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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 3393765" data-attributes="member: 463">Those 1e DMG prices are sale prices - a guide to what adventurer PCs can actually sell the items for!&nbsp; That's why the more powerful items are so cheap; because there isn't infinite wealth in the economy.&nbsp; Gygax specifically says not to make items buyable.&nbsp; I didn't then know why; I do now - no buying of MI may not be 'economically correct', but it is 'mythically correct'.&nbsp; Have the ancient sage, noble lord or master weaponsmith *give* the PC the +3 sword, sure.&nbsp; But don't have them sell it on demand.I think, now, that Gygax probably did make a mistake setting specific values on items, it has led ultimately to the 3e situation of MI as commodity.&nbsp; In my Moldvay B/X game there are no prices listed and this just doesn't arise.&nbsp; Items are found, gifted, ocasionally made - usually by an NPC - but not bought and sold.&nbsp; You *could* sell that +1 sword, but most places won't give you some huge amount of cash for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 3393765, member: 463"] Those 1e DMG prices are sale prices - a guide to what adventurer PCs can actually sell the items for! That's why the more powerful items are so cheap; because there isn't infinite wealth in the economy. Gygax specifically says not to make items buyable. I didn't then know why; I do now - no buying of MI may not be 'economically correct', but it is 'mythically correct'. Have the ancient sage, noble lord or master weaponsmith *give* the PC the +3 sword, sure. But don't have them sell it on demand. I think, now, that Gygax probably did make a mistake setting specific values on items, it has led ultimately to the 3e situation of MI as commodity. In my Moldvay B/X game there are no prices listed and this just doesn't arise. Items are found, gifted, ocasionally made - usually by an NPC - but not bought and sold. You *could* sell that +1 sword, but most places won't give you some huge amount of cash for it. [/QUOTE]

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