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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 4003592" data-attributes="member: 1003">Besides the total nonsensicalness of that statement (it practically violates a law of physics to imagine a good that costs the same at market as to produce), I don't think that leads to assumed wealth guidelines.  It's just a cost to produce.  The 4E system seems to be built such that you can have as much or as little magic as you want, and as long as everyone in the party has the same amount, game on.  One playtest report specifically mentioned how they got all the way to 10th level without a single item being handed out, and no one really noticed.At the very least, I really, really hope you're wrong.  The wealth & item requirements in 3E were its hands-down worst feature, and one of the main reasons I gave up on the game.  This may seem like an extreme statement, but if 4E still has wealth-by-level requirements, I will consider the whole project a failure.  I realize it won't be failure in everyone's eyes, but it will be in mine.  I'll just have to stick to Iron Heroes and Conan until they're updated to 4E Core mechanics.</blockquote>