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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8023136" data-attributes="member: 72555"><p>5e assumes no magic mart. Without a magic mart you don't need a menu of prices. In fact, in practice, a menu of prices leads to a magic mart.</p><p></p><p>If you have limited opportunity to find items and limited agency in picking which items you find, the price ranges in the DMG are more than enough information. They do not need to be well ordered.</p><p></p><p>This does not mean gold is worthless. It means gold isn't <em>better</em> than an equal value magic item, like 3e, much of 4e (pre essentials) and Pathfinder. Gold is instead usually <em>worse</em> than a magic item of the same value.</p><p></p><p>But not worthless.</p><p></p><p>When there are items for sale, be they what they are, without gold you don't get them.</p><p></p><p>Maybe you'll be offered mithral chainmail, or white dragon scale armor, and you are like "I would prefer mithral plate". But mithral plate isn't for sale.</p><p></p><p>With a price list/magic mart, you spend in the optimal item for your build. With capricious items and price ranges, you get opportunities to convert gold into gear, and take them or leave them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8023136, member: 72555"] 5e assumes no magic mart. Without a magic mart you don't need a menu of prices. In fact, in practice, a menu of prices leads to a magic mart. If you have limited opportunity to find items and limited agency in picking which items you find, the price ranges in the DMG are more than enough information. They do not need to be well ordered. This does not mean gold is worthless. It means gold isn't [I]better[/I] than an equal value magic item, like 3e, much of 4e (pre essentials) and Pathfinder. Gold is instead usually [I]worse[/I] than a magic item of the same value. But not worthless. When there are items for sale, be they what they are, without gold you don't get them. Maybe you'll be offered mithral chainmail, or white dragon scale armor, and you are like "I would prefer mithral plate". But mithral plate isn't for sale. With a price list/magic mart, you spend in the optimal item for your build. With capricious items and price ranges, you get opportunities to convert gold into gear, and take them or leave them. [/QUOTE]
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