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<blockquote data-quote="Ed_Laprade" data-source="post: 3353265" data-attributes="member: 40172">One group I was with had an interesting time with tax colloetors. The GM set it up so that we'd be taxed on entering a walled town. This we knew, and weren't too concerned with. Until we cleaned out a dungeon after gaining a few levels and went to the nearest town, which we hadn't been to before... So the local gate guards wanted to tax our loot. &quot;What loot? I've had this magic sword since I left home, and all this gold was gifted to me by my rich old man.&quot; Sez one of the guys. Immediately half the loot we'd just collected became family heirlooms. How could the guards tell, one way or another? Well, they'd just get an MU to cast a spell to find out if we were lying or not. Needless to say, we weren't going to put up with that. So we just acted all insulted, pointed out that they couldn't tax us until we entered the city, and that we now weren't going to do so. After that we only went to unwalled towns and villages. (This was 1E were selling magic items was practically unheard of anyway.) Basically, taxing adventurers who are mostly out, you know, aventuring is pretty much a waste of time. When they settle down and start buying fixed properties, that's when you strat taxing them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ed_Laprade, post: 3353265, member: 40172"] One group I was with had an interesting time with tax colloetors. The GM set it up so that we'd be taxed on entering a walled town. This we knew, and weren't too concerned with. Until we cleaned out a dungeon after gaining a few levels and went to the nearest town, which we hadn't been to before... So the local gate guards wanted to tax our loot. "What loot? I've had this magic sword since I left home, and all this gold was gifted to me by my rich old man." Sez one of the guys. Immediately half the loot we'd just collected became family heirlooms. How could the guards tell, one way or another? Well, they'd just get an MU to cast a spell to find out if we were lying or not. Needless to say, we weren't going to put up with that. So we just acted all insulted, pointed out that they couldn't tax us until we entered the city, and that we now [I]weren't[/I] going to do so. After that we only went to unwalled towns and villages. (This was 1E were selling magic items was practically unheard of anyway.) Basically, taxing adventurers who are mostly out, you know, [I]aventuring[/I] is pretty much a waste of time. When they settle down and start buying fixed properties, [I]that's[/I] when you strat taxing them. [/QUOTE]

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