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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 5670307" data-attributes="member: 39593">The most important thing to remember is that in D&D there are really three economies.  One is the subsistence economy that most of the no-name commoner NPCs and such are part of.  A step up there is the gold economy where low to mid-level characters are part of, then there's the Wish economy where the gold or any other physical resource that can be made by a wish is no longer valuable and trade is in exotic planar materials and magic items or services.  On top of that there's the issue of supply, if it doesn't exist it can't be bought or it might be so rare getting it is an adventure in and of itself.  The key thing is that while you can get a +1 or even a +2 item with gold if they're available that +5 keen greatsword can only be bought with agony pearls, fossilized ideas, congealed chaos, material hope, high-level magic scrolls, or other such very exotic and rare things.I've attached one of the best explanations on D&D economics I've ever encountered on the web.  It might work for you, it might not, but I've found it useful.</blockquote>