Knowledge Broker

[Morithias]

Is there any table or chart, or rules for selling knowledge? I'm thinking of refluffing the gnome librarian into some kind of Knowledge Broker who sells her +46 knowledge checks.

The closest I found was in the DMG2 where one of the businesses is "university", and I'm pretty sure that the DM is not going to let me charge the 2k plus price listed in the NPC specialist table.

Any suggestions? This campaign is likely going to be heavy cash strapped (I have like 6 characters to equip and that number is going to go up by 2 or 3 in 5 levels, even with the artificer I'm still probably going to be over budget), so I'm looking for ways to get constant flows of income.

[KillianHawkeye]

There's no standardized price for information because it always varies according to how valuable the knowledge is, how rare or hard to acquire, and how badly the person needs it. In other words, you have to negotiate on a case by case basis.

[Fable Wright]

Well, you could use the Business rules in the DMG II for determining the income you get for maintaining a side business as a knowledge broker...

There's also the Master feat from the same book, which gives you the benefits of getting an Apprentice. This includes earning several hundred gold over the Apprentice's ascent to 5th level.

Selling spellcasting services might also work. The prices charged can make one very rich, very fast.

I thought that there was some information on buying a Sage's services in cityscape, but I couldn't find it on a quick runthrough...
EDIT: On page 148, it says you earn an average of 3d4+6 gp/week as a Sage, so that's something to work from. Earning an average of 13.5 gp/week isn't too bad... not going to get magic items for everyone, but not too bad.

[Andvare]

Shadowrun once tried a system for the value of knowledge.
it was a complete disaster.


Who the Sea Peoples (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples) really were, might be very interesting and far more obscure (as in no-one actually knows it) than the knowledge on how to construct an atomic reactor, but ultimately far less valuable in the right hands.

Edit: As in "I agree with KillianHawkeye"