That seems to be the consensus in some old threads at GITP. Apparently, 1000 GP is the officially listed price in the Player’s Handbook. They also note that the price tag joke first appeared a while back, before the Azure City battle. And someone joked that perhaps Redcloak kept the price tag on so he could return it after the battle.
Edit – upon reading the thread, looks like I missed something subtle in that comic panel. 
Yep. The prices for nonmagical equipment in 3.5 is really kind of messed up and inconsistent, and the prices for magical equipment, while consistent, have little bearing on reality.
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Um, oops. 
I meant that while they’re internally consistent, they have little to do with the world in which they’re set, that reality. Certain magic items can buy you an entire kingdom, and yet they’re easier to create than nonmagic items like armor.
And the spyglass is only 2x magnification!
But weren’t spyglasses very expensive back in our days? So it kinda makes sense that they cost a lot.
Making spyglasses magically should be easy.
Consider that, by 3.5 rules, for the same price as a telescope that lets me see twice as far, I can get a piece of cloth enchanted so that it will stop arrows, and I think you’ll see where us D&D geeks are coming from on this issue.
To be fair, the magic items aren’t really priced sensibly either, even in relation to each other. Check out the price tag on a Ring of Regeneration some time, and try to tell me how it makes sense.
The new one is up! I want an ‘O-Chul Rules School’ t-shirt, and I want it bad.
I hope that “Xykon is still hurt” doesn’t become a plot point, as the 3 evil clerics left for no particular reason without casting any inflict spells. Mr Stffly rocks though.
And I’m not much of a D&D maven, but how can Redcloak cast “Word of Recall” when Mr Stiffly has got his amulet?
Even Belkar would have to admit that was pretty badass.
For those of us unfamiliar with D&D lore, can somebody explain the signifigance of losing an eye in regards to casting spells and explain what a “word of recall” is?
Word of recall, unlike most of his other spells, does not require a focus. It’s designed as a “spell of last resort.”
Man, O-Chul is badass. I like the fact that he was hit with a Disintegrate spell and all he had to show for it was a single scratch on his cheek.
Losing an eye will have no real effect on his spellcasting abilities, but it’ll probably smart a bit.
“Word of Recall” is a clerical spell in which the caster establishes a single, fixed (and presumably safe) location as his “home”, where he can be instantly teleported to after speaking a single word. It’s a way of getting out of a serious jam, but you can only use it to get to your designated spot - and not back.
If Redcloak was smart - and he is - he probably prepared a “safe room” in the castle for this very purpose.
True, true. But at least there’s a historical foundation (in our world) for it being so expensive.
losing an eye won’t, losing his holy focus will. Is the phylactery/amulet thingy alsi Redcloaks focus?
I think the main significance here is that Redcloak’s brother lost an eye in the paladin attack that killed the rest of their family and village and left Redcloak as the bearer of the, er, red cloak. Xykon has no patience with learning names, so the brothers identified themselves to him as ‘Redcloak’ and ‘Righteye.’ You’ll note that Redcloak’s remaining eye is his left.
And if you (collective you) haven’t read Start of Darkness to get the full backstory on Redcloak, particularly as relates to his brother, you really, really should.
Yes, yes, it is.