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<blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9663011" data-attributes="member: 6894926">Player expectations have to be set, and it really helps if they were already familiar with the Sword &amp; Sorcery trope of &quot;we're rich!&quot; &quot;Oh we spent all our money in a week/month of living it up, now we need to go adventure for more money.&quot;In modern DnD players are expecting to save money to buy those magic items they find on the shelves of Fantasy Costco. Video games don't help with these expectations, even my beloved Baldurs Gate 1+2 had magic items in shops everywhere and the strongholds that you got didn't cost you anything to acquire. So if they can buy items that'll improve their odds, why blow that money on in-game partying?I do have &quot;carousing&quot; as an option in my games, but I also really tone down the amount of available magic items available for cash. I use the DCC carousing tables, adapting them is pretty easy and results in some fun hijinks and rewards. I also won't have it cost all/most of their coin.. usually a fraction (if the DCC result says ALL, I'll probably say 1/4, if it says half, I'll say 1/6 or 1/8).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Distracted DM, post: 9663011, member: 6894926"] Player expectations have to be set, and it really helps if they were already familiar with the Sword & Sorcery trope of "we're rich!" "Oh we spent all our money in a week/month of living it up, now we need to go adventure for more money." In modern DnD players are expecting to save money to buy those magic items they find on the shelves of [I]Fantasy Costco. [/I]Video games don't help with these expectations, even my beloved Baldurs Gate 1+2 had magic items in shops everywhere and the strongholds that you got didn't cost you anything to acquire. So if they can buy items that'll improve their odds, why blow that money on in-game partying? I do have "carousing" as an option in my games, but I also really tone down the amount of available magic items available for cash. I use the DCC carousing tables, adapting them is pretty easy and results in some fun hijinks and rewards. I also won't have it cost all/most of their coin.. usually a fraction (if the DCC result says ALL, I'll probably say 1/4, if it says half, I'll say 1/6 or 1/8). [/QUOTE]

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