Talk:Rod of Epic Swords (3.5e Equipment)

Price

Hmm, I don't have any lots on me. How much in gp? -- Eiji-kun (talk) 20:10, 30 October 2018 (MDT)

Let's find out... Adamantine (3,000gp includes price of masterwork) + bastard sword (35gp) + +5 enhancement bonus (base) + 3 (Speed) + 7 (Dread) + 8 (Holy/Unholy/Anarchic/Axiomatic power) = a +23 enhancement bonus, an at least one of those abilities is over a +5 value so then enhancement bonus cost formula changes from 2,000gp*(enhancement bonus)^2 to 20,000gp*(enhancement bonus)^2 sooo 23^2 = 529, 529*20,000gp = 10,580,000gp

so adding that up gives us 3,000 + 35 + 10,580,000 = 10,583,035 gold pieces, and since 50 gp = 1LBS, that's 211,660.7LBS of gold or about 106 tons of gold!!!

But wait, we're not done yet, because that's only the cost of one of the swords it can become. Now assuming the page on creating magic items is correct about multiple similar abilities, we add 75% of the next most costly ability, and then 50% of each additional ability, assuming of course that the we all agree these abilities are similar (just an alignment change so that should be a nonissue), and we'll assume that the +5 adamantine bastard sword of speed is the base and not being altered (this way we don't have to pay for about 4 of them), that's still +7 aligned power and +8 dread for +15 ((15^2)*20K = 4,500,000)

10,583,035 + .75(4,500,000)unholy/evil + .5(4,500,000)axiomatic/lawful + .5(4,500,000)anarchic/chaotic

10,583,035 + 3,375,000 unholy/evil + 2,250,000 axiomatic/lawful + 2,250,000 anarchic/chaotic

10,583,035 + 3,375,000 unholy/evil + 4,500,000 axiomatic/lawful & anarchic/chaotic

10,583,035 + 7,875,000 unholy/evil & axiomatic/lawful & anarchic/chaotic

18,458,035 gold pieces for the whole item not including the undefined +1d6 damage, or 369,160.7LBS of gold or about 185 tons of gold Grog toad (talk) 16:36, 1 November 2018 (MDT)

In other words, I believe this is what the Sword of Excalibur would become in (my reckoning) the Fifth Age. Good analysis!. LOL Cedric (talk) 08:58, 2 November 2018 (MDT)

Per Grog's advice I added a price (and fixed the category). This is an FYI for the author if they exist of the changes I made. -- Eiji-kun (talk) 18:14, 2 November 2018 (MDT)