Boots of Tremorsense price

[Brown Jenkin]

Sorry about posting this, I am rushing at work to get a revised character sheet done for our game tonight. My DM gave my charachater Boots of Tremorsense last week and I don't see them in the SRD I have access to at work. What is the retail price on these? and what book are they from so I can look them up later?

 

[Branok]

FR: Underdark is the book you want

Boots of Tremorsense: The wearer can automatically sense the location of any creature or object within 30 feet that is in contact with the ground.
Faint Transmutation; CL 5th; Craft Wondrous Item; tremorsense ; Price: 45,000 gp; Weight: 1 lb.

Hope that helps. Branok.

 

[hong]

45000 gp???/?slashslash What a gyp.

 

[Branok]

I know, it's a ripoff

According to Table 7-33 in the DMG it goes like this:

Use-activated or continuous Spell Effect:

Base Price: Spell Level*caster level*2,000 gp

Now, it's a Harper Scout 3, Ranger 3, Sorcerer/Wizard 3 spell, so as to make it as cheap as possible, we'll do it as a wizard. Hence, it would be like this:

3*5*2,000=30,000 gp. Now, according to Table 7-33, you have to multiply this base price by a factor determined by the duration of the spell. Since tremorsense lasts 10 min/level, the table says that you have to multiply the base price by 1.5, so it would be 30,000*1.5= 45,000 gp. To create the item, it would cost 22,500 gp, and 1800 XP, Ouch!!! .
I find it rather expensive, since it's not that powerful an item, but then again, there are others that are even more useless and are more expensive. Well, that's all.
Branok

 

[Heinrich_Uberlich]

Not that powerful an item?! Say good bye to being surprised by corporeal opponents walking on the ground in a dungeon! OK its useless in an open area where you can see you opponent but it would be useful against an invisible rogue sneaking up on you. I'll have 2 pairs thanks!

BTW I don't get how the item allows you to sense objects? What, do they vibrate on a subatomic level and the boots pick up the vibe?
Heinrich

 

[Rashak Mani]

Wouldn't it be cheaper to get a See Invisibility boot ? You would get to see ethereal creatures as a bonus and for much less money.

 

[Westwind]

See invisibility won't warn you of the rogue sneaking up behind you or the burrowing creature clawing up from under you. (I ravaged a high-level party with Xorns in a cavern, so that example sprang to mind). Each pair of boots would have their own situations in which they'd be the best choice. Tremorsense has been a pretty kick-arse ability for me when I'm DMing--I'd love to have a character with it.

 

[EvilGM]

Those are handy boots indeed!

Not sure what other boots you have but you should at least wear them for awhile to get a sense of how useful they are.

 

[hong]

For 45000 gp, give or take a little bit, you can get:
- boots of teleportation: teleport 3/day
- 3 pairs of winged boots: fly 9/day
- +5 armour
- +20 Listen item
- heal 2/day item

All of these seem far more useful to me than tremorsense, which:
- won't detect flying or teleporting opponents
- won't detect incorporeal opponents
- doesn't remove the miss chance against invisible opponents
... which all become more likely to be encountered by the time you can splurge 45000 gp on a single item.

 

[Liquidsabre]

Yea, there should be a "usefulness" discount as for it's price the boots don't stack up to equally priced items. How much does a pair of blindsight boots cost? Aren't boots of blindsight better?