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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7087943" data-attributes="member: 29398">Er...so what?Every now and then I go to buy milk from the corner store and they're sold out.&nbsp; I don't get a Streetwise check, or a Resources check*; all that happens is I walk in and there's no damn milk.* - I suppose these might be analogous to phoning ahead to the store and asking if they have milk in stock before leaving the house, but who does that for something so simple?Same thing happens with our intrepid wannabe silk-buyer.&nbsp; He goes to the market looking for Calimshan silk and it's all sold out.&nbsp; He can dig around and ask why, thus learning of possible upheaval in Calimshan (which as a side note might represent a possible adventure hook), or he can buy a different type of silk, or he can go without for the time being.&nbsp; But it's not bad DMing in the slightest to have pre-determined there'll be a war in Calimshan starting last winter** that has really messed up their silk trade this summer.** - and things like this would need to be pre-determined just in case the party had happened to wander over Calimshan way during that time and maybe get caught up in the war.Lan-&quot;sometimes knowing nothing is much more fun than knowing everything&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7087943, member: 29398"] Er...so what? Every now and then I go to buy milk from the corner store and they're sold out. I don't get a Streetwise check, or a Resources check*; all that happens is I walk in and there's no damn milk. * - I suppose these might be analogous to phoning ahead to the store and asking if they have milk in stock before leaving the house, but who does that for something so simple? Same thing happens with our intrepid wannabe silk-buyer. He goes to the market looking for Calimshan silk and it's all sold out. He can dig around and ask why, thus learning of possible upheaval in Calimshan (which as a side note might represent a possible adventure hook), or he can buy a different type of silk, or he can go without for the time being. But it's not bad DMing in the slightest to have pre-determined there'll be a war in Calimshan starting last winter** that has really messed up their silk trade this summer. ** - and things like this would need to be pre-determined just in case the party had happened to wander over Calimshan way during that time and maybe get caught up in the war. Lan-"sometimes knowing nothing is much more fun than knowing everything"-efan [/QUOTE]

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