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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mandeville" data-source="post: 2624136" data-attributes="member: 11847">I give my players full value for gems and jewelry.  Otherwise there would be way too much bookkeeping on my part and it would descend into the “not fun” category.  However, when the gems are found an appraise roll is made.  Depending on the result of the roll I will give either the proper value or lower.  That is how much they will get for the gems when they are turned in.  The idea being that they don’t know to ask for more because they may think something is junk.  A spectacular success will increase the value slightly because they have a fine eye and pick up on subtleties that would be overlooked by a lesser appraiser.  An appraiser who knows his stuff may not be the most convincing guy in the world…unless he is talking about fine art.I feel that this method adds value to an oft over  looked skill.  I also feel that it helps explain why a pricless work of art may be left in a dungeon (It’s garbage, we would get 200 gold for it if we were lucky).</blockquote>