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Downtime Business Plan Help?
DMs, I need your expertise.
I have a 1 year downtime between campaigns (ingame) and I'm in Waterdeep.
I want to become something between Littlefinger and Varys (from Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and ...
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How much would a +7 AC magic item be worth?
For context: A DM in this multi-DM run D&D 5e campaign I'm in said she would be doing very difficult sessions with very high level loot if we succeed in said sessions. Well, disregarding the fact ...
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Why would anyone buy a Pony over a Mule?
Here are the statistics from the Mounts and Other Animals Table in the DMG:
Item
Cost
Speed
Carrying Capacity
Pony
30 gp
40 ft.
225 lb.
Donkey or mule
8 gp
40 ft.
420 lb.
The pony costs 30 gp, ...
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Is the necklace of fireballs underpriced in the Sane Magic Items pdf?
I gave my third-level party 900gp and told them they could buy start equipment from the Sane Magic Items pdf.
One of my characters bought a two-bead Necklace of Fireballs and personally demolished two ...
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How to balance magic item that utilizes gems? [closed]
I have a really cool idea for a magic item but I am trying to figure out how to balance it. The premise of it is that it is a hilt that changes form when a gem is inserted in the pommel. The type of ...
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How much would a weapon cost that grants advantage on damage rolls?
Given the answers to these questions:
Advantage on damage rolls - is it still balanced?
'Advantage' or 'Disadvantage' on damage rolls
What should a weapon cost that grants advantage on damage rolls, ...
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Price of Volo's Guide to Monsters?
A character goes to a bookseller and wants to buy Volo's guide to Monsters.
With support from your expert opinion, how would you price the book?
The bookseller has the book in stock, somewhere in the ...
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Can the sapphire crushed as part of the Drawmij's Instant Summons spell be mended and sold for the original price?
The spell Drawmij's instant summons states (emphasis mine):
[...]
Components: V, S, M (a sapphire worth 1,000 gp)
Duration: Until dispelled
You touch an object weighing 10 pounds or less whose ...
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How much profit can a low-level caster make by offering Mending as a service during downtime?
How much profit can a low-level caster make by offering Mending as a service during downtime?
A low-level spellcaster without tool proficiencies would like to earn some money in downtime. How much ...
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How much gold and how much time does fitted mithril or adamantine armor cost?
I'm looking for the most widely accepted rules for buying mithril and adamantine armor, including chain, splint, half and full plate. How much gold and how much time, baseline, does it cost a merchant ...
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How big is a 5000 gp diamond? [duplicate]
I play a teleportation and extra dimensional sorcerer in my group and I'm getting close to obtaining the spell Gate which requires "a diamond worth at least 5,000 gp". How big would a ...
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What would be the gold value of a Polymorph Blade?
We usually follow this homebrew guide for magical item prices, and my players have recently played through the Lost Laboratory of Kwalish adventure. In it, they obtained a cursed longsword, a ...
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What would be the gold value of a Blade of the Medusa?
We usually follow this homebrew guide for magical item prices, and my players have recently played through the Lost Laboratory of Kwalish adventure. In it, they obtained a cursed longsword, a Blade of ...
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What is the "value" of an item for the purposes of Artisan's Blessing?
The subject of this question is the Forge Cleric's debatably useful Channel Divinity ability, "Artisan's Blessing"
You conduct an hour-long ritual that crafts a nonmagical item that must ...
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What would be the price of Adamantine Plate armor?
I'm already aware, as per Are there price lists for magic items, such as the Bag of Holding?, that 5e was designed with the assumption that magic items are not to be bought or sold willy-nilly. This ...
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