Cheap(ish) Engraving

[petey512]

I suggest 500 gold. Not too stiff but not too easy either.
After all, 500 gold is practically unheard of, so far.

[Cluckyx]

I'm reckoning more along the 700-800 mark. Reserving it for all but the most successful of adventurers.
 I can even see a business in famous adventurers "signing" equipment

[MisterPAIN]

Why would an engraver trying to make money reserve his service for only the really successful adventurers?  Can you see some NPC hiring the NPC engraver to make a metal sign for his offer to do it for 800 gold or tell him to piss off?  Unless engraving can change the actual description (other than ____'s Sword) by having special designs on the item itself IC be made rather than paying a fortune for some letters it's just some lettering.  Most people are going to avoid spending the gold anyway.  I suggest 300-400, to be merciful to duel-wielder PCs at least.  Personally, I'd rather have the option of a possibly DM-ran one... although time consuming there can be a cost-to-quality depending on the job.

[Garem]

How about an intermediate solution?

Instead of having individualized equipment, you can simply mark ANYTHING with a number of choices, such as a single letter, an eye, a stick figure, a tree, a bird, a mountain, Mona Lisa, whatever. This would cost only 100 to 250 gold (which in our economy is damn expensive!)

[Sternhund]

Originally, I set the price high because it was a luxury, and because I don't want to see people walking around with a completely personalized set of equipment. Well, I added the engraver as promised, and the price is set at 350GP. We'll see how it goes. If engraving gets obnoxious, I might up the price, but if it looks good at 350GP I'll leave it there.

[Egon the Monkey]

Ah, great. I just realised that the engraving could actually lead to interesting stuff like PC factions agreeing on a mark for all their armor and the like.

I'll check it out later. Plus it's a good gold-sink other than consumables. Cheers.

[I can has fun?]

I think that price is just about right.