Longswords in Faerûn: Why Prices Differ, With Full Bills of Materials

In the markets of Waterdeep and beyond, a sword is never just steel. It is ore, labor, enchantment, guild sanction, and risk bundled into an item that must survive battle and audit alike. The Waterdeep Trading Company prices longswords according to their total cost of creation, adding premiums for scarcity, magical risk, and service guarantees. A mundane blade carries the costs of metal and craft. A +3 blade carries all of that plus rare reagents, arcane labor, failed attempts, and planar licens...