TOPIC: Question RE Jar of Courage Ingredient list

Ack!  I'm packing to leave tomorrow and I'm finding I have questions about combo token ingredients becaue of the english used.<br />I grew up with an English professor as a parent, so I tend to find issues with other people's writings.<br /><br />For the Jar of Courage, the ingredient list in the v5.3 docs is "Ingredients: Turquoise or Aquamarine (gem), Pearl (gem), and 20 GP worth of gold, or<br />Coral (gem), and 10 GP worth of gold."<br /><br />Because of the comman that comes after "and 20 GP worth of gold," the ingredient list breaks down as follows:  <br />Choice 01:  Turquoise or Aquamarine (gem), Pearl (gem), and 20 GP worth of gold<br /><br />OR<br /><br />Choice 02:  Coral (gem), and 10 GP worth of gold<br /><br />Is this what was intended?  For there to be two completely different options for ingredients?<br /><br />Or was that comma NOT supposed to be there so that the ingredient list would read:  <br />Turquoise or Aquamarine (gem), Pearl (gem), and 20 GP worth of gold or Coral (gem), and 10 GP worth of gold<br /><br />Please advise so I know what to pack! <br /><br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />John<br />JKW<br />

Good question, John, unfortunately, I can not answer your question.  :| I agree that, as it is written, the description is ambiguous.  I'd say that if you do not get a responce, to pack for both options. Most of us are on our way to Indy very soon and may not be able to answer your question until you get there.  <br /><br />I'd say that there should be some re-writting of that line. LOL!

I think the goal is two options which total 40GP...<br /><br />So it would be: <br /><br />Choice 01:  Turquoise or Aquamarine (gem), Pearl (gem), and 20 GP worth of gold<br /><br />OR<br /><br />Choice 02:  Coral (gem), and 10 GP worth of gold<br /><br />Just my unofficial thoughts...

I agree, Gary.  I totaled up the costs and discovered what you had, that each option came to 40 GP in value.  So, the comma IS properly placed and remains.  <br /><br />JKW<br />

I was an English major - then found out my NEMISIS professor was the only teacher that taught Shakespear - the last class for a BA.  So I dropped that major and finished with a Psychology BS and a minor in English.  I love Shakespear - don't get me wrong - but there are just some people you need to stay away from in life, and Dr. Murley was one for me.<br /><br />G

I fully admit that I am Engineer, (thus had little to no liberal arts education in college), so I will never claim to have a mastery of the written American English language.  <br /><br />That said, the wording was intended to indicate there were multiple ways to create that token.  I knew I wanted to keep the total cost of ingredients around 40Gp.  I new I wanted to use a gem, preferably blue.  I caught h*ll from the few token addicts to whom I sent my draft combo formula for review, because the single option I had selected was too rare to make the combo easily.  This hopefully explains why you can use one of three different gems, (OK, Coral is not a gem, but...), and enough other stuff (GP) to satisfy the demands of the fey folk we have compounding for us.<br /><br />Dave<br />