07-19-2008, 09:58 AM | #31 | |
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He was right, of course, and basically increased his earnings by 20 percent, every time he traveled from one major city to another. He was also pretty annoyed to find out that he couldn't buy promisary notes for one side of Harn while on the other. Travel between the two sides of the island was so dangerous, merchants would accept only silver or goods, not promises. :)
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I've been trying to think about where the demand for magical items comes from and one thing that stands out is things that increase productivity for rich farmers or craftsmen enough to provide them with a return for their investment. Another thing is scrying or divination tools for rulers and ambitious would-be rulers. And personal defences and security items for all rich people. Quote:
Crafting awesomely powerful items sometimes requires the caster to invest some part of himself in the process (many artifacts or near-artifacts are items that consumed the soul of their creator), but Red Wizards that work as enchanters do not appear to suffer any negative effects that their otherwisely employed colleagues do not experience.
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07-20-2008, 07:25 PM | #33 | |
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Hmm, actually, that could work. Maybe the weakening of mages who do huge things is really just the natural consequence of the fatigue, poor nutrition, and lack of exercise that the mages obsessive enough about power to create powerful artifacts usually have. |
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07-20-2008, 07:27 PM | #34 | |
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Crafting a sword that's sharper and better balanced than other swords might not pose any risk to the mage, but crafting one that steals the lifeforce of victims and imbues the wielder with their energy might very well do so.
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07-20-2008, 08:26 PM | #35 |
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Well, there's also my other idea that I'm working on: poorly controlled magic is radioactive. The more powerful it is, the harder it is to keep its radioactivity at acceptable levels. If you're really good, you can make powerful magic items that don't glow blue when put under water. If you're not, then maybe you should stick with lesser enchantments for a while longer.
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07-21-2008, 01:23 AM | #36 | |
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35% of this amount is covered by Corundum, thus probably 2/3 are sapphires and 1/3 rubies. Guessing some figures :-P Given a population of 150M people in Faerun the whole colored gemstones market could be estimated in $321 M, and thus sapphires have a market of $75 M. If sapphires are sold at $200/carat, the whole market consist of 375K carat. How large is the Cormyrean share? Guessing again ... 5%? That would be a total of 18/19K carat to deal with. Some notes: - In the modern real market sapphires and rubies are used for other purposes beside jewelry (mechanical parts, scratch resistant watch crystals, lasers and optical equipment in general). - During the last century some synthesis processes were developed, causing a meaningful reduction of the price. - Modern market price for 1 carat of sapphire (0.2 gr) varies from $200 to $1600. - Faceting tecniques that allow the production of gemstones under 1 carat in weight are quite recent.
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I'm basically positing that Cormyr hasn't sold a sapphire in more than 50 years and they now find themselves in need of at least a $1000M and preferably fast. How much will they depress the price if they are careful to spread their sales around all the known lands? I'm pretty confident that they will depress the price, I was just wondering how dramatically. Quote:
Gems are also used up in some rituals, artificially making them scarcer. Since the replacement price is over 10k/carat for the all-important 'magic-working quality' gems in this category (opals, the most exotic amethyst and topaz, the more common sapphires and several Realms-specific brands) and 50k/carat for the rare sapphires, rubies, emeralds and diamonds; the price has stabilised around that number.* *Mining is cheaper than creating them or fetching them from other dimensions, making the average replacement number lower than the typical cost of magically creating them, but it might still be worth it for certain individuals who need specific gems, need them in a hurry and/or have access to much more magic than sense. Quote:
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07-22-2008, 07:38 AM | #39 |
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A new posting on http://www.lythia.com that gathers and summarizes mercantile information for Harn. Includes rules.
http://www.lythia.com/2008/07/harnmaster-mercantylism/ |
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