Powerstone calculations

[trooper6]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Yeah, I think his problem (and mine) is that the rules in Magic for Enchanter pay is far, far, far and way too low. Enchanters need to possess a very rare natural talent (Magery 2+) as well as a high degree of training (skill 15+ in a number of spells) and assumes a higher degree of risk for his job (even if you disregard the demon summoning, critical failures at magic are almost certainly more dangerous than at mundane jobs like Scribe or Tanner). Enchanters should almost certainly be several pay grades higher than Magic assumes for them, which makes the default values used in Magic almost worthless for anyone who puts a modicum of thought into what Enchanters should be paid in their gameworld.

And as I said in my post, the book tells you that Average journeyman/Comfortable master is just the assumption they went with, but that you can change it to whatever you want for your game...and then tells you how. Just decide what wealth level you think journeyman/master Enchanters should be in your world and adjust the enchantment costs using the formula they provide you. It took me 5 minutes to go from average/comfortable to comfortable/Wealthy.

Maybe in your world, you think that journeymen Enchanters should all be Very Wealthy (which would equate to Status 3...i.e. Guild master), and master Enchanters should all be Filthy Rich (which would equate to Status 4...ie a Lesser Noble). If that is how powerful and rich you want Enchanters to be...that is easily done. Follow the formula in Magic pg 22.


If that is where you want to place your Enchanters then
Slow and Sure would be: $666 per point
Quick and Dirty would be: $25 per point

The book gives you the tools to adjust as you envision your world being. I'm actually okay with the journeymen Enchanters being Average Wealth and Master Enchanters being Comfortable. I'd also be okay with bumping them up one level of wealth each. But if you want enchanters to make more money and enchantments to cost a lot more...then the books tell you how to do it. It takes less than 5 minutes to do.