D&D 5E - Teleportation circles costs *how* much?!

50gp only buys 500lbs of wheat if wheat is available. Same goes for sheep and cows. If you can open the portal and bring 2500lbs of wheat through (ie - a draft horse pulling a cart), then sell it for twice the listed rate (ie - in the middle of a desert), then you've just made 200gp. We'll call it 150gp on the assumption that you need to get back again.

And why would you bring through a single cart? 6 seconds and a 10 foot radius should be able to get you multiple cartloads. And you should be able to haul something worthwhile back again - even if it's just sand.

Those ships you chartered cost 10,000-30,000gp each plus the price of the ports to support them and training their crew. Spending 18,000 to get instant secure travel seems like a bargain.

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