Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Acad. Revisited, OOC02

[Lou]

The Healing Belt has a retail price of 750 gp but the creation price is listed as 500 gp and 40 xp. Usually the creation cost is half the retail price. Do I, 1) Use the creation price in the book, or 2) use 375 gp and 30 xp which is half the 750 gp price.

There is a lot of discussion on the Healing Belt online, including on EnWorld. See Healing Belt in MIC = broken? This is something that should have been corrected in the errata, but it hasn't been to date.

In Scotley's campaign, my characters have all paid 1000 gp retail, and I use that price by default unless the DM tells me otherwise.

Leif--what say the all-knowing DM?

 

[Leif]

The Healing Belt has a retail price of 750 gp but the creation price is listed as 500 gp and 40 xp. Usually the creation cost is half the retail price. Do I, 1) Use the creation price in the book, or 2) use 375 gp and 30 xp which is half the 750 gp price.

You'd better let me take a look at the situation after I get home tonight. I'm not totally comfortable making a decision like this without at least being able to lay eyes on the books myself. Not that I'm doubting what you say, Kerlan, I'm just funny that way. My first impression is to use the higher costs in gp and xp, but let me take a look at things later and I may well change that position.

And thanks, Lou and Ryan for checking the errata. That was my first thought, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. I was considering going to the WotC website and searching for 'errata' and just hoping for the best. Still seems like that might work about as well as anything else.

 

[renau1g]

You'd better let me take a look at the situation after I get home tonight. I'm not totally comfortable making a decision like this without at least being able to lay eyes on the books myself. Not that I'm doubting what you say, Kerlan, I'm just funny that way. My first impression is to use the higher costs in gp and xp, but let me take a look at things later and I may well change that position.

And thanks, Lou and Ryan for checking the errata. That was my first thought, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. I was considering going to the WotC website and searching for 'errata' and just hoping for the best. Still seems like that might work about as well as anything else.

Here's the page from the book attached

Here's the link to their errata page:
Official D&D Updates

 

[Leif]

Here's the page from the book attached

Here's the link to their errata page:
Official D&D Updates

Nice try, Ry, but my computer at work can't open the pdfs. Guess you'll just have to wait until tonight anyway.

 

[renau1g]

Really? That's crazy, I thought most places use PDF's for protection of document integrity and being in a legal dept. you'd need that?

 

[Leif]

Ahhh, not so much. I haven't had any issues with "document integrity." We're a pretty small outfit hee, though.

 

[renau1g]

That sounds nice. I remember dealing with the lawyers back when I worked for a certain large automaker (who's now bankrupt) and the lawyers there were ...interesting... to say the least.

 

[Leif]

Now THAT would be a great gig to have! Leif, "Wheel Lawyer'! Oh, but wait, bankrupt, you say? Hmm, if they just had ONE more lawyer, they probably could have stayed in the black. They should've called me!

 

[renau1g]

I'd call my contacts there....but I think they all got down-sized.

Maybe if you're a good bankruptcy lawyer you can make a fortune off of this

 

[Leif]

Maybe if you're a good bankruptcy lawyer you can make a fortune off of this

HA!!

First of all: bankruptcy law is a weeping, festering ulcer on the backside of American jurisprudence. I've dabbled in it, but I have great loathing for it, and have taken a solemn vow to never screw around with it again. Ever.

Second, in all bankruptcy cases, the attorney's fee charged to the debtor must be approved by the Court hearing the Bankruptcy action, which makes it extraordinarily difficult to get anything more than a "break-even" fee.