[douglas]

Keep in mind we still have quite a pile of loot to sell and we left off last time right outside that blacksmith/magic shop just about to sell it, so you're about to get quite a bit more money. If you really hate the xp costs that much, you could try to hire it done for twice the gp cost I quoted. That would be subject to Jack's approval, but he seems pretty lenient about this sort of thing.

Edit: Derrel should probably consider something like this, too, if he doesn't already have a +con item. Adventurers can never have too many hit points - makes it a lot harder to drop you to unconscious from full in one round, and gives the healer a little more leeway.