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<blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 7064818" data-attributes="member: 30022"><p>Heh. Cute. As an Economics major, I appreciate the argument. <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>In actuality, my campaigns <em>do</em> have a basic application of supply-and-demand. My players, upon hearing that someone has diamonds for sale, will always sigh heavily and ask how much the NPC is demanding for 300gp worth. Yeah, it's nonsensical... but we assume that the PH is actually using gold values as shorthand for quantity. It's the quantifiable weight of 300gp-value of diamonds in an ideal world where supply is constant and demand is "ordinary". Hence, my players know that if they ever find 300gp of diamonds in our home campaign, it's going to cost them 1,500gp of gold coins (or more!) to obtain them. Call it an 80% transaction cost, or a levy, if you will.</p><p></p><p>...but I do like the way your mind works. I'm going to have to remember that diamonds-common-as-dirt trick...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lancelot, post: 7064818, member: 30022"] Heh. Cute. As an Economics major, I appreciate the argument. :-) In actuality, my campaigns [I]do[/I] have a basic application of supply-and-demand. My players, upon hearing that someone has diamonds for sale, will always sigh heavily and ask how much the NPC is demanding for 300gp worth. Yeah, it's nonsensical... but we assume that the PH is actually using gold values as shorthand for quantity. It's the quantifiable weight of 300gp-value of diamonds in an ideal world where supply is constant and demand is "ordinary". Hence, my players know that if they ever find 300gp of diamonds in our home campaign, it's going to cost them 1,500gp of gold coins (or more!) to obtain them. Call it an 80% transaction cost, or a levy, if you will. ...but I do like the way your mind works. I'm going to have to remember that diamonds-common-as-dirt trick... [/QUOTE]
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