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<blockquote data-quote="Phaedrus" data-source="post: 1491977" data-attributes="member: 8571">I see your point.&nbsp; But on the other hand, my theory would explain why dungeons always contain chests full of gold--there's so much of it available it just gets stashed all over the place!(like why in Neverwinter Nights CRPG you can find gold in barrels all over town!)But just to be argumentative, lets remove PC/NPC people and focus on planar beings.&nbsp; Devils, for instance.&nbsp; They have time, power, and manpower (devilpower) to mine the earth plane (where doing so on the material plane might draw too much attention?).&nbsp; Or how about modrons?&nbsp; Not doing it for economic-subversive reasons, but merely as a logical (lawful?) way of acquiring resources.Switching the example, but still talking about disrupting economics, how about clerics with create food/water?&nbsp; Why farm when you just need a bunch of clerics?&nbsp; (but to defeat my own argument, how many villages have a ton of 5th level clerics hanging around?)I guess it can be boiled down to magic as technology.&nbsp; Those who have access to magic/technology will use it. Those who don't will do things the hard way.&nbsp; And the economy will adjust accordingly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phaedrus, post: 1491977, member: 8571"] I see your point. But on the other hand, my theory would explain why dungeons always contain chests full of gold--there's so much of it available it just gets stashed all over the place! (like why in Neverwinter Nights CRPG you can find gold in barrels all over town!) But just to be argumentative, lets remove PC/NPC people and focus on planar beings. Devils, for instance. They have time, power, and manpower (devilpower) to mine the earth plane (where doing so on the material plane might draw too much attention?). Or how about modrons? Not doing it for economic-subversive reasons, but merely as a logical (lawful?) way of acquiring resources. Switching the example, but still talking about disrupting economics, how about clerics with create food/water? Why farm when you just need a bunch of clerics? (but to defeat my own argument, how many villages have a ton of 5th level clerics hanging around?) I guess it can be boiled down to magic as technology. Those who have access to magic/technology will use it. Those who don't will do things the hard way. And the economy will adjust accordingly. [/QUOTE]

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