Current Market Prices in Sunnydale (Buffy)

Although these entries are fun, eagle-eyed readers will see that I'm trying to keep you up-to-date on the critical equipment used in the game while also providing more mundane items so that you have a better idea of the economy as a whole. The inclusion of things such as current gold prices and now wheat is another indicator from another perspective. Your characters might be invested in these commodities but, even if they are not, the price of a pack of cigarettes, underwear, and similar everyday items should help you understand the market.

Note that, even though this is entirely fictional, I used current-day prices as the basis for pricing and this is a fixed economy which doesn't revolve around the PCs and their needs, alone. Also, like most points-based systems, the core books barely touch upon economy and prices, outside of the Resources Quality, as you are assumed to be able to "purchase" everything you need with XP. In practice, however, this is woefully inadequate. The inclusion of an actual, monetary economy and a closer focus on the RESources Quality helps round-out the setting.

I've described AVAIL (availability) and how it operates elsewhere (if it hasn't posted yet, it is scheduled to soon) but, to reiterate, AVAIL contains a letter and a number which refer to the Type of [solid] Contact you need to even hope to acquire the item in question, while the number is the DV to beat to find it.

Airfare - First Class, Domestic: 897.37¥

Pack of Smokes: 16.57¥, Street Value: 7.57¥

Carton of Smokes: 149.87¥

Special Response Tactical Vest: 1608.22¥

Wheat, Ton: 250¥

Morningstar: AVAIL: S17,C20 250k¥

Morningstar (Jewelry, Ward)
Obsidian set in bone, favored by vampyres. A Ward Etched (Spell, Enchantment) into either the bone or stone provides protection from sunlight. Nearly always an amulet set on a necklace, given the size of the bone necessary to set the stone, though rings, bracelets, and even earrings have been discovered. This is specific to Vampyre and is usually destroyed by Slayers, if possible. The only protection it provides other Types is basically that of really strong sunscreen. A Morningstar is not available on the open market (and I cannot include the legend for it due to a fonts issue, previously mentioned). This negates the Vuln. to Sunlight Drawback without a loss of points but, should it be lost, so is this protection; for this reason, it should be purchased with NuYen, not XP.

NOTE: A lot of this comes from Empyrean, my personal system I hope to publish in some form one day, and is included here to entice possible readers, purchasers, players, and publishers. It is fully copyrighted, not in the CC nor public domain, and has been heavily modified to work with Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG. You are more than free to enjoy it for personal use but please contact me before attempting to include it in anything, as UniSystem is available under an OGL, so this is likely to be collected into another project in the future.

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