| From: | Brian Moore <mooreb@****.FAC.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Talismongering |
| Date: | Tue, 5 May 1998 11:06:49 -0400 |
> >> In a message dated 5/4/98 5:51:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> >> rogan@******.ORG writes:
> >>
> >> Does anyone use the Enchanting skill and talismonger things on a
> >> regular basis for their characters?
>
> I use it ocasionally for my mage when he needs money:
>
> 1. Simply buy the radicals for Oriculum (sp?) and take a monh off of
> shadowrunning.
Would you post to a BBS asking for a bank that was willing to allow a
$300,000 cash withdrawl on short notice in one month?
Of course in a real SR world, you ***WOULD*** get hit the day you finish
by another runner team intent on stealing the Orichalcum. Anyone that
buys copper, silver, mercury, and gold radicals is obviously going to
make Orichalcum shortly after obtaining the materials. I'd pay a
runner team 50knY to steal 200knY worth of Orichalcum. It's just smart
business. Orichalcum is untracable, extremely valuable, and easily
resold.
I can see it now, the "Department of Magical Acquisitions of Aztechnology"
has a few enchanters making the big 4 radicals. The radicals are sold
at a discount, supposedly as "excess materials". The department
maintains a large shadow force for tracking sales and raiding enchanters
who make Orichalcum. They could also watch out for enchanters making
high force foci, to steal the designs and almost finished products, so
the company enchanters can finish them for distribution to Aztechnology
people.
My PC mage tries to keep 2 other PCs around when making Orichalcum. He
keeps a small stock of the big 4 radicals that he usually makes himself,
so he doesn't have to buy any. He makes an average of 8 units of
Orichalcum per attempt (skill 6 & Centering, TN of 2 due to high MR).
That has a retail value of around 700,000 nY. You can be sure that
the only people who know what he's doing are the PC bodyguards (who
usually expect to get foci made from the Orichalcum).
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