Random DM nagging.

[Yuthirin]

Hanna's not that bad!

[Yuthirin]

[00:35] <12Muirfinn> Summon, summon, greater dispel on bossguy, area buff.
[00:35] <Corwin> You can't do the third
[00:35] <12Muirfinn> oh
[00:35] <12Muirfinn> true
[00:35] <Corwin> Not sure if you can do the fourth
[00:35] <12Muirfinn> Ican't
[00:35] <12Muirfinn> Just read that myself
[00:35] <Corwin> I think the fourth depends on Dune, so ask him first
[00:35] <Corwin> In fact, ask him on the forum so it's written down?
[00:36] <12Muirfinn> The area buff might kick me out of the Stop, but that's fine.
[00:36] <12Muirfinn> I'd pop it on the final round anyhow

Buffing doesn't work, since you can't target other creatures while under the effects of time stop.

Could it be used on creatures summoned during Time Stop?

[Corwin]

Hanna was at the top of the list to volunteer, actually.

Figured, yes.

Hanna's not that bad!

Did she raise you?  >_>

[Anastasia]

Did she raise you, Jaela? >_>

[Corwin]

Did she raise you, Jaela? >_>

My point exactly!

[Anastasia]

Did she raise you, Jaela? >_>

My point exactly!

Well, do you think you came out okay then?

[Yuthirin]

Hanna's not that bad!

Did she raise you?  >_>

Hanna is a nice lady and I would be proud to have been raised by her!

[Anastasia]

Cor, PMed you about that PrC stuff finally.

[Anastasia]

Yuth, a few days ago you were talking about a custom staff of elemental summons. Could you post your math for it here?

[Yuthirin]

Yyyyyeah. Gimme a bit? I kind of did it while I was half asleep and I need to get back there so I can do it again.

[Anastasia]

No hurry. I was hashing out the staff pricing scheme for DM work, and I wanted to see if you got it right. To be honest it took me some fiddling to figure out exactly how it works, so.

[Yuthirin]

Yeah, it didn't make any sense to me until I was beyond tired, and then it just clicked.

[Anastasia]

Same here. You have to apply an x2 modifier at the end to make it all work out - I tried pricing a few SRD staves, and sputtered on that until it clicked.

[Yuthirin]

Fromthe SRD:

The cost for the materials is subsumed in the cost for creating the staff—375 gp × the level of the highest-level spell × the level of the caster, plus 75% of the value of the next most costly ability (281.25 gp × the level of the spell × the level of the caster), plus one-half of the value of any other abilities (187.5 gp × the level of the spell × the level of the caster).

Ergo:
375*9(spell level)*21(caster level)=70875
70875*.75=53156.25
(70875*.5)*2=70875
5000 in mats

Total: 199906.25 without discounts.

This will net a staff, Caster Level 21, with 50 charges. The staff can be used to cast Elemental Monolith, any element. Each such casting will use one charge.

I'm not super tired yet, but that sounds right.

[Anastasia]

CL 21 would make it an epic magic item, bear in mind. That nitpick aside, lessee.

> roll 375*9*21
* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 375*9*21 and gets 70875."
> 53156.25
> roll 70875+70875+53156.25
* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 70875+70875+53156.25 and gets 194906.25."
> roll 5000+194906.25
* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5000+194906.25 and gets 199906.25."

HOWEVER! Here the retardation kicks in. This isn't the final selling price. This is the price to create it - half off. Do the math on an SRD standard staff to see. For example, let's do it for a Staff of Charming.

12000 for charm monster, divided by 2 since it takes 2 charges. 6000 gold. Charm person is 2250 for a total of 8250. Doubled is 16000 - the actual selling price of the staff. In other words, you're expected to realize this is the creation price and not the final price. So your staff would cost 399812.5 gold. (99953.125 with Aurora discounts)