Spend 10,390 GP for a 20th level Character

[Mr. Friendly]

I have bought all I can think to buy, I have a mere 10,390 left to spend. It's Core (expanded Core including XPH) only, so that should make things faster. It's all being spent. So, what would you suggest in that price range.

I am not going to list my character or what I have already bought; just fire away with what you would do with the list gold.

For ease of listing, I will say that the character is going to be able to use any Spell Trigger item (or Psi-Trigger?) and any Scroll (or Power Stone or other Spell Completion item) of up to 5th level (CL 11).

[Overlard]

5,295 daggers?

[Lochar]

Instant cover, tree and boat feather tokens.

Sovereign glue.

The higher end bag of tricks.

dust of dryness, either preused or still usable.

[JaxGaret]

Scrape up a few gold for a Crystal Mask of Mindarmor.

[AKA_Bait]

I presume you already have a Hewards and a bag of holding?

How about a few utility scrolls? Knock, Invisibility, etc.

[Alex12]

Candle of Invocation (8400gp). Gate in a Solar. Wish.


or grab a Hand of Glory (8,000gp) and another ring to put on the extra space it provides.

[Aquillion]

Infinite quarterstaves.

[Alex12]

Infinite quarterstaves.

That still leaves you with all your cash, and you don't need to be level 20 to do it.

[Yeril]

How about a Raise dead or True Rez scroll for "emergencys"

[Aquillion]

That still leaves you with all your cash, and you don't need to be level 20 to do it.

All right, all right.

One million, thirty-nine thousand candles. Or 10,390 tons of firewood. Or enough ladders to reach nearly 400 miles straight up, when tied together. Or a 40-mile pole (stupid ladder prices vs pole prices!) Or 1039 tons of horse feed. Or five personal warships. (Seriously, pick up at least one warship. Then flood the dungeon so you can bring it with you.) Or send a messenger 519,000 miles. Or hire an untrained hireling for ~284.5 years.

[KIDS]

Or send a messenger 519,000 miles.

You just inspired something close to Journey Around the World in 80 days in my mind... Phileas Fogg or someone akin to it. Great idea :)

[Keld Denar]

Or send a messenger 519,000 miles.

Queue the obligatory "The Proclamers" music...

And I wouldn't walk 500 miles, and I wouldn't walk 500 more, but to be the man, who walked 519,000 miles to fall down at your door.

Duh duh duhhhhhhhh!!!

[Chronos]

Whatever expendable items you have on your list already, buy a few more of them. If you have good reason to cast a spell off of a scroll, or drink a potion, or whatever once, you might have good reason to do it twice.

[Indon]

Is it the Bag of Tricks that contains animals?

Get the high-quality version of that. Bear on demand!

Great for when you're high-level and you're up against something high-CR, like America.

[Hyozo]

Soverign glue is (almost) always worth having.

[Aquillion]

Let's see, to get serious again for a moment...

Dust of Sneezing and Choking can be a useful one-shot win button for a mere 2100 gold.

Don't forget to get a Masterwork Tool for each and every skill you or anyone you know could ever conceivably want to use, of course.

[Azerian Kelimon]

You might also want a Ring of Sustenance, or a few Ioun stones (never leave home without 'em bones!).

[herrhauptmann]

Alex12, that's not a very expensive ring after buying the hand of glory. Though I think you can get jumping +4 for it.

Lussmanj, my ears hurt after that misquoted song.

[Orzel]

5 arrows with every damage enhancement you can think of.

[A. Smith]

Check this thread, on the wizard character optimization forums. Basically, the list of broken items for their price.

BTW, first post here. Hey!

[F.L.]

Actually, infinite quarterstaffs just might cost 10,390 gp, as infinity*0 is undefined, as is 0/0. So it depends on just how uncountably infinite your infinity is as to how much it costs. Aleph-10390 might do the trick.

[Armads]

a masterwork dagger, and a hand of glory + ring of feather falling.

[BabbageCliolog]

I have bought all I can think to buy, I have a mere 10,390 left to spend. It's Core (expanded Core including XPH) only, so that should make things faster. It's all being spent. So, what would you suggest in that price range.

I am not going to list my character or what I have already bought; just fire away with what you would do with the list gold.

For ease of listing, I will say that the character is going to be able to use any Spell Trigger item (or Psi-Trigger?) and any Scroll (or Power Stone or other Spell Completion item) of up to 5th level (CL 11).

Why buy magic items when you can buy so much more!

• Become a patron of the arts
• Start a business
• Lend the money to others to start businesses
• Build a giant cathedral
• Buy a noble title
• Give to the poor
• Buy a share in a company
• Hire some mages on retainer
• Build a castle
• Start a charity down by the docks
• Start a newspaper
• Improve your neighborhood
• Buy a section of town that are slums and rebuild the houses there
• Blow it all on a city-wide party
• Hire bards to travel the land, singing your praises
• Use it as the base of your wealth (keep it)
• Start a bank
• With wealth like that, young rich widows will find you attractive
• Loan the money to the government with interest
• Support revolutionaries
• Pay bards to travel the land, vilifying your enemies
• Outfit a trading expedition
• Open a tavern and put your competitors out of business
• Buy a bunch of small stables around town and unify them
• Get involved in the Goldsmith Guild
• Start a mercenary company
• Live the life of an indolent playboy
• Build a great townhouse

/BC

[Demented]

All right, all right.

One million, thirty-nine thousand candles. Or 10,390 tons of firewood. Or enough ladders to reach nearly 400 miles straight up, when tied together. Or a 40-mile pole (stupid ladder prices vs pole prices!) Or 1039 tons of horse feed. Or five personal warships. (Seriously, pick up at least one warship. Then flood the dungeon so you can bring it with you.) Or send a messenger 519,000 miles. Or hire an untrained hireling for ~284.5 years.

I think that just put into perspective exactly what level 20 characters are all about.
Though, you can only afford half of a warship. You could, however, get a longship. Or even better, 207 rowboats. Or 1 rowboat and 20.68 million lbs. of firewood.
You could also hire 94 trained hirelings for a year. To go with your rowboat.

[de-trick]

Why buy magic items when you can buy so much more!

• Pay bards to travel the land, vilifying your enemies

they'd pull the holy grail.

[JaxGaret]

You win this thread, Babbage.

[ocato]

Why buy magic items when you can buy so much more!

• Become a patron of the arts
• Start a business
• Lend the money to others to start businesses
• Build a giant cathedral
• Buy a noble title
• Give to the poor
• Buy a share in a company
• Hire some mages on retainer
• Build a castle
• Start a charity down by the docks
• Start a newspaper
• Improve your neighborhood
• Buy a section of town that are slums and rebuild the houses there
• Blow it all on a city-wide party
• Hire bards to travel the land, singing your praises
• Use it as the base of your wealth (keep it)
• Start a bank
• With wealth like that, young rich widows will find you attractive
• Loan the money to the government with interest
• Support revolutionaries
• Pay bards to travel the land, vilifying your enemies
• Outfit a trading expedition
• Open a tavern and put your competitors out of business
• Buy a bunch of small stables around town and unify them
• Get involved in the Goldsmith Guild
• Start a mercenary company
• Live the life of an indolent playboy
• Build a great townhouse

/BC

Best suggestion by far.

[Ganurath]

BC is a genius. That being said, I'd like to combine the ideas of indolent playboy and tavern monopoly. Best be sure you set up shop in a CN town and establish yourself with the guilds, first, though.

[JaxGaret]

I'm going to amend my last post: You win the thread, Babbage.

But the Crystal Mask of Mindarmor is going to be what saves your ass when the Lich Ultimate Magus tries to Dominate you :)

[KoDT69]

Or depending on the DM, if he has a preferred god for his NPC clerics in the current storyline, take that gold and donate it to their church. You never know when those brownie points might pay off for your wizard!