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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reanjr" data-source="post: 2129004" data-attributes="member: 20740">I see two options for this type of scenario (which by the way is an impossible scenario if you use the demographics in the DMG, so it's understandable that it's not really covered by the rules).Option 1: The wizard family probably has to deal with merchant's outside of their own town for most of its needs.  Any kind of service or good the local population can provide it, the family can do without (food, buildings etc. can all be handled through magic).  In this case, I'd treat the wizard family as its own economic entity, not making a big impact on the community, nor being impacted by it.  The only affect might be to have a particularly wealthy class (maybe only a single family) of traders who support the wizard family by travelling to and fro nearby cities.Option 2: The entire economy of the town is supported by the wizard family.  Everyone in the town pretty much works to sustain the wizards.  There are a large number of fine craftsmen in the town, but their economy as far as the PCs are concerned is not much greater than normal, since most of their time is spent in leisure or in working for the wizards.  Most staple goods are imported and might cost up to twice their normal cost.  There are a large number of traders living in town to support this large amount of import, but they would not be particularly wealthy in this model.</blockquote>