the name. Each provides a +2 circumstance bonus, which is exactly what a MW tool does. I would say circumstance bonuses from the same source (the tool/kit) don't stack, so there's no point.