HOMM4: Million-GP Auction

[theLuckyDragon]

Shouldn't we have had some miraculous feat of summoning performed on All Hallow's Eve in order to impress us?

Otherwise, the Full Moon is on Sunday.

[Kalah]

I'll summon up something for the next RTW...

[ThunderTitan]

Yess! Got my ring! My equipment is complete, moahahahaaaa....

My Chaos collection is more trendy.

[Vlad976]

I wonder if Adamantine Armor plating would do me any good.

[asandir]

Well you can't have my shield!!!

[gravyluvr]

Post #1 has been updated!

This is how the cashflow is set up for the final lot...

Everyone takes their cashflow left after Lot #14...

Tao Jones=43560, Banedon=34500, mytical=25000, Gaidal Cain=24000, Orfinn=21400, Pitsu=14800, Sir William S Titan=8785, Vlad976=8000, wimfrits=7510, Pepak=6190, Milla aka. The Slayer=2900, DaemianLucifer=1849, stefan.urlus=850, Kalah=640, ThunderTitan=440.

Then across the board everyone gets $4000 added...

And... each person gets 100 for each item won in the auction!

First... the bonuses which would have been cool if they had played...

Fyl won a Horseshoe tournament
Echo_ won a poker tournament with the Gambler's Deck

And now for the REAL "Hidden" Bonuses:

Gaidal Cain saved 3100 gold pieces thanks to the Purse of Penny Pinching!
Wimfrits traded crystal earned from the Crystal Figurine for 500 Gold Pieces!
Kalah's Sack of Gold came with 750 gold pieces!
Sir William S Titan's Purse of Gold and Bag of Gold came with 250 and 500 gold Pieces!
But... The Grail was taxed 1000 Gold Pieces (a gift to Pandora)!
And... Pepak has been awarded 883 Gold Pieces for paying the most for any one object in the auction!

So we have 722693 spent so far
200424 Cashflow from the 15 left
60000 in 4K bonus to each of the 15
10900 for 109 items won by the 15
5983 for the "Hidden" Bonuses

Add them all up and you have 1,000,000 Gold Pieces!

Here is everyone's cashflow!

Banedon=38800, DaemianLucifer=7149, Gaidal Cain=32000, Kalah=6490, Milla aka. The Slayer=7600, mytical=29400, Orfinn=25800, Pepak=11473, Pitsu=19300, Sir William S Titan=13335, stefan.urlus=5450, Tao Jones=47760, ThunderTitan=6740, Vlad976=12900, and wimfrits=13110.

Let the Bidding Begin!

, Wand of Illusion, Minor, Right Hand, Casts the Create Illusion spell. The wand begins each combat with 4 spell points and regenerates 2 spell points per round.
, Crest of Valor, Treasure, Miscellaneous, Gives all friendly targets +1 morale.
, Leather, Item, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 5.
, Four Leaf Clover, Treasure, Miscellaneous, All friendly targets get +1 luck.
, Plate Mail, Item, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 10. It also decreases movement by 2 and increases the casting cost of all spells by 2 spell points.
, Druid's Chain, Minor, Neck, Increases the hero's Summoning skill by 1 level if the hero has the skill. Otherwise, it acts as the Basic Summoning skill.
, Logbook of the Master Sailor, Minor, Left Hand, Increases a hero's movement over the sea by 25%.
, Brazier of Sulfur, Minor, Miscellaneous, Gives +1 sulfur per day when equipped by a hero.
, Medal of Honor, Minor, Neck, All friendly targets get +2 morale.
, Gem Casket, Minor, Miscellaneous, Gives +1 gem per day when equipped by a hero.
, Statesman's Medal, Minor, Neck, Increases the hero's Diplomacy skill by 10% if the hero has the skill. Otherwise, it acts as the Basic Diplomacy skill.
, Cloak of Distraction, Minor, Shoulders, The hero ignores the threat area of enemy troops.
, Crown of Enchantment , Minor , Head, The hero can cast mind spells on creatures who are normally immune to mind spells (negated by the Mind Shield).
, Maranthea's Mug, Major, Miscellaneous, Gives all friendly targets +3 morale.
, Saint Ranan's Staff, Major, Two-Handed, Doubles the effect of all healing spells. Resurrects 20% of all killed creatures after cpmbat, fractions always rounded down. Uses both the left and right hand slots.
, Poison Arrow, Minor, Miscellaneous, Creatures struck by the hero's ranged attack are Poisoned, same as the Death spell.
, Staff of Power, Major, Two-Handed, Reduces the cost of all spells by 1/3. The minimumum spell cost is 1 point. Uses both the left and right hand slots.
, Armor of Death, Major, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 20, and also grants them Life Ward.
, Brimstone Breastplate, Major, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 20, and also grants them Fire Shield.
, Scale Mail of Strength, Major, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 10, and also increases their Melee and Ranged Attack by 10.
, Guildmaster's Compendium, Major, Left Hand, Contains all fourth level spells. The hero must have the appropriate magic skills to cast the spells.
, Axe of Legends, Major, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack by 8. Friendly targets gain +40% melee and ranged damage.
, Boots of the Explorer, Major, Feet, Gives an army the ability to ignore all movement penalties.
, Ring of Permanency, Minor, Ring, All friendly targets are immune to Dispel, Cancellation, and Steal Enchantment.
, Boots of Travel, Major, Feet, Gives an army +50% movement on land.
, Ring of Greater Negation, Relic, Ring, All spell immunities and protections are negated for all creatures and heroes, friend and foe alike.
, Neener's Invulnerable Cloak, Relic, Shoulders, The hero gains 100% magic resistance.
, Adamantine Armor, Relic, Torso, Increases the hero's Melee and Ranged Defense by 50.
, True Gryphonheart Blade, Relic, Right Hand, Increases the hero's Melee Attack and Melee Defense by 8. It also increases the Melee Attack of all friendly creatures by 40%. Only a Gryphonheart can use it in battle.

[Kalah]

Kalah's Sack of Gold came with 750 gold pieces!

Yey!

I'll open for the Ring of Greater Negation, Neener's Cloak, the Boots of the Explorer and the True Gryphonheart Blade.

Also, I'd like to enter a bid of 500 for the Adamantine Armour.

[asandir]

I got the least left of anyone but at least it's still 5k or so

Open for Poison Arrow, Maranthea's Mug, Boots of Travel and Crest of Valor

[Mytical]

I'll Open for Saint Ranan's Staff,

[Gaidal Cain]

Gaidal Cain saved 3100 gold pieces thanks to the Purse of Penny Pinching!

Best purchase ever

Mara's mug 1000

Boots of travel 5000

Medal of honour 1000

Staff of power 1000

Brimstone breastplate 1000

Boots of the explorer 1000

Ring of greater negation 1000

Neener's cloak 1000

And this goes out to Kalah:
Druid's chain 650

[asandir]

Boots of travel 5000

thanks a lot

[Mytical]

Lets go boots of travel 6000.

[Gaidal Cain]

I don't think I'll get it that cheap. The gloves went for over 10k...

[asandir]

I know, but did ya have to effectively count me out of it in one foul swoop? Ya coulda let me dream for a while longer

[Vlad976]

Adamantine Armor 2500

[Pitsu]

Ring of greater negation 2500
Marantheas mug 1500
medal of honour 1500
4 leaf clover 500
crest of valor 500
boots of travel 6500

[Mytical]

boots of travel 7000

[Fyl]

well, good luck to the remaining bidders, I'm sorry I've missed it

[gravyluvr]

I am operating this Last Lot similar to the previous lots. Updates will typically be three times a week. Items will go in this order:

Waiting for a bid
Bold items have changed since auctioneers last post
no change in price since last post
Italic items are in final bids (the going once, twice, etc)
BoldItalic LAST CALL FOR BIDS
Bold Underlined items have sold since auctioneers last post
Underlined items are recently sold items

I will keep everything in or until we get opening bids on everything. Once that happens if an item goes an update without a bid, it will escalate. Once an item goes or it will stay that way on the next update if raises have been made. If not... goes which goes !!!!

NOTE: THE SCROLL IS NOT FOR SALE. IT SNUCK IN THERE.

Just a note: This is the most entertaining part of the auction.

We have 15 players and all 15 are in very unique positions.

Tao Jones=47760 is the chip leader and has the ability to price out items from the other players.
Banedon=38800 is the chaser and can price out anyone below AND more importantly take over the cheapo lead when Tao makes a move!

Gaidal Cain=32000 mytical=29400 Orfinn=25800
The Lead Group - is known for setting the value bids on almost all the items. They can force the leader and chaser into a decision and since most of the time the leader and chaser are both trying to put distance between themselves and the lead group will have a tendency to bid versus each other until the chip leaders get bored or enamored with the shiny object in front of them.

Pitsu=19300 is the "Runt" of the Lead Group and will price objects to either force the chip stack into the lead group OR to make a good buy and become part of the "pack."

Sir William S Titan=13335 wimfrits=13110 vlad976=12900 Pepak=11473
The Pack! They each still have enough cash to be dangerous but can't afford their favorite artifact as long as the lead group is buying. Will either get frustrated about not getting the boots and cloak that they throw an 8000 bid on the Gem Casket... OR they price everything good up to the lead group to get more players into their pack.

Milla aka. The Slayer=7600 DaemianLucifer=7149 ThunderTitan=6740 Kalah=6490
The Poor Little Devils (This actually fits this group to a "T")! For a while, they have only two powers granted by the Auction Gods. First, they have the power to bump which annoys all the folks who have been saving their precious precious and forces them to raise in order to protect the value price of any object they value whatsoever (it drives them nuts to spend money before someone else)! Second (and what shall be the fun part) they have a knack for annoying each other!!! At any given time the big fish of the little pond can price out all the other devils thus in one fell swoop making all the other poor little devils even more willing to throw their cash under the bus to get that one last object! The only more fun will be when Mytikal buys something and joins this Motley Crew!

stefan.urlus=5450 LAST AND LEAST is the "can" who "can" open a bid until someone comes along and kicks the can! Luckily for this "can" eventually someone else becomes the can and you finally get to kick it!


Stefan - I would be putting out a bid for 5450 on and .

While you can't bid them all at once (I will be trying to track that this time), you can effectively launch the price above your limit to effectively "move" the product price up so that you have a better chance to score a good purchase by keeping your fellow members priced on the product line!

[Sir William S Titan]

Marantheas mug 2000
medal of honour 2000