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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nnms" data-source="post: 5277246" data-attributes="member: 83293">So what variables are available to be changed in order to fine tune the D&D 4e economy for your game?Cost of a level 1 item.Rate of increase every 5 levels/enhancement bonus increaseDistribution of cost increase for item levels of the same enhancement bonus (the 11% thing)Consumable cost as a percentage of full item The new magic item system coming in essentials breaks down items into common, uncommon and rare.  Only common items can be made by rituals and it looks like any current item that contains a daily ability will become uncommon (see Mearls' comments on rpg.net about the 2nd half of the magic item rarity system making sure daily powers can't be exploited).So what if you decide there is no purchasing of magic items in your game.  If so, then once mundane items and ritual components become negligible in cost, you'll need something to spend money on.  Or you'll need to scale back the amount of treasure you give.This is most easily accomplished by reducing the multiplier for cost on an item of a higher enhancement bonus.  A 3x or even a 2x multiplier would make the amount of gold coming in more manageable.  It would still be a lot of gold, but it wouldn't be hundreds of thousands just sitting there, waiting to be poured into a medieval economy to utterly destabilize it.A 3x multiplier progression:[code]1 - 3602 - 4403 - 5204 - 6005 - 6806 - 10807 - 13208 - 15609 - 180010- 204011- 324012- 396013- 468014- 540015- 612016- 972017- 1188018- 1404019- 1620020- 1836021- 2916022- 3564023- 4212024- 4860025- 5508026- 8748027- 10692028- 12636029- 14580030- 165240[/code]And a x2 progression:[code]1    3602    4003    4404    4805    5206    7207    8008    8809    96010    104011    144012    160013    176014    192015    208016    288017    320018    352019    384020    416021    576022    640023    704024    768025    832026    1152027    1280028    1408029    1536030    16640[/code]As you can see, the small change ends up having an exponential effect by level 30.  Even at 20, a x3 means a level's worth of treasure will be around 100,000 gold.  But at x2 it would be around 20,000.</blockquote>

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