Questions tagged [pricing]
For questions related to determining the value or cost of a good or service in-game.
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How much should NPCs charge for spells cast as services to PCs?
As the title suggests, I need to know how to compute the appropriate cost for spells that NPCs provide as services (components included) to the party.
My search has come up with the following:
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Do magic items really cost at least as much to create as they do to purchase?
The table on page 129 of the DMG lists the costs to craft an item.
Taking as an example a Common magic items, such as a level 1 spell scroll, the cost is listed as 100 gp. The crafter can only make ...
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What does it cost to buy a tavern?
Suppose an adventurer retires and wants to buy a tavern.
Is there an official gold piece figure in D&D 5e for how much it would cost to buy a tavern or similar property in a town or city? If not, ...
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How much should a "button of Cure Light Wounds" cost (should it be available at all?)
My fellow players would like to have a command-word or use-activated "button" of Cure Light Wounds at will, i.e. unlimited uses/day.
How much should this cost (if it should be available at all?)
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How much does a house cost?
I'm running my players through the Lost Mines of Phandelver starter campaign and the fighter character with an aversion to low standard living arrangements is interested in buying a local home that ...
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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 is a reasonable player cost for Manor rebuilding?
At some point during the introductory adventure Lost Mine of Phandelver, the PC's are capable of liberating a manor.
My question is, what is a proper price to charge the party as a cost to rebuild ...
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How would a player character pay for an item that costs less than 1cp?
For reasons too complex and stupid to go into, I've recently been looking at item values and the 5e currency system. As I understand it, 1pp = 10gp = 20ep = 100sp = 1000cp, which places 1cp as the ...
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What is the most expensive material in the world that could be used to create Pun-Pun's lute?
I want to create a magic item that would be basically a lute left by the almighty Pun-Pun. I highly doubt that he would lower his standards to use pitiful materials like adamantium or platinum. I am ...
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What makes a spellcasting component worth x gp?
Let's just pick on identify as a concrete example, but this applies to any spell with a material component with a cost. So identify requires a pearl worth 100gp. What makes a pearl worth 100gp?
Is it ...
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Are listed gem values the buy or sell price?
Is the value listed for a gem its buying price, selling price, or something else?
Gems are listed with a value in the DM Guide as treasure. In this context, it would imply the gem could be sold for ...
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How much is unrefined gold ore worth?
We're a new group with a DM that's relatively new. In a recent session the party visited a mine and found a cart full of unrefined ore. We pushed it all the way back to town and are now trying to cash ...
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Are there price lists for magic items, such as the Bag of Holding?
We are playing Hoard of the Dragon Queen. My PC's are only at level 3. They stumbled into a magic shop and asked for a Bag of Holding. I made the asker roll to beat a 15 and if he did I said that ...
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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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How much do sheep cost?
How much does it cost to buy a sheep? I can't find this information anywhere. I've looked at the equipment tables in the PHB don't see any sheep.
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