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Stalker0 said:Keep in mind that magic has been greatly decreased in 4e.
I really don't think so. Magic missile all day?
Stalker0 said:Keep in mind that magic has been greatly decreased in 4e.
Magic Missile all day,pawsplay said:I really don't think so. Magic missile all day?
pawsplay said:I really don't think so. Magic missile all day?
It is a perfectly valid world-building choice to decide that's the case, and let PCs undercut the market. The DM will then have to decide where the market stabilizes, somewhere between salvage cost and creation cost, and he'll have to deal with the fallout of PCs being able to acquire optimized magic gear much more easily than by default, but if a DM wants to do that, the world will make perfect sense that way.gizmo33 said:Maybe they are insane. Something's missing here. If people will pay 5,000 gp for an item, but they can only sell it to the faceless merchants for 1,000, then what's to stop a player from putting out the word that they'll buy said items for 2,000 and sell it for 4,000? It seems to me to be a no-brainer that you've got 2,000 easy gps coming to you just because the NPCs are foolish.
drjones said:Kraydak said:As it happens, setting up an eBay clone should be quite doable in DnD. Magic can provide the rapid communication/transport that eBay runs off of.
Man, I am not a grognard but this sentence just made me puke in my hat.
Ximenes088 said:And if the DM doesn't want that? The PCs advertise what they've got, Duke B'beg comes over, kicks them around, and takes it.
Don't you mean epic? (Har har)Andor said:From what we know of the tiers I'm guessing a group would have to be late paragon to early epic to set this up. They'd make a fortune and utterly change the setting for the better. Sounds heroic to me.
Pawsplay said:Except this is 4e, so Duke B'beg is a balanced encounter.
JohnSnow said:As people have said, the rule is there for game balance. Based on the magic items article, you're essentially sacrificing 1 point of "bonus" when you trade-in something. So, the PC who really wants a flaming axe can trade that +2 frost sword he just found a replacement for in to get a +1 flaming axe. is it fair to argue he should sacrifice 1 point of bonus to be able to customize his gear to that degree? Personally, given those comparisons, I think it's a fair trade, gp value aside.
MyISPHatesENWorld said:But, in the hands of a DM that wants to item railroad a player into playing a certain class the 'right' way, the system gives the player no chance to recover (e.g. a cleric that likes to whack things with their halberd never finding any nice halberds but getting heal/buff items all the time as his above character level items).