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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 426218" data-attributes="member: 7177">Well, would the "Common Man" get usage of such items? Somehow, I doubt it. In <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, I even waived the XP costs for magic items to some degree and in certain circumstances (instead, it's some poor schmucks in the slums who feel the drain) - and still, magic items remain useful tools and toys for the rich. Poor people simply cannot afford the good stuff, and the rich see no reason to change that by paying them more.Well, in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, something on these lines is certainly used for some desert cities. But most cities are still built near major rivers - none the least because these provide convenient means of transportation...Well, clay golems have the disadvantage that they melt in the rain... but in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, stone golems are certainly used at tasks where human strength simply doesn't suffice - such as pulling trains...In <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my world</a>, it is usually still cheaper to hire a couple of dozen - or hundreds - of people than put a single stone golem at the task. Stone golems remain an expensive investment, and as long as human strength can do the job at all, it is more efficient to pay humans to do the job. After all, humans are cheap...Well, in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, the age of mass field battle is over. Instead you need a large number of "grunts" who "police" conquered territories - and some highly trained specialists to take out key objectives (like enemy spell casters, Nexus Towers...)Tight army formations are just another way of suicide.They don't seem to be any in the DMG, and there aren't any in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, either (but see <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26799" target="_blank">here</a>...) - which frustrates human rulers to no end. Sure, they tend to get ressurected after each assassination, but once their time is up, it is up.Which, of course, provides plenty of adventuring opportunities as the PCs search for the Philosopher's Stone, or the Fountain of Youth, or something...   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Well, in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, they do...   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I'll top that: I've decided that in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a>, one of the cities will be ruled openly by an actual demigod. The writeup should be on my homepage by the weekend...Well, the population in <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownloaddetails&lid=38&ttitle=Urbis" target="_blank">my setting</a> isn't stable - it has been increasing at rates similar to our Industrial Age. Thus, too many poor people who can't afford this stuff...</blockquote>

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