Services

Spellcasting, unless divine, is rarely, if ever, for sale on Athas. However, the manifesting of psionic powers for cash is much more common.

Draqoman
The fee for a draqoman ranges from five ceramics to a silver a day, depending upon the importance of their contacts, their level of expertise, and availability.

Power
The indicated amount is how much it costs to get a manifester to manifest a power for you. This cost assumes that you can go to the manifester and have the power manifested at his or her convenience. If you want to bring the manifester somewhere to manifest a power you need to negotiate with the manifester, otherwise the default answer is no.

The cost given is for a power with no XP cost. If the power has an XP cost, add 5 Cp per XP lost. Furthermore, if a power has dangerous consequences, the manifester will certainly require proof that you can and will pay for dealing with any such consequences (that is, assuming that the manifester even agrees to manifest such a power, which isn’t certain). In the case of powers that transport the manifester and characters over a distance, you will likely have to pay for two manifestations of the power, even if you aren’t returning with the manifester.

In addition, not every town or village has a manifester of sufficient level to manifest any power. In general, you must travel to a small town (or larger settlement) to be reasonably assured of finding a manifester capable of manifesting 1st–level powers, a large town for 2nd–level powers, a small city for 3rd– or 4th–level powers, a large city for 5th– or 6th–level powers, and a metropolis for 7th– or 8th–level powers. Even a metropolis isn’t guaranteed to have a local manifester able to cast 9th– level powers.