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<blockquote data-quote="Kaffis" data-source="post: 4225291" data-attributes="member: 10305">...All of the economics I've seen have specifically stated that this is a *base* market value, and that conditions can be less favorable to the player due to things like proximity to trade centers, etc. etc. 20% is a balancing guideline, above which things begin to unravel. In that regard, 20% is what the game is designed for, but the games rules say you may not get it already (or the implication is that they say that, given that they say that purchasing prices can be 10-40% higher with ease).In addition, if your players are getting so bent out of shape about a rule of yours, maybe you should consider giving some ground in order to make the game more fun for the people playing. I think that DMs, especially old ones prone to tinkering, can get way too wrapped up in the &quot;masterpiece&quot; that is their setting, and forget that the players are there to have fun. If your players' idea of fun is a setting that promotes the wonder and rarity of magic such that selling magical items to a mere shopkeeper for something as mundane as a handful of gold is out of the question, great! But if that's not their idea of fun, why are you forcing un-fun on them? Keep doing it, and you're going to run out of players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaffis, post: 4225291, member: 10305"] ... All of the economics I've seen have specifically stated that this is a *base* market value, and that conditions can be less favorable to the player due to things like proximity to trade centers, etc. etc. 20% is a balancing guideline, above which things begin to unravel. In that regard, 20% is what the game is designed for, but the games rules say you may not get it already (or the implication is that they say that, given that they say that purchasing prices can be 10-40% higher with ease). In addition, if your players are getting so bent out of shape about a rule of yours, maybe you should consider giving some ground in order to make the game more fun for the people playing. I think that DMs, especially old ones prone to tinkering, can get way too wrapped up in the "masterpiece" that is their setting, and forget that the players are there to have fun. If your players' idea of fun is a setting that promotes the wonder and rarity of magic such that selling magical items to a mere shopkeeper for something as mundane as a handful of gold is out of the question, great! But if that's not their idea of fun, why are you forcing un-fun on them? Keep doing it, and you're going to run out of players. [/QUOTE]

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