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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9805157" data-attributes="member: 6685730">That sounds . . . circular <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />If OP is glad to not be using gold, great!  But I'm agreeing: money is one way you navigate in-game problems.  You can't throw XP at a problem to solve it, but GP work pretty well.  PCs will easily get too much gold if you follow this weird rule that every creature defeated has treasure (and it's conveniently nearby when you kill the beast).  Or if you allow a free market for magic items.  (These should be black markets at best).  If the PCs can't buy better gear, I image there's a thief or faction that wants that gear as bad or worse than the PCs do.  Nevermind gear degradation.  By the way, where are the PCs keeping all this gold?  Bags of Holding?  Aren't there planar moles that can burrow holes into those?  If they're keeping it all in a bank, that bank needs hirelings, and the building will need upkeep.  Plus if you don't hire a troubleshooter annually, the latest and greatest safecracker technology will come knocking . . .</blockquote>