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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9510993" data-attributes="member: 23751">I think it's fine to have prices vary due to local conditions, cut desirability, etc.&nbsp; It makes sense and if you want to get that complicated with gems, I'm not going to tell you that you are wrong.&nbsp; It's wrong for me, but it's not wrong for others unless they decide that it is.That said, the problem you have with the above paragraph is that magic doesn't have likes and dislikes.&nbsp; Cut isn't going to mean squat to the spell.&nbsp; When you see 500gp of diamond dust, it's set default amount/quality that doesn't care about cut.&nbsp; Perhaps it's just X amount of gem grade diamond dust.&nbsp; By taking a larger(500gp in amount) gem grade uncut diamond and cutting it into smaller more valuable to humans diamonds, you are losing a portion of that 500gp amount and wont have enough to crush for the spell any longer, even if you can sell those diamonds to humans for 1500gp.This is the same issue I pointed out with the Kardashian value several posts ago.&nbsp; The Kardashian value increases the total amount of that ruby for humans, but doesn't make the ruby itself more valuable.&nbsp; The cut increases the value of the diamond for humans, but wouldn't change the value for the purposes of the spell.&nbsp; If things like cut desirability did change which diamonds would qualify for the spell, my character could take a small diamond chip that everyone else values at 1gp and because he loves diamond chips more than anything else(they are worth 500gp to him), he could crush it and cast the spell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9510993, member: 23751"] I think it's fine to have prices vary due to local conditions, cut desirability, etc. It makes sense and if you want to get that complicated with gems, I'm not going to tell you that you are wrong. It's wrong for me, but it's not wrong for others unless they decide that it is. That said, the problem you have with the above paragraph is that magic doesn't have likes and dislikes. Cut isn't going to mean squat to the spell. When you see 500gp of diamond dust, it's set default amount/quality that doesn't care about cut. Perhaps it's just X amount of gem grade diamond dust. By taking a larger(500gp in amount) gem grade uncut diamond and cutting it into smaller more valuable to humans diamonds, you are losing a portion of that 500gp amount and wont have enough to crush for the spell any longer, even if you can sell those diamonds to humans for 1500gp. This is the same issue I pointed out with the Kardashian value several posts ago. The Kardashian value increases the total amount of that ruby for humans, but doesn't make the ruby itself more valuable. The cut increases the value of the diamond for humans, but wouldn't change the value for the purposes of the spell. If things like cut desirability did change which diamonds would qualify for the spell, my character could take a small diamond chip that everyone else values at 1gp and because he loves diamond chips more than anything else(they are worth 500gp to him), he could crush it and cast the spell. [/QUOTE]

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