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<blockquote data-quote="Jaelommiss" data-source="post: 6536756" data-attributes="member: 6775925">Trade good can make excellent loot in the right situation. My players came across an isolated town that had been plagued by orcs from nearby mountains for the last several decades. After a particularly viscious attack thirty years previous, the town was forced to abandon their iron mine because it was too close to the mountains and no one wanted to risk being that close to the orcs. Trade with the town had fallen since then, giving them no choice but to reopen the mine, and the party was hired to clear it out. Inside they found a number of 20lb iron ingots that were worth their weight in copper pieces to the town (5sp/lb instead of 1sp/lb, each ingot worth 10gp).As long as there is a reason why the players would find the goods valuable enough to transport back to town it makes a nice alternative to piles of coins and gems. Mounts can be worth taking along too. Captured riding horses are worth 75gp each, warhorses are 400gp, and a good carriage is 100gp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaelommiss, post: 6536756, member: 6775925"] Trade good can make excellent loot in the right situation. My players came across an isolated town that had been plagued by orcs from nearby mountains for the last several decades. After a particularly viscious attack thirty years previous, the town was forced to abandon their iron mine because it was too close to the mountains and no one wanted to risk being that close to the orcs. Trade with the town had fallen since then, giving them no choice but to reopen the mine, and the party was hired to clear it out. Inside they found a number of 20lb iron ingots that were worth their weight in copper pieces to the town (5sp/lb instead of 1sp/lb, each ingot worth 10gp). As long as there is a reason why the players would find the goods valuable enough to transport back to town it makes a nice alternative to piles of coins and gems. Mounts can be worth taking along too. Captured riding horses are worth 75gp each, warhorses are 400gp, and a good carriage is 100gp. [/QUOTE]

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