Lurin
Duke
In the coming season, I'll be dipping my toes into the ritual system, and am seriously considering going very deep into ritual magic (as there are very few dedicated formal casters available from what I see.)
That being said, as the leader of a small team we are worried about 'halting' or 'Slowing' the main combat caster's growth (Bind-o-mancy mostly) but figure we can balance that out eventually by offering spellcrafting/casting services.
So for those in the know, or who just want to chime in, I have the following questions.
1.) What would you pay/charge for a spellcrafted ritual, what scale would you use? (Based on type, based on number of components, or difficulty/ranks)
2.) What would you expect for 'commision' work, meaning they have the scroll (or I do if spellcrafting) and components? Again consider difficulty or spellcraft ranks used up.
3.) What would you value random components and the all important Catalysts. Compared to Gold costs of course.
4.) What would you offer in 'credit' for friends of the group that contribute components or catalysts.
5.) What special circumstances would you reduce your rates/offer for free?
When answering these questions please keep in mind.
A.) No I'm not planning on charging everyone straight up, obviously close friends and specific events will come into play.
B.) I'm planning on spending 2 full columns of build (at least) in Ritual ranks, so this will be a major focus.
C.) I'd like to be able to help people outside my group so fairness is important, but I also view this as my likely major source of income to help my team.
D.) There is always a cost (in either 'Failure/backlash' risk, or opportunity cost of using up spellcrafting slots) I'd rather go without casting then devaluing my services once I've found a 'fair price'
To Start I'll answer my own questions from first blush.
1.) I was thinking either about 10 gold per catalyst, 2 gold per component.
2.) For commision work I was thinking base 2 gold, plus 1 Per difficulty level above 1
3.) I was planning on valuing components at 2 gold in 'trade' or 1 gold to buy if its something we can use. Catalysts would be valued much higher, and based on the ritual they fuel.
4.) As above I'd keep a 'rough' estimate of value of components/scrolls given. generally offering pro-bono work in exchange for gifts of rits/components not needed.
5.) As a serious "Good Guy" I'd look to reduce prices on any ritual that is being done to combat a specfic threat, people looking to cast necromatic rituals would be best advised to look elsewhere. (Unless you got one heck of a story/reason for such an effect)
To sum up, I think it will lead to some great fun/role playing to run a heavy rit caster, but I want to make sure that I can take care of my own at the same time. :geek:
That being said, as the leader of a small team we are worried about 'halting' or 'Slowing' the main combat caster's growth (Bind-o-mancy mostly) but figure we can balance that out eventually by offering spellcrafting/casting services.
So for those in the know, or who just want to chime in, I have the following questions.
1.) What would you pay/charge for a spellcrafted ritual, what scale would you use? (Based on type, based on number of components, or difficulty/ranks)
2.) What would you expect for 'commision' work, meaning they have the scroll (or I do if spellcrafting) and components? Again consider difficulty or spellcraft ranks used up.
3.) What would you value random components and the all important Catalysts. Compared to Gold costs of course.
4.) What would you offer in 'credit' for friends of the group that contribute components or catalysts.
5.) What special circumstances would you reduce your rates/offer for free?
When answering these questions please keep in mind.
A.) No I'm not planning on charging everyone straight up, obviously close friends and specific events will come into play.
B.) I'm planning on spending 2 full columns of build (at least) in Ritual ranks, so this will be a major focus.
C.) I'd like to be able to help people outside my group so fairness is important, but I also view this as my likely major source of income to help my team.
D.) There is always a cost (in either 'Failure/backlash' risk, or opportunity cost of using up spellcrafting slots) I'd rather go without casting then devaluing my services once I've found a 'fair price'
To Start I'll answer my own questions from first blush.
1.) I was thinking either about 10 gold per catalyst, 2 gold per component.
2.) For commision work I was thinking base 2 gold, plus 1 Per difficulty level above 1
3.) I was planning on valuing components at 2 gold in 'trade' or 1 gold to buy if its something we can use. Catalysts would be valued much higher, and based on the ritual they fuel.
4.) As above I'd keep a 'rough' estimate of value of components/scrolls given. generally offering pro-bono work in exchange for gifts of rits/components not needed.
5.) As a serious "Good Guy" I'd look to reduce prices on any ritual that is being done to combat a specfic threat, people looking to cast necromatic rituals would be best advised to look elsewhere. (Unless you got one heck of a story/reason for such an effect)
To sum up, I think it will lead to some great fun/role playing to run a heavy rit caster, but I want to make sure that I can take care of my own at the same time. :geek:
