Skie's Treasury question

[Zlorf]

Hi

I was wondering how DM's were going with the suggestion in the HC SCAP to keep track of whats been sold and bought by Skie?

Info given is:
1) 50000gp worth of items in her shop at one time.
2)increase by 10000gp per chapter
3) change list as you see fit
4) each month 25% chance that an item is sold to NPC
5) If stock is below max gp, 20% chance each week that some new item is puchased to replenish stock.

So when a player requests Skie for a item not on here list, have DM's just added it as per option 3? Or have DM rolled % chances that the item appears during the week? Also does 25% chance an item sold to a NPC seem very low?

I just trying to find out how other DM's have modified this system, or suggestion on improving it based on there experience DM's the campaign.

TIA
Zlorf

[Frank Steven Gimenez]

I have been using the Skie's Treasury Descriptions and Stories document in my game. Not only does it give replacement items, they come with stories that tie them to the Shackled City setting.

[ultrazen]

Mostly option #3.

In addition to the PCs who may bring in items, there is also the Stormblades. Eventually the Stormblades get their name on the outside of the shop as well. I have a list of a few things they do, including a few situations where they can 'clean up' after the PCs and spread rumors that the PCs do sloppy work.

If the PCs frequent the store to drop off their +1 goodies often enough and tell Skie what they're up to, all those +1 shortswords may eventually get converted into a +4 periapt of wisdom the cleric has been looking for, or a cloak of resistance +5 for the fighter. Anything too expensive to be on the Medium Wondrous Item chart won't show up at Skie's, nor will she buy it, though she may trade a few less expensive items for it.

Skie's inventory value does not increase significantly as the PCs level up (too video-gamey for me) except for the occasional +4 or so item a PC has been looking out for. Anything very expensive the PCs leave at the store will either be snatched up by the Stormblades or converted to smaller items that have a better chance of being sold or traded by the folks around Cauldron. Cauldron nobility will buy less expensive items from time to time, particularly minor items in the form of jewelry or anything that could pass for a little art bauble.

Other relatively common items not at Skie's that the PCs really want I usually make available through a treasure or defeated NPC bad guy somewhere. Once they are high enough level to have the gold or trade items to obtain really powerful or obscure magical goods, I figure they also have the ability to teleport or plane shift somewhere larger than Cauldron (shopping trip to Sigil, anyone?) to get them.

[jumpet]

Zlorf wrote:

Hi

I was wondering how DM's were going with the suggestion in the HC SCAP to keep track of whats been sold and bought by Skie?

I created a spreadsheet to do all the number crunching. It randomly removes and adds items to the list up to the maximum gp value.

[Solomani]

jumpet wrote:

Zlorf wrote:

Hi

I was wondering how DM's were going with the suggestion in the HC SCAP to keep track of whats been sold and bought by Skie?

I created a spreadsheet to do all the number crunching. It randomly removes and adds items to the list up to the maximum gp value.

Mind if I take a look at it? solomani AT electric DASH rain DOT net

Thanks!

[Crab.Oni]

jumpet wrote:

I created a spreadsheet to do all the number crunching. It randomly removes and adds items to the list up to the maximum gp value.

I wouldn't mind taking a look at this either. I was acutally thinking about doing this myself, but this would save me a bit of time and frustation. If you wouldn't mind sending it to crab(dot)oni(at)gmail(dot)com, I would appreciate it greatly.

[The Mind]

I too would like to see this. Seems like it would help out a lot.

themind15(AT)msn(DOT)com

Thanks

[DMFTodd]

Or better yet, upload it here:
http://therpgenius.com/Default.aspx?alias=therpgenius.com/shackledcity

[jumpet]

DMFTodd wrote:

Or better yet, upload it here:

http://therpgenius.com/Default.aspx?alias=therpgenius.com/shackledcity

Done! - Titled: "Magic Shop Inventory Generator"