Money?

[The Reverend]

I recently started Avadon, after having played all of Exile and Avernum games, and Geneforge 1-3 (I plan to give 4 and 5 a shot after I finish Avadon).

 

I was just wondering what the economic situation is like in Avadon? Are there a few expensive things that I need to be saving up for, like trainers, and not a lot of cash available for anything else? Or is there excess cash so I can feel free to spend money in shops for weapons/armor upgrades? And when buying lockpicks, how much is too much too pay? So far I've only been buying them from shops that sell them at "slightly expensive" or lower.

[Lilith]

There are expensive charms you can buy to give you constant passive bonuses, and training you can buy to give a similar effect, but their effects aren't enormous and money isn't incredibly tight: if you see a really good equipment upgrade, you can afford to splurge for it, and the top-tier runestones may be worth buying as well. In any case, buy lockpicks wherever you see them, if you can afford to: the number of them in the game is sharply limited.

[Earth]

at beginning you don't have much money or sellable items but after few missions you'll have nice amount of money and sellable stuff, some sellers (like 1 excentric wizard) are quite 1 time visit but nothing important on those.

[The Reverend]

Thanks!

 

I assume that most of the scarabs that the quartermaster sells are worth buying as well?

[Randomizer]

Most of them are depending what you do. Early on they are a great deal for dexterity to avoid attacks. Blink can help move to a better position.

[Earth]

not maybe all are usable but most (depending on difficulty you play).