04-18-2010, 01:46 PM
We have a lot of new collectable items in our mod, and we should devote a certain amount of time to deciding how much they should be worth. Remember that to most of Tamriel, Black Marsh is an unexplored and extremely exotic region, so that even animal products from there are likely to be very valuable to outsiders.
For a real-world comparison, in the Middle Ages when contact with the Arctic was poor, a single Narwhal tusk from the islands off Scandanavia and Greenland (often sold as Unicorn horn) could cost up to 10,000 gold pieces in the luxury markets of Mecca and other Arab cities (I've just been reading an excellent book on the "unicorn trade" across the centuries that inspired me to think about this sort of thing).
So, for example, if the player were to be fortunate enough to defeat a Swamp Leviathan, its teeth would certainly fetch a very high price if they were to take it back to Cyrodiil. Rare artefacts and books from the Marsh would also be valuable.
So what has already been done in this area for the BM items, and what still remains to be done?
For a real-world comparison, in the Middle Ages when contact with the Arctic was poor, a single Narwhal tusk from the islands off Scandanavia and Greenland (often sold as Unicorn horn) could cost up to 10,000 gold pieces in the luxury markets of Mecca and other Arab cities (I've just been reading an excellent book on the "unicorn trade" across the centuries that inspired me to think about this sort of thing).
So, for example, if the player were to be fortunate enough to defeat a Swamp Leviathan, its teeth would certainly fetch a very high price if they were to take it back to Cyrodiil. Rare artefacts and books from the Marsh would also be valuable.
So what has already been done in this area for the BM items, and what still remains to be done?