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Gignere
2019-09-18, 08:30 PM
Reading the scroll scribing section and the buying magic items in XGtE I just realized for most of the spell levels it’s actually cheaper to buy the scroll than to scribe it.

Anyone find this odd? I know it’s not guaranteed that it’s available when you’re buying. However, I am finding it hard to rationalize the fact that there is a market where it costs more to produce the spell scrolls than you can sell it for.

What are people’s thoughts on this? Should I cut the cost of scribing scrolls?

Edit: Just read the potion of healing section and the costs to brew these potions is way cheaper than the cost to buy it. So odd.

2nd edit: Looks like if I halved the cost of the published cost to scribe the scrolls from spell levels 2+, it looks like it would fix it.

RickAllison
2019-09-18, 09:17 PM
Level
Cost to Buy
Cost to Scribe
Cost to Craft (Normal)


0
22.5
15
25


1
22.5
25
25


2
175
250
100


3
175
500
100


4
5500
2500
1000


5
5500
5000
1000


6
22500
15000
10000


7
22500
25000
10000


8
22500
50000
10000


9
87500
250000
50000



Yeah, that's... that's bad. Really bad.

Safety Sword
2019-09-18, 09:25 PM
The bigger question is: Why would you ever sell a scroll that cost you more to make than you can get for selling it?

So, no one ever sells those scrolls. That seems to make some sense... kind of.

Gignere
2019-09-18, 09:37 PM
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Yeah, that's... that's bad. Really bad.

If your setting has any kind of profit motive, the only scrolls available would be level 4 and 6 scrolls. 😂

HappyDaze
2019-09-18, 09:37 PM
The bigger question is: Why would you ever sell a scroll that cost you more to make than you can get for selling it?

So, no one ever sells those scrolls. That seems to make some sense... kind of.

It's almost like writing RPGs...

Safety Sword
2019-09-18, 09:51 PM
It's almost like writing RPGs...

RPG economics are only slightly less annoying than real world economics.