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In the diverse and often fractious realms of Faerûn, trade flows not only through rivers and roadways, but also through the tangled webs of regulation spun by each city-state, province, and guild-dominated territory. These authorities often impose tariffs—whether to protect local industries, fund defensive walls, or simply fill coffers—which impact the final cost of goods traded across borders.

For the Waterdeep Trading Company and its peers, applying these surcharges manually is a recipe for inefficiency and inconsistency. Instead, the company relies on the pricing engine to automatically apply margin-based pricing adjustments. These adjustments ensure that tariff costs are accounted for transparently and fairly at the time of sale or quotation.

This article explains how margin pricing works, how to configure it, and why it is essential for maintaining profitability when tariffs are involved.

What Are Margin-Based Pricing Adjustments?

Margin pricing adjusts the final sales price of a product by applying a target profit margin over a known cost. In the case of tariffs, these adjustments often include:

A fixed markup to cover expected border fees or import duties
A percentage-based increase over the base cost of the product
Location-specific surcharges tied to trade routes, zones, or cities

Tariff-aware pricing is especially critical in cities like Zhentil Keep, Calimport, or Amn, where merchant councils or rulers impose steep levies on foreign goods.

Why Margin Pricing Matters in a Tariffed Economy

Using the pricing engine for tariff-aware adjustments provides several benefits:

Automation: Prices adjust automatically based on the destination, customer group, or delivery warehouse.
Compliance: Ensures that tariffs are passed on to customers rather than absorbed as margin erosion.
Transparency: Sales agents and customers alike can see that pricing varies by region due to legal and logistical reasons.
Competitiveness: Adjusting margins dynamically enables the company to remain profitable while still offering competitive prices in less regulated markets.

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Components of a Tariff-Aware Pricing Setup

To implement tariff-based margin pricing, the Waterdeep Trading Company configures the following:

Cost Price Setup

This includes the landed cost of goods, including freight, handling, and vendor cost.
For imports from Baldur’s Gate into Calimshan, this may also include bribes and “unofficial entry fees.”

Margin Pricing Rules

Set at the item, item group, or category level.
Vary based on the customer’s location, tariff group, or shipping method.

Tariff Groups

Created to group cities or provinces with similar duties.
Assigned to delivery locations or sales territories.

Sales Price Adjustments

Configured in the pricing engine using trade agreements or price simulations.
Include tiered pricing based on cost plus margin.

Worked Example: Selling Cloaks into Calimport

Let’s assume the Waterdeep Trading Company is selling enchanted cloaks from its Silverymoon workshop. The base cost per cloak is 45.00 FSD. The company aims to maintain a 25% margin in normal cities, but must apply an additional 15% to account for Calimport’s magical goods import tariff.

Tariff groups in this case are applied to determine the final price through the margin pricing policy tied to destination city-states.

Realms-Aware Considerations

Different regions in Faerûn may use tariffs for wildly different purposes. In some cities, tariffs fund sanitation and roads. In others, they line the pockets of merchant princes or enforce protectionism.

Notable Examples:

Amn uses tariffs to fund their merchant navy.
Thay applies tariffs based on magical aura ratings of enchanted goods.
Luskan offers tariff waivers in exchange for smuggling contracts.

Using the pricing engine allows you to adapt your pricing strategy to the political and economic landscape of each territory.

Navigating the Unpredictable World of Tariff Pricing

Even the most finely-tuned pricing engine cannot account for the whims of Faerûn’s merchant lords, border guards, or arcane auditors. Tariffs are living creatures—shifting with the seasons, manipulated by guild politics, or waived on a noble’s drunken promise. To bring this unpredictability into your simulations, the Waterdeep Trading Company employs random roll tables.

These tables introduce chaos, challenge, and realism to trade scenarios by simulating tariff fluctuations, bribe opportunities, and pricing engine anomalies. Whether used during training exercises, economic simulations, or tabletop commerce campaigns, these rolls provide rich variability to any margin pricing strategy.

This table adds dynamic fluctuation to tariffs based on the current mood of the city-state, economic need, or political climate.

If the trader attempts to negotiate or bypass tariffs through “other means.”

When using automation, mishaps can occur. Use this to simulate pricing miscalculations due to magical interference or bureaucratic error.

Adding dice tables to tariff-aware pricing creates an immersive and unpredictable element for trade campaigns or test scenarios. Whether used in a Faerûnian pricing simulation or during a tabletop logistics challenge, these random events challenge even the most seasoned merchant clerks and pricing wizards.

Final Thoughts

In a realm where trade is taxed as much by swords as by scrolls, margin-based pricing adjustments ensure that your business remains profitable and adaptable. With the pricing engine configured to account for tariffs, the Waterdeep Trading Company not only meets local compliance but maintains a strategic edge in every market.

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The True Price of Trade: Calculating Landed Cost in Faerûn

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July 9, 2025

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In the thriving trade cities of Waterdeep, Baldur’s Gate, and beyond, merchants often find themselves at a loss not from theft or misadventure but from failing to account for the true cost of their imports. That’s where understanding landed cost comes in.

Whether you’re bringing in saffron from Calimshan, dwarven steel from Mithral Hall, or elven wine from the Salington Vinyards, knowing your full landed cost is the difference between profit and peril.

What Is Landed Cost

Landed cost is the total expense incurred to bring a product from its source to its final destination not just the vendor’s price. It includes:

Base purchase cost
Transport fees (caravan, barge, airship, or teleportation)
Import duties and tariffs
Handling, inspection, and insurance
Security (escorts, guards, bribes if necessary)
Currency exchange losses or fees
Magical sealing, warding, or scrying

These additional costs accumulate through every step of the product’s journey and they must be calculated if a merchant is to determine the real price of their inventory.

Sample Landed Cost Breakdown: A Faerûnian Case Study

Let’s say the Waterdeep Trading Company imports Sake Rage from Salington Vinyards in Neverwinter.

A merchant who sells the sake based solely on the 260 FSD supplier price may think they’re earning 20 percent margin. In truth they may barely break even or worse.

Why Landed Cost Matters

Proper Pricing Without it prices are based on illusion not reality
Trade Route Evaluation Understanding which routes magical or mundane offer better margins
Profitability Forecasting A true picture of earnings requires full cost awareness
Product Comparison Knowing full cost helps compare multiple suppliers not just their invoice price

Common Faerûnian Costs to Consider

Best Practices for Faerûnian Merchants

Track each cost layer no matter how small Even a 5 FSD handling fee can add up across shipments
Use standard units like FSD per crate or bottle for consistency
Build buffer margins into your pricing to account for lost goods taxes or delays
Plan seasonally Snow in the Spine of the World Expect freight delays and added guard fees
Maintain supplier scorecards with both base and landed cost to spot hidden costs

Final Thoughts

In the end savvy trade in Faerûn isn’t about knowing the lowest price it’s about understanding the total price. Whether your goods travel by foot hoof keelboat or leyline calculating landed cost is your secret weapon in staying competitive and profitable.

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How the Waterdeep Trading Company Manages Magical and Mundane Inventory Valuation

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June 3, 2025

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The Waterdeep Trading Company (WDTC) doesn’t just traffic in grain sacks and crossbow bolts. From spell-scrolls to silks, it handles a sprawling catalog of goods that straddle two very different economic planes: the mundane and the magical. And if there’s one thing Greta Ironfist has learned over the years, it’s this: you cannot value a crate of pickles the same way you value a Potion of Invisibility.

In this post, we explore how WDTC uses multi-ledger inventory valuation in Microsoft Dynamics 365 to accurately represent the true cost and value of its wildly diverse product lines.

The Problem: Two Economies, One Ledger?

Most trading companies operate within a single economic model. Standard costing methods like FIFO or Weighted Average are enough when you’re just shipping barrels of oil or bundles of lumber.

But for WDTC, the reality is more complex:

Mundane goods like iron nails or flour operate on predictable market logic.
Magical goods fluctuate based on arcane scarcity, planar trade politics, or adventuring trends.

Using a single valuation method across both types would either overstate the value of cheap goods or understate the risk in magical inventory.

The Solution: Valuation by Product Class in Dynamics 365

Using item model groups and inventory valuation methods, WDTC configured Dynamics 365 to assign different costing logic based on product category:

Example: Cloak vs Crate

Let’s break down two sales scenarios:

Cloak of the Emberward (Magical Item)

Purchase Cost (initial): 250 gp
Market spike after a regional fire elemental outbreak
Revaluation: 300 gp
Selling Price: 450 gp
Costing Method: Moving Average
Margin: 150 gp

Crate of Iron Nails (Mundane Item)

Purchase Cost: 10 gp
Stable demand across regions
Selling Price: 15 gp
Costing Method: FIFO
Margin: 5 gp

This separation ensures that magical price volatility does not distort the margin reports of common products, and vice versa.

Why It Matters to WDTC

Accurate financial reporting by product class
Better guild compliance when reporting to trade unions and arcane oversight bodies
Risk visibility for magical goods with erratic supply chains
Profit segmentation that separates stable trade income from speculative arcane revenue

Regional Valuation Adjustments

Faerûn isn’t one economy. It’s dozens. Prices vary by city, faction, and even by time of year.

For instance, Elixir of Haste sells at:

200 gp in Waterdeep
300 gp in Icewind Dale
150 gp in Calimport

WDTC uses financial dimensions tied to region to track where margins are highest. This allows Greta to reroute magical inventory dynamically and ensure magical surplus in saturated markets is reallocated before losses hit the books.

Final Thoughts

Managing two economies under one roof is no easy task. But with the right inventory valuation configuration in Dynamics 365, the Waterdeep Trading Company turns complexity into clarity.

So next time you’re weighing whether to ship a box of rope or a case of scrolls, ask yourself: do you know what it’s really worth, and how it affects your ledger?

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Navigating Taxes and Tariffs in Waterdeep: A Guide for the Waterdeep Trading Company

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May 28, 2025

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Waterdeep, the City of Splendors, is the crown jewel of trade along the Sword Coast. Its robust infrastructure, bustling markets, and magical commerce attract merchants from every corner of Faerûn. However, these opportunities come with significant responsibilities. Trade within the city is tightly regulated, and businesses must comply with a comprehensive and often complex system of taxes, tariffs, and guild fees.

For the Waterdeep Trading Company (WDTC), compliance with these financial obligations is not just about avoiding penalties. It is a fundamental part of how the company operates and thrives.

Understanding the Tax Landscape in Waterdeep

The economy of Waterdeep is shaped by policies enacted by the Lords of Waterdeep, enforced by trade guilds, and influenced by arcane regulators. Taxes cover everything from standard sales to magical services and imported goods. Below are the key types of taxes and fees businesses face:

How WDTC Manages Tax Compliance

The Waterdeep Trading Company uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to integrate tax compliance into every aspect of its financial operations. This ensures that taxes are accurately applied, transparently recorded, and automatically posted at the point of transaction.

Automated Tax Application

Each tax type is configured as a distinct code or group within the system. These are applied to sales orders, purchase orders, and inventory transactions based on product classification and trade channel. This reduces manual entry and improves audit readiness.

Smart Product Classification

WDTC assigns all items to tax groups that reflect their economic category. For example:

Enchanted items fall under the magic group
Jewelry and fine fabrics are categorized under luxury
General goods are classified under standard groups

This categorization ensures that the correct tax rates are applied automatically during sales and purchasing processes.

Landed Cost Tracking for Imports

Imported goods are subject to various tariffs and duties. WDTC utilizes the Landed Cost module in Dynamics 365 to accurately track and allocate these costs across the items being received. This ensures the company always has a clear picture of true inventory value and profitability.

Budgeting for Unofficial Overhead

While not recognized in formal tax records, certain transactions require what are diplomatically referred to as “negotiation fees.” These are handled with discretion and tracked within internal budgets to maintain operational agility in bureaucratic environments.

Tax Strategy as a Growth Enabler

Rather than treating tax as a burden, the Waterdeep Trading Company approaches it as a source of control and insight. Their tax configuration supports accurate reporting, supports pricing strategies, and ensures compliance across all trade activity.

This level of discipline allows the company to operate confidently within Waterdeep’s competitive and heavily regulated marketplace. It also lays the groundwork for expansion into other city-states with similarly complex trade policies.

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Budgeting in Faerûn: How the Waterdeep Trading Company Plans Its Coin

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May 15, 2025

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Budgeting doesn’t get the same attention as dragon-slaying or spell-slinging, but if you ask Greta Ironfist, it’s what keeps the doors open and the swords sharp. At the Waterdeep Trading Company, budgeting is how we make sure every gold piece has a job to do.

Let’s walk through how you can set up and use budgeting in Dynamics 365 Finance, with a few examples from our favorite trade hub on the Sword Coast.

Why Budgeting Is More Than Just Ledger Scrolls

Running a growing trading company means managing costs across different wards, cities, and sometimes even planes. Whether you’re buying spell ink in Waterdeep or renting a wagon in Elturel, you need a plan.

With Dynamics 365, budgeting helps you:

Forecast future expenses
Prevent overspending
Align your spend with goals like expansion or inventory restocking

Creating a Budget Register Entry

A budget register entry is where you define how much money you’re allocating and where it’s going. This can be done by department, cost center, or project.

Here’s what Greta’s FY25 budget register might look like:

You can create these manually or import from Excel. It’s especially helpful when you’re dealing with dozens of departments and hundreds of accounts.

Setting Up Budget Control Rules

Budget control lets you apply rules that prevent spending over budget. You can set this up to stop transactions or just warn the user.

Here’s how we’ve configured ours:

This makes sure field teams don’t accidentally order 10 crates of holy water when they only need two.

Allocating Budgets Over Time

Not all costs hit at once. Some budgets, like the one for magical research or training, might be spread across the year.

Equal Monthly Allocation Example

You can also do weighted allocations if you expect spikes during busy seasons, like Greengrass or the Day of Wonders.

Reporting and Variance Tracking

Now that your budget is in the system, it’s easy to track how you’re doing. With the help of Power BI or built-in reports, you can compare budget to actuals.

Sample Variance Report

This kind of visibility lets Greta make smarter decisions and redirect funds when needed.

Final Thoughts

Budgeting in Faerûn is not just about counting coins. It’s about making sure your resources are lined up with your ambitions. Whether you’re building a new warehouse in Baldur’s Gate or launching a supply run to Icewind Dale, having your budgets set in Dynamics 365 means you can move with confidence.

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Top 10 Most Profitable Magical Products in the Sword Coast

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In the bustling cities of the Sword Coast—from Waterdeep’s merchant squares to the shady alleys of Luskan—one thing is clear: magic sells. Whether you’re a potion purveyor, an arcane gear supplier, or an enchanted scroll distributor, knowing which magical products bring the highest margins is critical for growth.

In this post, we’re using Dynamics 365’s Product Profitability Reports, Item Sales Margins, and Sales by Product Category to reveal the top 10 most profitable magical items currently moving through the Faerûnian economy.

How We Calculated Profitability

We pulled data from the Waterdeep Trading Company’s Dynamics 365 environment, combining:

Sales revenue from the Order to Cash module
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) via Inventory Valuation
Gross Margin % based on item group (Magical Items, Potions, Scrolls, etc.)

Profit = (Sales – COGS) × Volume Sold

Top 10 Magical Products by Profit

Key Insights for Inventory & Trade Managers

Healing Potions dominate—they’re cheap to produce, high in volume, and in constant demand. Set reorder thresholds in your Item Coverage settings.
Arcane Saddles are low-volume, high-margin—ideal candidates for Trade Agreements with aerial suppliers and custom production runs.
Scrolls offer recurring revenue—track parchment, ink, and scribing labor as bundled production cost drivers.
Teleportation services represent a unique product-as-a-service model—handled as a non-stock item but linked to high-value invoicing and permit records.

Dynamics 365 Tips to Track Magical Profitability

Use Item Groups and Product Categories to segment magical vs. mundane goods.
Enable Standard Costing or FIFO for better margin clarity on alchemical and enchanted items.
Run the “Gross Margin by Product” report in Cost Management > Inquiries and Reports.
Tag products with attributes like Arcane Level, Guild Certification, or Spell School to enable dimensional profitability analysis.

What’s Next?

If you’re a trading company operating across Faerûn, your profit isn’t just about what you sell—it’s about knowing what sells best, to whom, and how consistently. With Dynamics 365, you have the tools to track product-level performance across every district, ward, and plane.

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Tracking Trade in the Realms: Faerûn Price Indexes

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April 21, 2025

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In the cities and farmlands of Faerûn, trade flows like water through the continent—vital, ever-changing, and affected by forces both natural and magical. To help traders, governments, and guilds make sense of this dynamic economy, the Faerûnian Commodities Exchange (FCEX) and its regional partners maintain a set of Faerûn Price Indexes (FPIs)—standardized benchmarks that track the value of common goods across the continent.

Whether you’re a merchant prince in Calimport or a dwarven brewer in Citadel Adbar, understanding price indexes can help you make better decisions, hedge against regional volatility, and forecast your next profitable move.

What Is a Price Index?

A price index is a numerical value representing the average price level of a selected group of goods over time. In Faerûn, each index is tied to a commodity category and adjusts based on:

Supply and demand
Regional scarcity or abundance
Seasonal factors
Political or magical disruptions

Price indexes allow merchants and record-keepers in Dynamics 365 Finance to automate price adjustments, simulate market events, and guide inventory valuation.

The Core Faerûn Price Indexes

These indexes are recalculated monthly and regionally, using weighted average pricing from participating exchanges.

Here are the primary FPIs maintained by FCEX:

Example: Price Calculation Using FPI

Let’s say you’re trading wheat in Baldur’s Gate. The FPI-GRNS is currently at 108.0. The base price per bushel is 1.00 gp, and the current regional modifier is +5% (due to local demand).

Final Price = Base Price × (FPI / 100) × (1 + Regional Modifier)

Calculation:

1.00 × (108 / 100) × (1 + 0.05) = 1.134 gp per bushel

Thus, the trader should price wheat at 1.13 gp per bushel in current market conditions.

Magical & Seasonal Adjustments

Faerûnian indexes are also responsive to magical anomalies and seasonal trends. For example:

Winter: +10% to grain and livestock indexes
Festival Month (Mirtul): +15% to Moonshine Index
Arcane Drought in Thay: +20% to Alchemical Index

These modifiers can be simulated in Dynamics 365 using Price Adjustment Journals linked to market events or custom financial dimensions.

Dynamics 365 Integration Example

In Dynamics 365 Finance, FPIs can be integrated using:

Trade Agreements for commodity contracts
Inventory Revaluation Journals for cost layer updates
Price Simulation Models using seasonal and regional modifiers
Procurement Policies to enforce index-based pricing

You can even create a custom Price Index table to adjust costs across product hierarchies automatically.

Sample Commodity Index Table

Building a Resilient Economy with FPIs

Using Faerûn Price Indexes provides:

Transparency in trade
Fair valuation across regions
Simulation of economic events
Seamless integration into ERP systems

Whether you’re a guild accountant or a caravan master, understanding the FPIs is essential for navigating the financial landscape of the realms.

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Beyond Coin: Managing Livestock Currency in Faerûn

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April 18, 2025

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In Faerûn, wealth isn’t just held in coin—it bleats, moos, and occasionally tries to escape from the back of a cart. While cities like Waterdeep rely heavily on minted currency, rural economies and frontier settlements often prefer bartering with livestock, especially sheep and cows, as their primary medium of exchange. In these markets, currency management goes far beyond decimal places and exchange rates—it’s measured in hooves and wool.

Trading Livestock: The Art of the Barter Deal

Sheep and cows are among the most commonly traded animals across Faerûn. Instead of fixed coin prices, their value is often expressed in livestock equivalents or agreed-upon barter deals. For example, a farmer in Daggerford might offer 3 sheep for 1 milk cow, while a merchant in Silverymoon agrees to trade 2 cows for a refurbished wagon and a barrel of smoked fish.

Barter agreements like these introduce valuation risks—a form of unrealized gain or loss if the agreed deal differs from market value at settlement.

Example:

If Greta Ironfist agrees to trade 1 cow (normally valued at 12 gp) for 10 sheep (normally valued at 1 gp each), she’s made a paper gain of 2 gp—but only if she manages to offload those sheep at market value. If the market crashes and sheep drop to 0.8 gp each, she’s suddenly facing a realized loss of 4 gp.

Tracking Unrealized Gains & Losses in Dynamics 365

Using Dynamics 365 Finance, organizations can manage livestock like any asset class, and track fluctuations through barter transactions:

Configure posting profits to book gains/losses into:

8150 – Unrealized Currency Gains
8200 – Realized Currency Gains
1400 – Livestock Inventory (customized by type)

Sheep Equivalency Table

To help standardize barter pricing, many trading companies and farming cooperatives use equivalency tables. These values adjust seasonally, but the table below offers a standard baseline used by the Waterdeep Trading Company:

These equivalencies are often posted on chalkboards in guild halls and auction houses, with exchange rates adjusted based on region, season, and demand.

Livestock Valuation Strategy in Faerûn

Using barter pricing as the standard means the value of livestock acts like floating currency, influenced by:

War or Famine: Raises cow values, lowers sheep (if feed is short)
Seasonal Demand: High wool prices in winter increase sheep value
Regional Trade Routes: Supply constraints affect prices dramatically

In D365, livestock can be managed with inventory journals that reflect changes in expected barter value. These changes trigger unrealized gains or losses until settlement occurs—when those numbers become very real on the books.

Final Thoughts: Counting Sheep in the Ledger

Managing currency in Faerûn isn’t just a matter of coins—it’s about contracts and creatures. By treating livestock as movable wealth, Faerûnian traders and companies like the Waterdeep Trading Company bring agility and realism to their accounting.

When you track sheep like silver and cows like coin, the only limit is how fast your ledgers—and your livestock—can move.

Ready to track your herd and harvest your profits? Download the Advanced Dungeons & Dynamics 365 Bare Bones Configuration Guides at adnd365.com/start and bring order to your beasts.