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<blockquote data-quote="Utrecht" data-source="post: 751304" data-attributes="member: 1411">Surrounding the &quot;cost&quot; of the diamond.While it is certainly true local and global supply and demand will affect the actual gold piece cost of the diamond - we need to look at what this cost actually means.Does it literally mean a 500gp diamond?&nbsp; In that case, yes it is possible that local price inflation could have&nbsp; diamond chips going for 500gp (but by the same toke outside influences will drive this back down.&nbsp; I.e. Merchant realizes that the diamond costs have spiked in an area - well it makes sense for him to import diamonds and make a profit....)Or does the 500gp diamond mean 500gp at day 1?&nbsp; So if suddenly there is a glut of raise deads, the cost of this diamond has went up to 1000,2000 gp. Making raise dead a progressively more expensive proposition (again until outside influences level the price out again)&nbsp; Personally, this is how I would play it - after all that 500gp has to represent something (i.e. clarity for size) that makes it appropraite for the spell.&nbsp; For example, a diamond chip would simply not be sufficient to focus the divine power gods no matter how much I paid for it......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Utrecht, post: 751304, member: 1411"] Surrounding the "cost" of the diamond. While it is certainly true local and global supply and demand will affect the actual gold piece cost of the diamond - we need to look at what this cost actually means. Does it literally mean a 500gp diamond? In that case, yes it is possible that local price inflation could have diamond chips going for 500gp (but by the same toke outside influences will drive this back down. I.e. Merchant realizes that the diamond costs have spiked in an area - well it makes sense for him to import diamonds and make a profit....) Or does the 500gp diamond mean 500gp at day 1? So if suddenly there is a glut of raise deads, the cost of this diamond has went up to 1000,2000 gp. Making raise dead a progressively more expensive proposition (again until outside influences level the price out again) Personally, this is how I would play it - after all that 500gp has to represent something (i.e. clarity for size) that makes it appropraite for the spell. For example, a diamond chip would simply not be sufficient to focus the divine power gods no matter how much I paid for it...... [/QUOTE]

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