Bronze, Iron and paying for it

[Anders]

According to RAW, bronze has CF +3. I don't like that, because it means that a labor-intensive item, like a sword, gets its cost increased by more per pound than a labor-cheap item like a mace. So I nicked a rule from p.LT39.

It works as follows:

a) assume that the cost of iron per pound is insignificant.
b) assume that the metal part of a sword is the whole weight, that the metal part of an axe/mace/polearm/etc. is 4/5 the weight of the finished weapon, and that the metal part of a spear/arrow, etc. is 1/5 of the finished weapon.

These assumptions are not entirely realtistic, but unless they're grossly wrong I assume you will tell me. You always do. :)

Multiply the metal weight by the cost of bronze ($50/lb. in my campaigns) and add that to the cost of the weapon.