I'm going to be starting a SCAP campaign soon and I have been unable to find a list for prices at inns and such in the SCAP hardcover book. There seems to be prices for magic items only. Where can I find the prices for each tavern/inn and equipment stores??
Same thing for Savage Tide. No prices given for services in Sasserin.
help please!
-Darren
Though there may not be specific price lists to use, there are several files that should be helpful for you on theRPGenius.com. Go to the downloads section and look in the General Resources for the Shackled City. Look for the Cauldron Almanac files, Skie's Treasury, and Cauldron Coins to name a few.
Regards,
Koramado
I'm going to be starting a SCAP campaign soon and I have been unable to find a list for prices at inns and such in the SCAP hardcover book. There seems to be prices for magic items only. Where can I find the prices for each tavern/inn and equipment stores??
You could simply use the prices listed in the Player's Handbook. Personally, I prefer to use the variant Upkeep rule listed in the DMG so that my players and I don't have to worry about every little meal or drink.
I would advise you tweak prices in order to impart the personality of various shopkeepers. Gurnezarn is a merchant trying to stay in operation after all the other smithies have pretty much been bought out - his prices are higher, but the quality of his work is also higher. This doesn't have to mean masterwork, it simply means that an item from Gurnezarn might be a little more prestigious, like wearing name brand jeans instead of K-Mart. The CK's wont last any longer, but you look a lot nicer, and they're probably more comfortable. I try to emphasize 'status' of citizens in Cauldron - who you're seen with, what you're wearing, etc.
I've also played Zanathor as a beloved but slightly deranged local merchant, who is convinced everything he sells is of extreme value. An old beat up crossbow which still needs repair before it will fire, is in his eyes, an antique, a classic "They don't make em like this anymore!" and he can charge an extra 10% without blinking. Of course, being a bit senile, he isn't a great businessman, and is easily swayed into selling items at cost, or even less, especially if he likes the customer, if they are regular, or with a good diplomacy check.
In general though, I've decided that with a self-sufficient economy, complete with some growing monopolies, competition is low, and so prices in my version of Cauldron have generally been higher than list price in the PHB.
I would advise you tweak prices in order to impart the personality of various shopkeepers. Gurnezarn is a merchant trying to stay in operation after all the other smithies have pretty much been bought out - his prices are higher, but the quality of his work is also higher. This doesn't have to mean masterwork, it simply means that an item from Gurnezarn might be a little more prestigious, like wearing name brand jeans instead of K-Mart. The CK's wont last any longer, but you look a lot nicer, and they're probably more comfortable. I try to emphasize 'status' of citizens in Cauldron - who you're seen with, what you're wearing, etc.
I've also played Zanathor as a beloved but slightly deranged local merchant, who is convinced everything he sells is of extreme value. An old beat up crossbow which still needs repair before it will fire, is in his eyes, an antique, a classic "They don't make em like this anymore!" and he can charge an extra 10% without blinking. Of course, being a bit senile, he isn't a great businessman, and is easily swayed into selling items at cost, or even less, especially if he likes the customer, if they are regular, or with a good diplomacy check.
In general though, I've decided that with a self-sufficient economy, complete with some growing monopolies, competition is low, and so prices in my version of Cauldron have generally been higher than list price in the PHB.
With all the other detail given for the cities (Cauldron AND Sasserin) I was surprised that fundamental stuff like this was left out. Not even a mention that prices were straight from PHB either.
Not all inns would charge the same price for a night's stay, for example. Even something like X charges 110% of PHB prices while Y charges 95% would have been good. Prices are one thing the PCs will be asking about over and over and it would have been nice to not have to go to the PHB and have everybody charge the same prices and have the same inventory. I realise that this might have made it more work for the setting but with all the detail given for the players guide to Sasserin (for example) I'm quite surprised that prices were left out. That's all.
I'll have to add lots of additional notes in my book, that's all.
peace out,
Darren