vampire2948
2009-08-06, 10:32 AM
Hey all,
In a campaign i'm running, as an arcane caster, myself and another player have hatched a scheme to create a great deal of wealth.
The plan is to rent shops in various high-wealth cities throughout the world, and hire NPC shopkeeper-types. Other security measures will be implemented at a later date - plans involve golems, contingent spells, wards, and me teleporting in to accost any thieves.
Now - the plan is to utilize an item from Complete Mage - The Quill of Scribing. This quill allows the Wizard, or other person with the Scribe Scroll feat to say 'Inscribe' in Draconic and then it will spend the day writing a scroll of the caster's choice - so long as they have the ability to do so normally.
The quill can activate once per day.
Quill Cost - 1,750 gp or 875 gp + XP
The Plan
The plan is to craft several of these quills, and then to put them inside a bag of holding with a few pads of paper. Then to activate them each day.
Over a period of a month, five of them would scribe 140 - 155 scrolls [depending on the month, and how long months are in the campaign world. Above figures are for real-world months of 28 - 31 days length]
Anyway. With the Extraordinary Artisan feat - -25% cost on crafted items. We stand to make quite a profit, assuming we are capable of selling ALL the scrolls for the usual market price we will make the following amounts of profit per month: (assuming 150 scrolls produced AND that they all sell for the regular market price) (All scrolls made at min. caster level)
0th level spells: 1171.88 gp
1st level spells: 2343.75 gp
2nd level spells: 14062.5 gp
3rd level spells: 35156.25 gp
4th level spells: 65625 gp
5th level spells: 105468.75 gp
6th level spells: 154575 gp
7th level spells: 106781.25 gp
8th level spells: 140625 gp
9th level spells: 179325 gp
[7th, 8th and 9th levels take two days to make, so the profit is less.]
All above prices assume I sell all the scrolls for maximum profit every month, and making them at minimum caster level.
Anyone see any flaws in this plan? Except for the following?:
Market Saturation
DM saying "No."
XP cost of scrolls (XP loss < XP gain whilst we're adventuring and such.)
Thanks,
Vampire2948,
In a campaign i'm running, as an arcane caster, myself and another player have hatched a scheme to create a great deal of wealth.
The plan is to rent shops in various high-wealth cities throughout the world, and hire NPC shopkeeper-types. Other security measures will be implemented at a later date - plans involve golems, contingent spells, wards, and me teleporting in to accost any thieves.
Now - the plan is to utilize an item from Complete Mage - The Quill of Scribing. This quill allows the Wizard, or other person with the Scribe Scroll feat to say 'Inscribe' in Draconic and then it will spend the day writing a scroll of the caster's choice - so long as they have the ability to do so normally.
The quill can activate once per day.
Quill Cost - 1,750 gp or 875 gp + XP
The Plan
The plan is to craft several of these quills, and then to put them inside a bag of holding with a few pads of paper. Then to activate them each day.
Over a period of a month, five of them would scribe 140 - 155 scrolls [depending on the month, and how long months are in the campaign world. Above figures are for real-world months of 28 - 31 days length]
Anyway. With the Extraordinary Artisan feat - -25% cost on crafted items. We stand to make quite a profit, assuming we are capable of selling ALL the scrolls for the usual market price we will make the following amounts of profit per month: (assuming 150 scrolls produced AND that they all sell for the regular market price) (All scrolls made at min. caster level)
0th level spells: 1171.88 gp
1st level spells: 2343.75 gp
2nd level spells: 14062.5 gp
3rd level spells: 35156.25 gp
4th level spells: 65625 gp
5th level spells: 105468.75 gp
6th level spells: 154575 gp
7th level spells: 106781.25 gp
8th level spells: 140625 gp
9th level spells: 179325 gp
[7th, 8th and 9th levels take two days to make, so the profit is less.]
All above prices assume I sell all the scrolls for maximum profit every month, and making them at minimum caster level.
Anyone see any flaws in this plan? Except for the following?:
Market Saturation
DM saying "No."
XP cost of scrolls (XP loss < XP gain whilst we're adventuring and such.)
Thanks,
Vampire2948,