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<blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 539242" data-attributes="member: 1149">But therein lies the point... crime does pay.this is not a welth problem as much as a campaign issue.Why doesn't everyone steal bikes and resell them?Two answers... first. the market does not give you that much back as it is hard to find people willing to buy stolen bikes and especially gang bikes. They pay very little. If the Gm has an open market on stolen goods setup in his game, thats fine. If not, then it will take time.Second, stealing bikes and selling them is illegal. These not so nice mean with guns called THE LAW will be looking for people that steal bikes and sell them. The criminals you sell them to may well be watched by these same LAWMEN or might be undercover lawmen themselves.Taking the goblins pouch and selling his spear in town for a few coppers might sit very well in an uncivilized fantasy/frontier setting but it seems like there are plenty of circumstantial forces working against it in a modern setting.When is the last time you saw Buffy, the Equalizer or James Bond in a pawn shop dickering for cash money over the wondergun they took off their latest bad guy?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Petrosian, post: 539242, member: 1149"] But therein lies the point... crime does pay. this is not a welth problem as much as a campaign issue. Why doesn't everyone steal bikes and resell them? Two answers... first. the market does not give you that much back as it is hard to find people willing to buy stolen bikes and especially gang bikes. They pay very little. If the Gm has an open market on stolen goods setup in his game, thats fine. If not, then it will take time. Second, stealing bikes and selling them is illegal. These not so nice mean with guns called THE LAW will be looking for people that steal bikes and sell them. The criminals you sell them to may well be watched by these same LAWMEN or might be undercover lawmen themselves. Taking the goblins pouch and selling his spear in town for a few coppers might sit very well in an uncivilized fantasy/frontier setting but it seems like there are plenty of circumstantial forces working against it in a modern setting. When is the last time you saw Buffy, the Equalizer or James Bond in a pawn shop dickering for cash money over the wondergun they took off their latest bad guy? [/QUOTE]

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