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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ppaladin123" data-source="post: 4691298" data-attributes="member: 60923">It'll be tough to do.  The magic ring in question is a level 24 item (worth 525,000) so the players will have to be epic-level or somehow acquire that sum before epic level (it might not be available for sale either). Then there is the problem that the ring only provides the "half-price" benefit once per day and only after a milestone.So..you can only gain the benefit once per day and after two combats the DM deems difficult enough to be considered a milestone. You might be able to make/find several rings but this will add considerably to your business start-up costs.Then you have to answer these questions: How long does it take a rust monster to mature to the age where it can consume an entire magic item? How many magic items can it consume a day? How long does it take for the rust monster to digest a magic item? How often do rust monsters mate? How many rust monsters are produced in a litter? What is the daily upkeep cost for rust monsters thatyou don't kill?example:Rust monsters cannot eat items above 10th level. Once per day you can feed a rust monster a level-10 sword, kill it and make a new level 10-sword using half the residuum collected (after engaging in 2 epic tier battles). the next day you can make another level-10 sword after your requisite combat using the remaining residuum. On day three you can feed two rust monsters the two new swords and kill them. You now have four level 10-swords worth of residuum assuming you engage in four days worth of epic combat and complete the ritual four more times.So far you've spent one week and killed three rust monsters. You've gone from one 5,000 gp sword to four 5,000gp swords.... 20,000gp! Only you've most likely gained far more than that simply battling those epic tier monsters that are required to give the ring the power to power those half-cost rituals.It expands from there....more and more dead rust monsters. Now you need to kill another 4 rust monsters. (how quickly can you replace them?)...further weeks of effort...8 more days to produce 8 more swords. 8 epic level battles against dragons and demons etc. (then 16....then 32 and so on).</blockquote>

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