Ritual Component Cost, quantity to buy?

[simen]

I wondered how much quantity of ritual components (except Residuum) it is normally available from a seller? Is there a limit? Or is the supply unlimited (except Residuum)? I couldn't seem to find a clear answer to this in PHB page 300.

 

[DracoSuave]

That is because the answer is "Ask your DM."

This is a question your Dungeon Master decides, and cannot and should not be codified in a book.

 

[simen]

My DM hardly give out any at all, that is why I asked. All the gold and nothing to use it on

 

[Stalker0]

My DM hardly give out any at all, that is why I asked. All the gold and nothing to use it on

The book assumes that resideum can be bought, just like magic items can be bought.

That's the "default"....but since every DM's game is different, ultimately that's up to him to decide.

 

[simen]

I know resideum is suppose to be harder to come buy. But how common are the other components? There must be some guideline for this? My DM knows nothing about rituals, I had to teach him that about the components all together and he asked for how much it is possible to buy. So if you could provide some guidelines it would be great I know the DM is the DM, but some guidelines would be great.

 

[Dalzig]

Generous guidelines: There are so many ritual components available that you'll never buy them all.
Moderate guidelines: You can buy enough ritual components to cast your highest ritual 5 times.
Conservative guidelines: You can buy enough ritual components to cast your highest ritual once.
Scrooge guidelines: No ritual components for you!

 

[simen]

Generous guidelines: There are so many ritual components available that you'll never buy them all.
Moderate guidelines: You can buy enough ritual components to cast your highest ritual 5 times.
Conservative guidelines: You can buy enough ritual components to cast your highest ritual once.
Scrooge guidelines: No ritual components for you!

On moderate and conservative, what about rituals with "Special" component costs? Like "Enchant Magic Item". How do you think that it was intended? To me it looks like your "Generous guidelines". Alot of other rituals also have special costs, like "Create Teleportation Circle" (Manual of the Planes, lvl 15, page 150) which could cost from 1000 to 16000.

 

[Dalzig]

Those were guidelines I came up with in about 30 seconds...

You are really asking a question that has no answer but "It's up to the DM." My view on the situation is that, barring a good reason, a character should be able to buy all the ritual components they want to, because it's more fun that way.

 

[DracoSuave]

The book assumes that resideum can be bought, just like magic items can be bought.

That's the "default"....but since every DM's game is different, ultimately that's up to him to decide.

The book flat out tells you it can't usually be bought on the open market.

 

[Ryujin]

The book flat out tells you it can't usually be bought on the open market.

And even if it didn't spell that out clearly, I would make it so. Residuum is the Holy Grail of components; it does everything. It simplifies the economics of ritual casting to the point that you don't have to budget based on ritual keywords, just buy as many pinches of the stuff as you can afford.

If a GM is following the treasure guidelines, then it doesn't matter how much you can get in ritual components. You've only got so much money anyway.