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<blockquote data-quote="Thank Dog" data-source="post: 6388550" data-attributes="member: 6780250"><p>You sort-of answer your own question. What's a holy avenger worth to a young noble? Or to a spymaster? What's a crystal ball worth to a church?</p><p></p><p>All of these things would have different values to different people. DM's can assign whatever value they want based on their campaign parameters. But as soon as you put down a GP value in the book, all of a sudden it becomes a commodity that players will seek to attain through purchasing alone because, "It says it in the book! It's worth this much! I have that much! Now I want to go buy it, somewhere!"</p><p></p><p></p><p>Play test. Hopefully they have seen the light on this issue and won't include it in the final copy.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ludicrous?</p><p></p><p><strong>Lost Mines of Phandelver</strong></p><p></p><p>Boots of Striding & Springing</p><p>Gauntlets of Ogre Power</p><p>Ring of Protection</p><p>Spider Staff</p><p>Staff of Defence</p><p>Wand of Magic Missiles</p><p></p><p><strong>Hoard of the Dragon Queen</strong></p><p></p><p>Black Dragon Mask (legendary)</p><p>Hazirawn (legendary)</p><p>Insignia of Claws</p><p>Wand of Winter</p><p></p><p></p><p>Both have a few +1 armours and weapons added in here and there. The only thing I'd be hesitant about in that lot is the legendaries because they're so powerful. Then again, we don't know exactly what it means to be a legendary item. Maybe you can only ever have one for the character or maybe they're like artefacts and will be lost or stop working at some point. I don't know, do you? I still wouldn't call it ludicrous. They're not meant to be played together but even if you do, that's roughly seven or eight levels worth of XP. Is it really so ludicrous to have that many items split amongst five PC's and gained over 7-8 levels?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thank Dog, post: 6388550, member: 6780250"] You sort-of answer your own question. What's a holy avenger worth to a young noble? Or to a spymaster? What's a crystal ball worth to a church? All of these things would have different values to different people. DM's can assign whatever value they want based on their campaign parameters. But as soon as you put down a GP value in the book, all of a sudden it becomes a commodity that players will seek to attain through purchasing alone because, "It says it in the book! It's worth this much! I have that much! Now I want to go buy it, somewhere!" Play test. Hopefully they have seen the light on this issue and won't include it in the final copy. Ludicrous? [B]Lost Mines of Phandelver[/B] Boots of Striding & Springing Gauntlets of Ogre Power Ring of Protection Spider Staff Staff of Defence Wand of Magic Missiles [B]Hoard of the Dragon Queen[/B] Black Dragon Mask (legendary) Hazirawn (legendary) Insignia of Claws Wand of Winter Both have a few +1 armours and weapons added in here and there. The only thing I'd be hesitant about in that lot is the legendaries because they're so powerful. Then again, we don't know exactly what it means to be a legendary item. Maybe you can only ever have one for the character or maybe they're like artefacts and will be lost or stop working at some point. I don't know, do you? I still wouldn't call it ludicrous. They're not meant to be played together but even if you do, that's roughly seven or eight levels worth of XP. Is it really so ludicrous to have that many items split amongst five PC's and gained over 7-8 levels? [/QUOTE]
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