Price conversions

From: Bob Stancliff <stanclif_at_ufl.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 17:39:35 -0500

> As I said some time before, training costs were entirely
'rerationalised'
> between the two editions. I'm way too lethargic right now to do
anything
> so thorough as to _check_, but I think that if you ignore those, the
> discrepancy is a lot less than you're claiming.
> Alex.

    Training costs definitely don't translate... full agreement there. My examination of training cost was strictly based on RQ3, and my conversion to $1/hour/novice was rounded off... then there is the repeated doublings for intermediate, advanced, and expert students as class sizes get smaller. I think that most teachers would be happy if they could maintain the equivalent of $16 per hour for their work.

    There are also no comparable charts for spell casting and enchantments, not that I think those RQ3 charts actually make sense, but that is -very- subjective since there is no RW comparison.

    I did study the RQ2 Pavis price charts and decide that the $5 per Lunar conversion worked very well, but the conversion value for RQ3 could be off by 50% depending on your definition of subsistence level living. Stancliff

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