Newbie question...Barter

[shadow9d9]

Does the barter skill add up among your party? In other words would having 4 members with a skill of 5 be better than 1 with a skill of 5?

[Marak]

The short answer: Yes.

 

The longer answer: you start off by getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 30% of an item's actual value when selling to vendors. You can incrase this value to roughly 60% by getting 16-20 points in Barter. Obviously, in order to "max out" your sell-to-vendor value, you need to give each PC 4 or 5 points in Barter.

 

I'd also recommend doing it sooner rather than later; yes, you'll be poorer now, but it will make you much richer later, which is important if you want/need to buy new Spells, Level 2 Spells, Steel (or better) equipment, etc.

[Lilith]

Different vendors max out at different levels of Barter, though. You only need a relatively small amount to get the best possible selling prices from a few of them. 20 is probably overkill.