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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9500828" data-attributes="member: 9254">50gp is the cost of Continual Flame or Clothes of Mending<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is it an elf, dwarf or gnome who knows they would spend more than 1,000gp on candles/oil/torches or hundreds of gold on clothes over their lifespan?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">How about all the people who have long winter nights? Or the polar lands where night can last days or weeks and you need your clothes to last?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mines? Subterranean dwellers who need light and can't readily get cloth?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ships that would like to not catch fire? Sailors who would like to not look like ragamuffins?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">People who live in areas without supplies wood or oil or cloth, like deserts and mountains?</li>
</ul>Brooms of flying don't suffer from difficult terrain penalties and they get to travel &quot;as the crow flies&quot;.&nbsp; So they are not particularly slow.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are they an elf, dwarf or gnome who knows they would need to buy a couple dozen horses over their lifetime?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are they a Small race who isn't comfortable on a horse, where a broom is faster than a pony?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do they live near a swamp where horses are alligator attractors and boats are tediously poled between bogs? </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do they live in or near mountains where elevation changes are laborious?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do they live in rocky terrain, possibly undeground, that doesn't have enough fodder or water to support a horse or camel? </li>
</ul>How about a shovel that casts Mold Earth 3.5ish times a day? (d6 charge recovery)&nbsp; Did you know it takes a human something like 6 solid hours to dig out 125cf of dirt with a steel shovel?&nbsp; That's like 0.7gp/day of labor...forever.&nbsp; Any town, estate or big farm has an endless amount digging that needs to be done.&nbsp;&nbsp; It pays for itself in 2 years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9500828, member: 9254"] 50gp is the cost of Continual Flame or Clothes of Mending [LIST] [*]Is it an elf, dwarf or gnome who knows they would spend more than 1,000gp on candles/oil/torches or hundreds of gold on clothes over their lifespan? [*]How about all the people who have long winter nights? Or the polar lands where night can last days or weeks and you need your clothes to last? [*]Mines? Subterranean dwellers who need light and can't readily get cloth? [*]Ships that would like to not catch fire? Sailors who would like to not look like ragamuffins? [*]People who live in areas without supplies wood or oil or cloth, like deserts and mountains? [/LIST] Brooms of flying don't suffer from difficult terrain penalties and they get to travel "as the crow flies". So they are not particularly slow. [LIST] [*]Are they an elf, dwarf or gnome who knows they would need to buy a couple dozen horses over their lifetime? [*]Are they a Small race who isn't comfortable on a horse, where a broom is faster than a pony? [*]Do they live near a swamp where horses are alligator attractors and boats are tediously poled between bogs? [*]Do they live in or near mountains where elevation changes are laborious? [*]Do they live in rocky terrain, possibly undeground, that doesn't have enough fodder or water to support a horse or camel? [/LIST] How about a shovel that casts Mold Earth 3.5ish times a day? (d6 charge recovery) Did you know it takes a human something like 6 solid hours to dig out 125cf of dirt with a steel shovel? That's like 0.7gp/day of labor...forever. Any town, estate or big farm has an endless amount digging that needs to be done. It pays for itself in 2 years. [/QUOTE]

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