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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9511203" data-attributes="member: 23751">So none of that changes anything. Magic doesn't care about subjectivity in what mortals desire.&nbsp; Worth at least 1000 is the same as 1000 as far as the magic is concerned.&nbsp; It's not as if the magic will fail if you have 501gp of diamond dust present for those spells that require 500gp of diamond dust.&nbsp; The &quot;at least&quot; is assumed to be present.As for will those gems be worth the same in all settings.&nbsp; Yup!&nbsp; Again, the magic doesn't care about subjective pricing in various settings.&nbsp; It doesn't matter to the magic that the Dark Sun wizard is using a 50000 ceramic piece ruby that would be 5000gp in the Forgotten Realms and 25000 if it was Kim Kardashian's cuddling ruby.&nbsp; The magic just wants a gem grade ruby of a certain size. The subjective prices are not relevant.The DMG gives those standard ruby sizes and values.&nbsp; Ruby is 5000gp and all gem grade rubies of that size are 5000gp for the purposes of things like magic.&nbsp; If the DM wants one half that size, it's 2500gp as far as the magic is concerned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9511203, member: 23751"] So none of that changes anything. Magic doesn't care about subjectivity in what mortals desire. Worth at least 1000 is the same as 1000 as far as the magic is concerned. It's not as if the magic will fail if you have 501gp of diamond dust present for those spells that require 500gp of diamond dust. The "at least" is assumed to be present. As for will those gems be worth the same in all settings. Yup! Again, the magic doesn't care about subjective pricing in various settings. It doesn't matter to the magic that the Dark Sun wizard is using a 50000 ceramic piece ruby that would be 5000gp in the Forgotten Realms and 25000 if it was Kim Kardashian's cuddling ruby. The magic just wants a gem grade ruby of a certain size. The subjective prices are not relevant. The DMG gives those standard ruby sizes and values. Ruby is 5000gp and all gem grade rubies of that size are 5000gp for the purposes of things like magic. If the DM wants one half that size, it's 2500gp as far as the magic is concerned. [/QUOTE]

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