Mage School Questions

[Jack Haggerty]

Well, if the wizard was just sitting down and making scrolls, etc., he'd be making... well, it's 1 day per 1000 gp of the item. And that's 500gp of profit a day, assuming they can sell everything. With overhead, annoyance of running your own business... 250/day?

Before you freak out... Making a magic item is a full day. Most profs would be doing 8 hour days, plus access to labs, etc. Maybe 100gp/day?

But also don't forget that magic item prices are most likely inflated, to reflect the XP cost to create them.

 

[Zirnike]

Not most likely. They are. Just read the item creation rules again. Why do you think it only costs half as much to make it yourself?

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Not most likely. They are. Just read the item creation rules again. Why do you think it only costs half as much to make it yourself?

Mundane items only cost a third the base price to Craft.

 

[hong]

Not most likely. They are. Just read the item creation rules again. Why do you think it only costs half as much to make it yourself?

To make life easy for the legions of players who buy and sell magic items as part of going into dungeons, killing the monsters and taking their treasure. The pricing system in D&D is there purely for gaming convenience. It isn't something to build an entire economic model on.

BTW, can anyone provide a source for that "going into dungeons" quote? I know it's Ryan Dancey from around the time 3E was first released, but does anyone know exactly when and where he said it?