I'm pretty sure everybody can quickly realize that the torch is completely inferior to the Cudgel, yet it's over 10 times the price. I want to make the Torch cheap like the Cudgel is. After all, it's nothing more than buying a Cudgel and lighting it on fire so why not only make it 6 gold more.
Then I can actually afford to make a cheap ass army of peasants with torches and pitchforks. Why go broke to live up to the cliche? Do it for the sake of comedy!