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<blockquote data-quote="Kealios" data-source="post: 2525491" data-attributes="member: 20461">I am a huge fan of the Buying DC concept of Economy in the Western Magicial Medieval Society book by Expeditious Retreat Press (I hope I got that right--the book isnt in front of me).I am also a fan of cataloguing items and being over-meticulous when researching areas for my game, and in this case, I am having a good look at gems and jewelry.&nbsp; This is mainly because I have been planning a new character for a campaign that is potentially beginning in my gaming group's future, and I hope to put heavy use the Craft and Profession skills (for fun and profit, but also to show the other powergamers that having ROLEPLAYING skills in a ROLEPLAYING game can actually get you ahead! heh).Ive taken a good look at some gem books at the local store (SIMON &amp; SCHUSTER'S GUIDE TO GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES is the one that seems the most useful), and combined with the Purchase DC's in the WMMS book mentioned above (of course, modified with the Supply and Demand centers across my world...urgh), Ive got a reasonable set of expectations about how hard it is to find most any given gem for jewelry making and spell components in my world.My question to you, the reader, is:&nbsp; I need D&amp;D 3.5-equivalent pricing for different size gems.&nbsp; IE: If a diamond costs 1,000 gp, what size is that?&nbsp; 1 carat?&nbsp; A quarter-carat?&nbsp; How big would a 3,000 gp diamond be, if the grade was equivalent to the first?Yes, I know that excessive realism in a game can be silly, but hey, Im silly like that.&nbsp; I also know that more goes into a gem's worth than size--anyone knows that.&nbsp; But someone else out there might indeed have a similar interest, and you might know where I can find it.SO...know of any books, links, webpages, or other persons that's done something suitably silly like this that I can get my hands on?&nbsp; Your assistance is most appreciated <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Thanks,Kealios</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kealios, post: 2525491, member: 20461"] I am a huge fan of the Buying DC concept of Economy in the Western Magicial Medieval Society book by Expeditious Retreat Press (I hope I got that right--the book isnt in front of me). I am also a fan of cataloguing items and being over-meticulous when researching areas for my game, and in this case, I am having a good look at gems and jewelry. This is mainly because I have been planning a new character for a campaign that is potentially beginning in my gaming group's future, and I hope to put heavy use the Craft and Profession skills (for fun and profit, but also to show the other powergamers that having ROLEPLAYING skills in a ROLEPLAYING game can actually get you ahead! heh). Ive taken a good look at some gem books at the local store (SIMON & SCHUSTER'S GUIDE TO GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES is the one that seems the most useful), and combined with the Purchase DC's in the WMMS book mentioned above (of course, modified with the Supply and Demand centers across my world...urgh), Ive got a reasonable set of expectations about how hard it is to find most any given gem for jewelry making and spell components in my world. My question to you, the reader, is: I need D&D 3.5-equivalent pricing for different size gems. IE: If a diamond costs 1,000 gp, what size is that? 1 carat? A quarter-carat? How big would a 3,000 gp diamond be, if the grade was equivalent to the first? Yes, I know that excessive realism in a game can be silly, but hey, Im silly like that. I also know that more goes into a gem's worth than size--anyone knows that. But someone else out there might indeed have a similar interest, and you might know where I can find it. SO...know of any books, links, webpages, or other persons that's done something suitably silly like this that I can get my hands on? Your assistance is most appreciated :) Thanks, Kealios [/QUOTE]

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