Cost of a keg of boom powder

[Pathwalker]

Does anyone know the cost of a Keg of Boom Powder? I've been looking everywhere for it and, maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but it didn't appear to be in any of the cost-for-things lists.

 

[August1]

The reason you cannot find a price for it is its rarity and very controlled manufacture (as noted in the class description). It is made for military use by a _very_ few trading partners and virtually never for 'sale'.

Dwarven Gunners of Bor make their own, something that just takes time and supplies (both of which are a matter of GM determination).

 

[Pathwalker]

Okay, thanks August

 

[August1]

Absolutely glad to help.

As a GM, I would say that if a price was absolutely _needed_, 500 gold crowns a keg would be a good starting price and could easily go up due to location, circumstance and seller.

Take care,
-A

 

[The Wolf]

Further to what August said, the rarity of Boom Powder could very easily make it an objective of a quest. 500 Gold Crowns is definitely the absolute minimum that I'd put on the cost of it as a GM.

 

[Pathwalker]

Just found a listing for Boom Powder Kegs on p 140 of Heroes of Magnamund at 12 GC/keg. I guess this must be the dwarf-to-dwarf pricing, eh?

 

[August1]

That's certainly a price one can use and within Bor, that is exactly the correct price. All equipment list items are assumed to be a local market price in a region where the item is plentiful, after all.

Thank you for your diligent and timely aid.

 

[Sir Brad]

Also you could use that it as the Cost to Make.

 

[August1]

Also you could use that it as the Cost to Make.

Certainly an option, yes, and one I'd be down with as a GM. The section _is_ the equipment purchasing section, though, so the number is valid. It's just valid in a 'home market with no extenuating circumstances' way.

-A

 

[Sir Brad]

Personal view when you make it by the Keg it cost's you 12GC/Keg, when you get to the barrel (say 10-20 kegs worth) the cost drops to about 10GC/Keg and 6-8GC/Keg when you make it by the Ton.

unless your part of a party of Bor you wouldn't be making more than 2-3 Kegs at a time unless it's for a specific job then I doubt any more than a barrel at a time, any more than that and it's a business and that's NPC territory.