Everlasting provisions vs Endless canteen?

[BigCat]

I just noticed that everlasting provisions (Player's handbook) costs 840 gp and feeds and waters 5 people, whereas the endless canteen (Adventurer's vault) costs 4200 gp and provides just water. Am I missing something? Did one of these get errata'ed?

 

[vaultdweller]

If you're only interesting in keeping your party fed and hydrated, then there's no reason to get an Endless Canteen when Everlasting Provisions are available.

However, the Provisions produce enough water for 5 people once per day. The Canteen produces 1 pint of water at-will, as frequently as you want. Thus, the Canteen can potentially have other uses.

 

[Bagpuss]

Thus, the Canteen can potentially have other uses.

I'm hard pressed to see nearly 3,500gp's worth of extra uses though.

 

[vaultdweller]

I'm hard pressed to see nearly 3,500gp's worth of extra uses though.

Agreed, though by epic tier a character might be so rich as to consider it a reasonable value to have a fresh pint of water to wash each of his socks individually on laundry day.

 

[bganon]

The endless canteen makes 600 pints in an hour (the water is said to disappear if not consumed by then). That's 75 gallons every hour (about 2.4 US beer barrels, according to Google). It's enough to keep a small army (a few hundred soldiers) alive in an otherwise lethal desert environment, which could be awfully useful to a paragon-level character. It's also enough water to keep a 10'x15' room permanently soaked to an inch deep.

It's basically a toned-down version of the "Decanter of Endless Water" from previous editions. Which, used creatively, was a infamous for practically destroying worlds (or at least campaigns).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It can power perpetual motion machines. Infinite energy is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Neonchameleon]

I'm hard pressed to see nearly 3,500gp's worth of extra uses though.

Making an entire village next to a gold mine but with no nearby rivers viable?

Endless Provisions are tailored for an adventuring party and in practive solve bookkeeping. The Endless Canteen has strategic uses and can provide water for literally dozens of people.

 

[Bold or Stupid]

It can power perpetual motion machines. Infinite energy is nothing to sneeze at.

Wait! What! Oh dear... fine usage. I must spred xp around, so can someone cover me?

 

[grahamhowe]

Endless canteen all the way..

http://canteens.co

 

[nijineko]

i say both.