Costs

Daily upkeep

In addition to board and lodging people will spend money during the days in town on snacks, dinner, and odd bits and bobs whilst adventurers, especially successful ones tend to spend money when they have it on enjoying themselves as well as the simple necessities such as mending armour, straightening swords, getting clothes mended or new ones, new prayer beads, spell components, lock picks, lanterns...

The amount spent will depend upon your lifestyle and is included in the costs for inns. (if you don't stay in an inn then you need to pay seperately)

*Excludes lodgings

The good news is that if resting and recovering wounds you won't be out and about much so you can halve the weekly costs (excludes lodgings).

Additionally after an adventure there will be urgent repairs and replenishments (arrows, candles, broken lanterns...). This equates to an additional week's worth of expenses for roughly every 25 Hero points gained (more HP = more adventures = the harder your kit suffered).

Daily Rates for Training

Note that priests and mages charge more than the expected daily rate as a first level mage/priest has spent many years in study to reach that point, they are not the equivilant of a shepherd.

Getting Wizards and Priests to cast Spells and Prayers for You

Priests and occasionally wizards may cast prayers or spells for you in your hour of need (if you pay enough). The cost will be dependent upon the spell and caster's level. Scrolls sell at the same value as it would cost to cast the spell. The standard cost is one day's pay

Wizard feeling self important, stuck up, annoyed at being disturbed and superior to mere mortals will charge a lot to cast a spell, priests and do not demand as much, especially priests of Bahrie as they get the common healing spells at lower levels. This is not the rate of pay that casters take home, it includes factors such as equipment, space and assistants.

For each reduction in spell level below a caster's maximum they reduce the cost by 1 place (not 1 spell level). Mages won't bother casting spells they feel are beneath them.

Getting Wizards to teach you spells

Wizards often have better things to do with their time than teach, but occasionally will put aside some time to train others. When they do they will charge at least their normal daily rate (based on their level not the level of the spell) and it will take 1 day per power point of the spell.

Equipment

These are equipment costs, items can be sold at half value.

Adventuring kit

Standard kit

• Backpack
• Large pouches x2
• Knife
• Candles x2
• Tinderbox
• Hooded lantern & oil
• Blanket
• Hemp Rope 50'
• Iron spikes x3
• Mirror
• Waterskin

Deluxe Kit (standard plus)

• Candles are wax
• Mirror is silver
• Leather scroll case
• Holy water x1
• Greek Fire x1
• Caltrops x20
• Grappling hook
• Garlic
• Belladonna
• Waterproof waxed sheet for 1 person camping

Greek Fire

Greek fire is a volatile oil that comes in flasks which may be thrown. They break on impact causing damage to a creature that was struck for 3 rounds at L2/L1/L0. They have a splash area of 3', anything caught in the splash area suffers 1 level lower damage

Caltrops

These are 4 pointed 1" pyramidal shapes designed to cause damage to feet. 1 set will cover a 10' square area. Creatures crossing the area unaware save (no modifier) or take L1 damage (pierce) (to their feet). Creatures who are aware may walk across without harm, however running will need a dexterity save.

Quality weapons

Higher quality better balanced weapons are sometimes available, better balance means easier to swing and hit more easily. Additionally they may be made of a higer quality steel which means they penetrate armour more easily and do more damage. Smiths using the quality steels always don't badly balanced weapons so they always gain the "To Hit" bonus.

Weapons that are both balanced and sharp cost both multiples

Scrolls

Selling value is daily cost.

Hiring of rooms / strongboxes