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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7517268" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Possibly the latter. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The Game of Economics wouldn't be the sort-it-out-among-yourselves part, it'd be what would inevitably come right after; when the characters who scored a deal (i.e. buy low) take those items out and try to sell them on the street for more (i.e. sell high).</p><p></p><p>The sort-it-out-among-yourselves part would - given our crew - most likely just end up in a roaring PvP argument that I'd have to step in and referee anyway. In fact that's why we went to the equal-value division method many years ago, to stop (or at least cut down on) the arguments by making it as transparent and fair as we could.</p><p></p><p>I've never played in a game where it wasn't factored in. The draft-choice example I gave earlier was from a game I DMed, and I was dealing with the fallout from that ghastly experiment for about five years.</p><p></p><p>As for "a matter of who wants it"? Everybody wants it. Sure some PCs might get better use out of a given item than others would, but the others would just sell the item and bank the cash. Claiming-to-value puts a fairly hard lid on this, as you can't (successfully) claim what you can't afford unless you can convince another PC to float you a loan or go halfsies with you or whatever.</p><p></p><p>Without this, in a game such as yours I could just have my PC claim all the items; and then anything the rest of the PCs can't talk me out of is mine. I end up stinkin' rich...or dead if they gang up and kill me...and you-as-DM end up with a serious wealth imbalance within the party. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p>Probably, but the good Capn is right in one thing: 3rd-party material by and large doesn't get nearly the exposure that official WotC material gets - which is unfortunate, as sometimes the 3pp stuff is better - and doesn't and can't be included in AL play and the like, for thems as does such. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Lan-"'greed, for lack of a better word, is good' - Wall Street"-efan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7517268, member: 29398"] Possibly the latter. :) The Game of Economics wouldn't be the sort-it-out-among-yourselves part, it'd be what would inevitably come right after; when the characters who scored a deal (i.e. buy low) take those items out and try to sell them on the street for more (i.e. sell high). The sort-it-out-among-yourselves part would - given our crew - most likely just end up in a roaring PvP argument that I'd have to step in and referee anyway. In fact that's why we went to the equal-value division method many years ago, to stop (or at least cut down on) the arguments by making it as transparent and fair as we could. I've never played in a game where it wasn't factored in. The draft-choice example I gave earlier was from a game I DMed, and I was dealing with the fallout from that ghastly experiment for about five years. As for "a matter of who wants it"? Everybody wants it. Sure some PCs might get better use out of a given item than others would, but the others would just sell the item and bank the cash. Claiming-to-value puts a fairly hard lid on this, as you can't (successfully) claim what you can't afford unless you can convince another PC to float you a loan or go halfsies with you or whatever. Without this, in a game such as yours I could just have my PC claim all the items; and then anything the rest of the PCs can't talk me out of is mine. I end up stinkin' rich...or dead if they gang up and kill me...and you-as-DM end up with a serious wealth imbalance within the party. :) Yes. Probably, but the good Capn is right in one thing: 3rd-party material by and large doesn't get nearly the exposure that official WotC material gets - which is unfortunate, as sometimes the 3pp stuff is better - and doesn't and can't be included in AL play and the like, for thems as does such. :) Lan-"'greed, for lack of a better word, is good' - Wall Street"-efan [/QUOTE]
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