Selling Animal Skins

[TarionzCousin]

Thanks for all the interesting and thoughtful replies. Here's what I'm taking away from this thread so far:

Skins: 2 SP each.
Antlers: More.
Full fake trophy heads: More.
Venison: Yummy--we ate it in the wild or took it back to Oleg's.

Perhaps I should be more specific: how much should Oleg pay for the various parts of the deer my group provides? Or for the skin/head/antlers as one item?

Is 5 sp per deer without the meat a fair price? Perhaps 1 gp per whole deer?

Remember: a severed leg and severed hand are depending upon your generous calculations.

 

[S'mon]

I think 1-2 gp per whole butchered deer carcass would be reasonable. You can look at livestock costs for a reasonable comparison.

 

[ExploderWizard]

There was a table in the 1E DMG that listed usual prices for various pelts.

 

[David Howery]

I wouldn't put a whole lot of value on a deer carcass, unless the area they are in is suffering from a famine... if the area is a normal operating village/city, then leather will scarcely be in short supply. Antlers and trophy heads are interesting, but not all that valuable. If the party needs to put together a pile of gold in a hurry and wants to do it with wild pelts, they're going to have to be more creative. Go after something rare and valuable; big cats, winter wolves, etc. Heck, there's an adventure hook right there...

 

[Chris Knapp]

Not to derail this interesting topic, but do your players really want to grind to get their limbs back? Wouldn't they rather you hand wave this, saying, "After a month of recovery, where you make your living off the wild lands, you save up enough gold for the magic spell. . ."?

 

[TarionzCousin]

Not to derail this interesting topic, but do your players really want to grind to get their limbs back? Wouldn't they rather you hand wave this, saying, "After a month of recovery, where you make your living off the wild lands, you save up enough gold for the magic spell. . ."?

I'm one of the players, not the DM.

After a few days, the DM said the church of Gorum would restore the limbs for 300-500 gp, or replace them with metal equivalents for less (and the promise of future testing/evaluations).

The PC whose leg was cut off (near the hip) said he would gladly take the offer. The PC whose arm was cut off said it was too expensive and she would deal with the semi-dead hand.