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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9320700" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>Gygax's <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17068/t1-4-temple-of-elemental-evil-1e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">1e Temple of Elemental Evil </a>in the village of Nulb has Mother Screng's Herb Shop "The shop has almost every known herb and spice, and even 3 jars of Keoghtom's ointment which Mother Screng sells to any adventurers of Good alignment who are in real need of the magic salve, after having proved themselves in expeditions to the Temple."</p><p></p><p>It is too bad we never got Gygax's detailed out Greyhawk to see an example of his vision of availability in a city. The <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/224789/the-city-of-greyhawk-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">2e City of Greyhawk boxed set</a> by Carl Sargent and Rik Rose is from well after Gygax was out of the picture. In the 2e version there is a Guild of Wizardry in the city and: </p><p></p><p>"The guild also accepts commissions for the production of customized magical items (they are currently working on thieves tools of opening for Org Nenshen, master of the Thieves' Guild)."</p><p></p><p>Further:</p><p></p><p>"Guildmembers wishing to sell (donate) or purchase either magical items or spell components will be directed to Kondradis Bubka. the person in charge of administering and recording such transactions."</p><p></p><p>and </p><p></p><p>"Kondradis will ordinarily pay no more than 75% of the standard price for a magical item, or 85% if buying from a member of the Guild of Wizardry. He takes a further 5% off his best offer for any charged item, due to the inherent uncertainty of knowing how many charges are present in the item (and the standard price should be adjusted for the number of charges present in any event). Kondradis will barter magical items (paying in kind) at this percentage, but anyone who wants to make an outright purchase will pay at least 115% of the standard price, (110% for a guild member). The DM is advised to be very careful about selling magical items. Minor items such as potions of healing and the like, and scrolls of spells of levels 1-3, are fairly readily available. Permanent items are rarely sold, almost always being retained for use in bartering for items the Guild of Wizardry wants for itself."</p><p></p><p>"Word has gotten around that if one wants a potion, Greyhawk is the place to get it"</p><p></p><p>2e did not have gp value for magic items the way 1e and 3e do, just xp ones so there is a little advice to make the cost based on the xp value so that similar xp items have similar costs but that the exact xp to gp ratio should vary based on the individual campaign's economy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9320700, member: 2209"] Gygax's [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17068/t1-4-temple-of-elemental-evil-1e?affiliate_id=17596']1e Temple of Elemental Evil [/URL]in the village of Nulb has Mother Screng's Herb Shop "The shop has almost every known herb and spice, and even 3 jars of Keoghtom's ointment which Mother Screng sells to any adventurers of Good alignment who are in real need of the magic salve, after having proved themselves in expeditions to the Temple." It is too bad we never got Gygax's detailed out Greyhawk to see an example of his vision of availability in a city. The [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/224789/the-city-of-greyhawk-2e?affiliate_id=17596']2e City of Greyhawk boxed set[/URL] by Carl Sargent and Rik Rose is from well after Gygax was out of the picture. In the 2e version there is a Guild of Wizardry in the city and: "The guild also accepts commissions for the production of customized magical items (they are currently working on thieves tools of opening for Org Nenshen, master of the Thieves' Guild)." Further: "Guildmembers wishing to sell (donate) or purchase either magical items or spell components will be directed to Kondradis Bubka. the person in charge of administering and recording such transactions." and "Kondradis will ordinarily pay no more than 75% of the standard price for a magical item, or 85% if buying from a member of the Guild of Wizardry. He takes a further 5% off his best offer for any charged item, due to the inherent uncertainty of knowing how many charges are present in the item (and the standard price should be adjusted for the number of charges present in any event). Kondradis will barter magical items (paying in kind) at this percentage, but anyone who wants to make an outright purchase will pay at least 115% of the standard price, (110% for a guild member). The DM is advised to be very careful about selling magical items. Minor items such as potions of healing and the like, and scrolls of spells of levels 1-3, are fairly readily available. Permanent items are rarely sold, almost always being retained for use in bartering for items the Guild of Wizardry wants for itself." "Word has gotten around that if one wants a potion, Greyhawk is the place to get it" 2e did not have gp value for magic items the way 1e and 3e do, just xp ones so there is a little advice to make the cost based on the xp value so that similar xp items have similar costs but that the exact xp to gp ratio should vary based on the individual campaign's economy. [/QUOTE]
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