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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 4094788" data-attributes="member: 14557">And previously, they accumulated cash and had nothing useful, in-game, to spend it on.  I distinctly recall the AD&D2 PHB or DMG (one, I forget which) recommending castles and land grants as useful money sponges because they'd obviously generate far less in revenue than they cost to upkeep (...how everyone else in a castle afforded it was deliberately left unclear...).Presumably money'll still be useful in some way, at least in commerce (buying ships, land, magic items, ale, hookers, etc).Certainly, having super-high-value-gems makes large transactions simpler.  Remember, gold pieces are heavy, at 50/pound.  That means a 2000 gp +1 longsword is worth as much as 40 pounds of gold, which is a really big pain in the rear end to move around.(I just had this image of a magic item mart combined with a bank, that allowed financial transactions without the hassle of renting out carts and donkeys to move bricks of gold around...think like how the major auto manufacturers have their banks associated with them...)Brad</blockquote>