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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maggot" data-source="post: 1650532" data-attributes="member: 1005">Okay, so I was thinking of a base of 10 for the DC, just like in your system.  So the table would be created based on a formula of 10+sqrt(price/K).  To match your caster level system, K would vary according to item type.  For it would be about 400 for weapons, but it would be more like 12 for scrolls.And that is where I get stuck.  Should you use the same divisor for all items, or should a wand of cure light wounds be substantially easier to get rid of than a +1 shield.  I know my parties buy many more wands of CLW than +1 shields.You can also vary K according to rarity, saying that K for cure light wounds wands is much higher than K for magic stone wands.  Thus the difficulty of selling the popular cure light wounds wand is much easier than selling the far-less-popular magic-stone wand.Of course, a simple table is what is needed, not 10+sqrt(price/K) for some K.  So I like your caster level only system a lot.  It leaves spell level out of the equation though, so a wand of fireball at 9th level has the same DC as wand of divine favor at 9th level.  Both would be hot items for the respective buyers, but one costs a bunch more.Maybe the DC should be 10+caster level+spell level?  So 22 for the fireball wand and 20 for the divine favor wand?</blockquote>