Pathfinder Chronicles: Faction Guide - Prophets of Kalistrade Question

[Purplefixer]

At the bottom of page 41 it says:

Quote:

15 TPA, 1 CPA: Sell an item for 100% of its

full value rather than 50%. The character must
spend (in gp) 25% of the value of the item for
this benefit.

Can anyone give me an example? I'm not sure I understand what this means?

Say I have a 4500gp wand. Do I get 4500gp for the wand, and are then required to immediately spend 1125gp on something from that merchant, or does it mean I am effectively getting only 75% of the items value, a 25% bonus for 1 CPA?

[Are]

It looks as if you are effectively getting a 25% bonus.

I interpret it as the faction has made a deal with the merchants, but in order to make use of the deal you must pay the faction itself half of what you would gain.

[Karui Kage]

Right. If you are selling a 4,000 GP item, then you first spend 1,000 GP and 1 CPA to get the bonus. You can then sell the item for 4,000 GP (net profit of 3,000 GP).

[Purplefixer]

Karui Kage wrote:

Right. If you are selling a 4,000 GP item, then you first spend 1,000 GP and 1 CPA to get the bonus. You can then sell the item for 4,000 GP (net profit of 3,000 GP).

Net profit 1,000gp. I could have sold it to Ulek down the street for 2,000 without spending a CPA. And is it 1000gp just to get this benefit, or do I get 1000gp worth of scrolls and potions?

[Karui Kage]

Well, I meant net profit in general, not over the 'old method'. It says 'in GP', so it looks like you pay the 25% in GP to gain the benefit.

[Master_Drow]

Purplefixer wrote:

Karui Kage wrote:

Right. If you are selling a 4,000 GP item, then you first spend 1,000 GP and 1 CPA to get the bonus. You can then sell the item for 4,000 GP (net profit of 3,000 GP).

Net profit 1,000gp. I could have sold it to Ulek down the street for 2,000 without spending a CPA. And is it 1000gp just to get this benefit, or do I get 1000gp worth of scrolls and potions?

The net profit is 3,000 gp. 25% of 4000 = 1000

"The character must spend (in gp) 25% of the value of the item for this benefit"
So you pay the 1000 gp to use this benefit.

But you gain the ability to:
"Sell an item for 100% of its full value rather than 50%."
So you now sell that Item for 4,000 gp.

In total you spent 1,000 gp, and gained 4,000 gp. Net gain of 3000 gp (4,000 - 1,000 = 3,000)

still if you just sold the Item you would only gain 2,000 gp. So the net gain in this instance is 1,000 gp (aka 25%). So now you are 1,000 gp richer than you would have been.

[Quandary]

But I think Purplefixer`s last question is specifically what ¨The character must spend (in gp) 25% of the value¨ means. It doesn`t say this 25% is purchasing this `deal` directly (giving back 1/2 the benefit to the Calistrade), so he`s asking if you indeed must spend 25% the value, BUT CAN ACTUALLY BUY SOMETHING ELSE OF VALUE with this sum, i.e. spend the 25% in the shop you want to sell your item... In other words, you`re re-enforcing that you`re the Calistria Moneybags, that they want to keep happy, by spending your gold (i.e. if you just tried to sell your item without dropping any gold, you wouldn`t be convincing), but there`s no reason you can`t get something (at normal price) for it. Or not. That`s his question, and I would say the abilty is very vaguely worded...