Very variant spell magic

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Whitewings

"kingdoms have been toppled for possession of such things," so the market price might well be much higher.

This is a desired conclusion, which is fine. We're just pointing out that the setting parameters as described so far do not actually lead to that conclusion. There are lots of ways to deal with the discrepancy (including just ignoring it, always a popular option when it comes to magic, though more problematic if your players are the sort to ask annoying questions rather than just run with the setting's genre conventions).