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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenes" data-source="post: 1548459" data-attributes="member: 604">Very good, essential point: If the players do not trust the DM they should stop playing. In the end, no matter the rules and open dice rolls, a DM that is competent and has a bit more backbone than the average jellyfish is still all powerful. Anything the PCs do and "earn" is at his or her whim. Exp tables, expected treasure levels and such are just crutches that leave some players the illusions that the first rule - the DM is the final arbiter - does not matter.In my games, I aim to drop such crutches. If a player wants something, like a magic item, I expect him or her to tell me what he or she would like so I can prepare for it, probably insert it in the next adventure, or even design a new adventure for it, or tell him or her there is no way such an item will enter my game. No "saving up gold and then going shopping" in my campaign, and no "destroying items and siphoning off gold and restricting availability by scarity and dice rolls".Same goes for gold - don't worry about it, just assume you have enough for your chosen lifestyle, and all its trappings.And same for xp - just tell me when you want to level up, and if the group agrees we all rise a level.This leads, however, to a game less centered on items and advancement, and player who want to "earn" their items and xp will not be comfortable with a playstyle where you ask the DM OOC for items.</blockquote>