I recently received a question to which I was requested to post the answer publicly.
The question was roughly as so: "Our chapter puts out an item that has an Evaluate number on it. Can a PC request an OOG tag stating the value of the item from Logistics, instead of using the Evaluate list to determine it for themselves?"
Answer:
"It is not Logistics' responsibility to provide tags with a specific value as relates to items numbered with Evaluate Item numbers. Part of the purpose of the skill is to promote roleplay between players by examining an item and taking the time to look over an evaluate list, just like someone with herbal lore has to spend 60 seconds identifying alchemy. Players should utilize the Merchant skill and the Evaluate Item list to determine the value of these items; if they subsequently wish to keep track of the items' value through in-game means (for example, writing down a description of a painting with its evaluated value) that's completely up to them in an in-game fashion. Once the item is in-game, in-game skills must be used to determine its value - and it's up to players and NPCs to verify (using the Evaluate Item list) the value of these items when conducting transactions."
-Bryan Gregory
ARC
The question was roughly as so: "Our chapter puts out an item that has an Evaluate number on it. Can a PC request an OOG tag stating the value of the item from Logistics, instead of using the Evaluate list to determine it for themselves?"
Answer:
"It is not Logistics' responsibility to provide tags with a specific value as relates to items numbered with Evaluate Item numbers. Part of the purpose of the skill is to promote roleplay between players by examining an item and taking the time to look over an evaluate list, just like someone with herbal lore has to spend 60 seconds identifying alchemy. Players should utilize the Merchant skill and the Evaluate Item list to determine the value of these items; if they subsequently wish to keep track of the items' value through in-game means (for example, writing down a description of a painting with its evaluated value) that's completely up to them in an in-game fashion. Once the item is in-game, in-game skills must be used to determine its value - and it's up to players and NPCs to verify (using the Evaluate Item list) the value of these items when conducting transactions."
-Bryan Gregory
ARC