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CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO
MAGICK ITEMS
Depending on the level of Magick in your campaign
setting, or rather how much Magick is readily available,
you may have experienced the problem of setting a
price on Magick items that your players may want to
purchase to enhance their chance of survival in the
grim, perilous world of Warhammer.
A LITTLE TREATISE ON THE
AVAILABILITY OF MAGICK
The actual pricing guide presented below is based on
the idea that it is possible to have Magick items cre-
ated specifically tailored to the wishes of a specific
person i.e. rather than relying on finding items in for-
gotten ruins and dangerous crypts, a character will be
able to contract a Sorcerer for the creation of a new
Magickal items made specifically for him according to
his wishes.
This point of view also assumes that a matrix of stan-
dardized Magickal effects can be created and recreated
by any capable and experienced manufacturer of
Magickal Items. Rather than researching new and ob-
scure powers for an item, the Sorcerer or Rune Smith
allows the character to choose from a catalogue of ef-
fects that has been proven to be stable and keep work-
ing time and again. Much like the Spells that are gen-
erally available, these effects are stable and trustwor-
thy.
Other effects than those proscribed can of course be
made manifest in a Magick Item, but the effects of
these are less known and may be highly dangerous.
Note that no availability is presented for the Con-
sumer’s Guide as it left entirely to the discretion of
the GM to decide if a particular effect is available or
not. Magick Items are in essence very expensive and
rare items, and should not be dictated by the availabil-
ity assigned to common items.
Also, note that a particular enchantment might not be
available as the Sorcerer or Rune Smith in question
has run out of stock of the ingredients needed to cre-
ate the Magick Effect.
Another factor in deciding the availability of certain
item powers is also the impression the character makes
on the Sorcerer or Rune Smith. If he behaves in a
manner the manufacturer does not like, he is likely to
turn him away completely, or simply limit the effects
available to the character.
Remember! Magick Items are a privilege – not a right
of man.
Not all effects will be available to just anyone wander-
ing in from the streets either. If the client has the vast
sums demanded for the construction of a Magick
Item, the Sorcerer or Rune Smith will generally be
willing to create the item for said client. However,
some Magick Effects may require a certificate of ap-
proval from both a Wizard Guild authority as well one
or several Cult authorities; this would be the case with
any Necromancy effect, where a certificate would have
to be obtained from both the Wizard Guild and the
Temple of Morr, before any manufacture would
commence.
Also, abilities and Spell-like effects that a manufacturer
may suspect could be used for assassinations or similar
shady business will most likely cause the manufacturer
to deny producing an item with such effects – or he
may simply tell the character that the level of power he
asks for cannot safely be manufactured into an item.
Finally, since the Colleges of Magick enjoys a great
deal of favouritism from the Imperial authorities, it is
not unreasonable to expect that they will report any-
one they find suspicious to the proper authorities for
further consideration (the proper authorities being
such agencies as would offer potential threats to the
Empire, a “comfy chair” and D6+2 hours of torture at
the drop of a hat).
TIME TO DELIVERY
Although most characters would probably like to have
their all-new Magick Items delivered instantly, that is
not going to happen.
All items that are not regular stock (and regular stock
in this case is the stash of old Magick Items brought
back to civilisation by other adventurers, mercenaries
and suchlike) have to be manufactured first. Materials
for the physical manufacture as well as anything spe-
cial needed to enchant the items must be readily avail-
able; the manufacturer must have available time for
the construction of the item and so on. Many factors
affect the actual delivery of a new Magick Item, and
characters expecting next day delivery are in for a sur-
prise.

The time it takes to construct a Magick Item depends
of course, largely on how complex a piece of work it
will be. A sword with a +1 Dam bonus will be infi-
nitely easier to construct than a sword with numerous
bonuses and Spell effects.
All manufacture of Magick Items begins with prepara-
tion; construction of the physical vessel (be this a ring,
sword or some other item), making sure that the ele-
ments needed to construct the item are in stock, men-
tal preparation for the Sorcerer or Rune Smith so he is
100% focused on the task ahead and numerous other
minor tasks. This will take 4 days and is base amount
of time needed. In the case of a standard 0 ability
Magickal weapon (WFRP, p188) this is the number of
days needed to make the weapon Magickal and also
the number of days needed to bring a weapon to the
state where it is ready to receive further enchantments
if the weapon is not merely going to be a standard 0
ability weapon.
After the basic Magick item level has been achieved, a
number of days will be added to the manufacture time
according to the number and complexity of the abili-
ties to be added.
See the chart below for an overview of the number of
days it will take to add each type of enchantment.
Time to Delivery Chart
Enchantment
Ability, characteristics
Spell, level 1-3
Spell, level 1-3 specialized
Spell, level 4
Spell, level 4 specialized*
Spell, level 5
Spell, level 5 specialized*
Ability, special**
Ability, bane weapon
Magick Points, per increase
AP, per increase
* All non-Battle Magick is considered specialist, i.e. Necromancy,
Daemonology, etc
** All abilities in WFRP pp188-190, except for Additional Dam-
age and Characteristic Gain are considered Special Abilities.
Also, note that “Ability, Special” also covers the creation of enchanted
ropes, boots, arrows and purses.
An example: Hugin Steeltemper, the resident Master
Smith on the Nulner Wizard Guild has been commis-
sioned to craft a Magickal two-handed axe. The en-
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chantments are to add +10 to I, +1 to Dam, add the
Resist Fire special ability and make it a Bane Weapon
vs. Dragons. This particular weapon will demand (4 +
1 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 14) 14 days of Thogin’s time – and
cost the buyer a hefty sum of money.
WHAT CAN AND
CANNOT BE DONE
The following is a number of rules applying to Magick
Items and their uses, and is mostly meant to keep
characters from building up world destroying items
and generally abusing the system.
• Once an item has been created it cannot have
extra enchantments or abilities added to it. A
complex and unique Magickal pattern has been
created for the item, and any attempt to re-
weave that pattern will meet with failure and
most likely destroy the item as well.
Note that this is true both for newly manufac-
tured items as well as items discovered during
campaigning. This is meant to keep characters
from constantly upgrading and improving one
item until it becomes a Harbinger of Doom.
• Enchantments cannot be transferred or copied
to another item. Once the Runes have been in-
scribed and the enchantments cast, the
# of Magickal pattern is locked and cannot be al-
days tered any further.
+1 day • No more than 10 abilities can be created for
+1 day any one item. The knowledge of creating more
+2 days powerful items have been lost to the ages, and
+3 days only the most ancient of Dwarven Rune
+4 days Smiths would have an inkling about how such
+5 days super-powerful items can be created.
+6 days
+4 days
+5 days WORDS OF CAUTION
+1 day
+1 day Magick Items can give characters an extra edge in their
attempt to survive the harsh reality that is the World
of Warhammer. However, be careful when allowing
characters to acquire Magickal Items. Some characters
are liable to abuse them and can suddenly reverse the
whole power balance in the campaign with a few well
used items.
Magick Items should be fun to use and add to the he-
roic nature of characters – they should not cast a
shadow on everything else in the campaign.
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Spell rings* Energy jewels

Feature Cost (in GC) Number of Magick Points Cost (in GC)
Level 1-3, once per day 1,000 /level
1-5 25 /Magick Point
Level 1-3, twice or more per day +1,500 /time
6-10 50 /Magick Point
Level 4, once per day 4,500
11-15 100 /Magick Point
Level 4, twice or more per day +6,750/time
+5 thereafter 200 /Magick Point
Level 5, once per day 8,500
Level 5, twice or more per day +9,600 /time
Level 1-3, Specialized, once per 1,800 / level
Rings of Protection
day
Level 1-3, Specialized, twice or +2,700/time Protection Given Cost (in GC)
1 AP 1,000
more per day
2 AP 3,500
Level 4, Specialized 8,100
3 AP 5,500
Level 4, Specialized, twice or 12,150 /time
4 AP 7,500
more per day
5 AP 9,500
Level 5, Specialized 9,000
Level 5, Specialized, twice or +10,200 /time
* Spell rings that run out of Magick Points can be recharged at
more per day the cost of 500 GC per 5 Magick Points
Constant +2,500 /level
Constant, twice or more per day +3,750 /time
Holding Powers
Weapons Feature Cost (in GC)
Feature Cost (in GC) Holding (500 Enc) 100
Standard 0 ability 1,000 Lightness (500 Enc) 75
1 ability* (+1/+5 characteristics) +800
or per +1 Dam
Multiple choice of the same ability x2 Cost/Time Magick Pockets
Special ability +4,500 Feature Cost
Bane Weapon + 6,500 Accessibility+Holding (2000Enc) 1800 /Pocket
Dwarven Rune** +8,500 Lightness 400 /Pocket
Minor death Rune N/A Cut/Weather/Fire Proof 100 /Pocket
Major Death Rune N/A
Spell ability See Spell ring
costs
Potions
*includes doubling of ranges on missile weapons
**can only be inscribed by a Dwarven Rune smith
Feature Cost (in GC)
Booster (+1/+10) 175
Additional Boost x2 cost/time
Armour
Special Ability (Walk on Water, Fire 250
Feature Cost (in GC)
Immune)
+1 extra AP* 2,500 per AP
Special ability +5,500
* Up to a maximum of 5 AP

Scrolls
Field of Magick Cost (in GC)
Level 1-3 Battle Magick* 200 /Level
Level 1-3 Specialized* 400 /Level
Level 4 Battle Magick* 400
Level 4 Specialized* 800
* Note that Spells requiring difficult-to-get ingredients
will cost more