Cozy Cabin vs Explorer's hut

[Garulo]

With the introduction of the 3rd level spell Cozy Cabin, it appears that the item Explorer's Yurt has become MUCH less desirable. Why would you spend over twice the price when you could just buy a wand?

[thenobledrake]

The cozy cabin spell is good, but it has some limitations which might matter for a given circumstance. For example, whoever casts the cabin can't step outside or the spell ends while the yurt cares not if the activator walks outside for a bit.

The yurt, though the size isn't specified, is clearly much larger as well since it provides space in which 10 medium creatures can sleep. Both the yurt and the cabin have some basic furnishings, but the cabin looks to be designed for specifically a small party while the yurt can handle a larger party or a small party with some mounts/NPCs along for the trip.

Then there's the issue of food and water; the yurt has 10 medium creatures covered... and the cabin doesn't provide any.

[MarcCCTx]

But the curtains are nicer in the cabin and doesn't smell like a yak :)

[Seisho]

My Yurt smells like bear and not like yak because it was the manlier thing to do so I comissioned it at the local magical craftsman

But yeah, the yurt has specific advantages, as thenobledrake said
also, you don't have to keep that one spell you might want to blast somones face with unspent

[Glimturen Runekeeper]

Cozy Cabin is the type of spell I would want to get into a wand as s soon as I could

[Garulo]

The interesting thing is that the spell has environmental protection while the Yurt does not. I was assuming that you would only take it as a wand since it would be a waste of a spell known.

In terms of food

1 Explorer yurt is 880 gp

or
1 wand Cozy cabin 360 gp
1 wand Create Food 160 gp
4 wands Create Water 240 gp

It is still cheaper to go the wands route UNLESS:
A) You routinely travel without a character trained in survival
B) Nobody can activate wands
C0 Your party is 10+ people

Thank you, that helps make it quite clear

[kaid]

Glimturen Runekeeper wrote:

Cozy Cabin is the type of spell I would want to get into a wand as s soon as I could

I suspect it is a wand or staff type thing. Eventually a level 3 wand is going to be cheap and being able to whip one out to let your group have a good night sleep could make a big difference in journeys away from town.

[thenobledrake]

Garulo wrote:

C0 Your party is 10+ people

If you've got animal companions to feed or horses they can count as some of those people too.

[DomHeroEllis]

Maybe you find the Yurt and don't find all those wands because there aren't generally magical emporiums that sell all of that about?