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2014-05-21, 05:11 PM
This is just an oddity that I was trying to figure out while looking at the prices of Eberron items. Has it ever been clarified why the prices for elemental infused armor are flat rates but the weapons are based on enhancement levels?
The best I can figure out would probably be so that players could get access to elemental magic earlier without worrying about possible high prices from flat rates.
Having said that, though: do you think a flat-rate price could be easily calculated (or at least reasonably settled upon) for them? Like, if I already had a +1 Flaming weapon, I wouldn't mind dropping six to ten thousand (or possibly more) for a the remainder of the Burning property without that enhancement bonus issue. (Granted, enhancement bonuses are a good way of limiting what you can do with certain magical weapons, but I'm not worried about the "Reflex Save or Catch Fire" effect breaking the game.)
The best I can figure out would probably be so that players could get access to elemental magic earlier without worrying about possible high prices from flat rates.
Having said that, though: do you think a flat-rate price could be easily calculated (or at least reasonably settled upon) for them? Like, if I already had a +1 Flaming weapon, I wouldn't mind dropping six to ten thousand (or possibly more) for a the remainder of the Burning property without that enhancement bonus issue. (Granted, enhancement bonuses are a good way of limiting what you can do with certain magical weapons, but I'm not worried about the "Reflex Save or Catch Fire" effect breaking the game.)