Downtime Overview

Mystara of the Five Spheres D&D Downtime Items - Selling Non-Magical

USES ONE OF THE DOWNTIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE DURATION

Downtime activity for making money from selling magical items in a settlement. The characters must spend at least a week in the settlement tracking down someone who is willing to buy items beyond the base settlement prices. Scrounging the settlement for a buyer has no guarantee that what you are looking to see is of interest. The expenses for the week include a wealthy lifestyle for the character, and you are dealing with the wealthy members of the settlement.

The expenses for the week include a wealthy lifestyle for the character, and you are dealing with the wealthy members of the settlement. A item formula costs the next level up, and non-magical items have a multiplier based on 1/10 of the gp price.

No single item can exceed the single cost limit and the seasonal amount the character can expect to be able to sell items at is the settlement total purchase limit. This limit can be reached by either single item sales, or offloading grouped items. If a sale of an item would exceed the seasonal limit, then that sale either falls through or all that can be offered is up to the remaining limit of the settlement.

A character can always sell items for 50% of the cost of the item for single items up to the single item limit, or multiple items up to the total purchase limit (if each item is up to the single item limit).

Check - To make the check to find an item, the character must spend at least 10 gp and a week looking for magical items. A character can spend an additional week, at the weekly cost to increase their chances of finding an item they are looking for by +1 for every extra week up to a +5.

At the end of the period you make a skill check usuall Charisma (Persuasion) with the extra week bonus and the settlement modifier that determines the sell price of the item. A natural 1 means no sale and a complication. A natural 20 provides an instant sale. You can choose to upgrade to the next level on the chart if you also take a complication. The sale does through in 1d12 weeks plus any due to the complication upgrade.

For the check you can choose any of the skills you can convince the GM is appropiate for the check.

Event breakdown
• Requirements (What you need to make the check in session)
• Note - Can't be done while travelling
• Base Check DC = 10 + +1 per settlement size increase beyond none, +2 per item rarity.
• Note - Item must fall inside the cost limits for the settlement, this makes high level magical items hard to sell at a decent price.
• Time (What you need to make the check in session)
• 1 week (additional weeks adds +1 to the roll)
• Cost per Week (What you need to make the check in session)
• 35 gp multiplied by the size of the settlement over none.
• Check (What you need to make the check in session, between sessions the d20 in the check is replaced by 10)
• Skill Check = d20 + skill bonus + Settlment Modifier + Lifestyle Modifier + Renown

FINDING A MAGICAL ITEM TABLE - Check / Result (Note - If the item exceed the settlements money limit, then you gain knowledge of where you can obtain such an item)

less than DC by 10 or more – Complication and Item does not sell.

less than DC by 5 or more – Item does not sell, or there is a Complication and item sells for 75%.

less than DC – Item Sells for 75% or there is a Complication and item sells for 100%.

Equal to DC – Item Sells for 100%

Equal to DC +5 – Item Sells for 150%

Equal to DC +10 – Item Sells for 200%

Complications - Something interesting has happened and you get to roll on the complications table below. For every point you increase the check by, you add the cost of an extra week. Each week added in this way is how extra long the item takes to sell in weeks.

SELLING A NON-MAGICAL ITEM COMPLICATIONS TABLE
d6 / Complications (* Might involve a rival)
1. Your enemy secretly arranges to buy the item to use it against you*
2. A foe circulates rumours that your item is fake *
3. Your item’s previous owner, or surviving allies of the owner, vow to retake the time by force
4. A thieves’ guild, alerted to the sale, attempts to steal your item *
5. A sorcerer claims your item as a birthright and demands you hand it over
6. The buyer is murdered before the sale is finalised *

BECMI Rules

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5th Edition D&D Rules

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Level Up Advanced 5th Edition D&D Rules

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GM Notes on Rules

OLD VERSION

The character must succeed on a renown check to begin this downtime activity.

Check - By spending a week and 25 gp you can advertise your intent to sell an item over the settlement single item limit, or a group of items over the purchase limit. At the end of the week you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check with the settlement modifier to determine what price the buyer is willing to pay. The character does not have to sell the item. You can choose to accept a complication to increase the offer. A natural 1 means you cannot sell the item. A natural 20 increases the check category by 1. You can choose to upgrade to the next level on the chart if you also take a complication.

Check Result
• Critical Failure – Loose double the weekly costs for the check for no result or take a complication with no result.
• Success – Check the result of the roll against the Sell a Non-Magical Item Table
• Critical Success – Gain the next level on the check table

SELL A NON-MAGICAL ITEM TABLE - Check / Result

less than DC – No buyer

Equal to DC – Offer for 25% the value of the items

Equal to DC +5 – Offer for 50% the value of the items

Equal to DC +10 – Offer for 75% the value of the items

Equal to DC +15 – Offer for 100% the value of the items

Equal to DC +20 – Offer for 125% the value of the items

Equal to DC +25 – Offer for 150% the value of the items