From:	Faux Pas <fauxpas@******.net>
Subject:	Re: Physical adept should be fast
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:25:52 -0500

At 10:51 PM 9/16/96 -0700, you wrote:
>I also came up with a price list for having spells cast by NPC's. (i.e.
>- healers, talismongers and such)
>
>Price = Drain Code (F/2+X) * Rate (based on drain level).
>
>Light = 1,000
>Moderate = 5,000
>Serious = 10,000
>Deadly = 25,000
>
>Thus the cost for a casting of Force 4 Increase Body +2 with a drain of
>[(F/2)+1]M would be 15,000. [(4/2)+1] * 5,000 = 15,000.
>
>Yes, the prices are STEEP. But keep in mind supply and demand in the
>sixth world where magic is only 10% of the population.

Try 1% of the population is magically adept, with about a tenth of that
being fully capable (mages and shamans). Steep magic prices would be the norm.


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