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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 4270071" data-attributes="member: 545">Intense_Interest,You misunderstood my point.&nbsp; It is not a Merchant who would be most likely to offer the good deal.&nbsp; (But in the case of a really really harsh market, why not?)It is the Owner who found/earned/stole/inherited the item who is thinking &quot;Gee, I could take 200 for this 1000 gp item now.&nbsp; Or I could make a small effort and I have a good chance of getting 250.&nbsp; Maybe even 300.&quot;Why should the Owner sell the item to the Merchant for 200 so that the Merchant call sell the item to the Adventurer at such a fat markup?&nbsp; Maybe there is an Adventurer out there who would be happy to pay twice or thrice the Merchant's standard low ball offer?&nbsp; Why not put the word on the street and see what happens?Some small portion of the magic items in existence will have Owners with such incentives.&nbsp; Maybe that portion is 0.5%.&nbsp; Maybe it is higher.&nbsp; Maybe it is lower.Create a high-magic world with a large enough city, and that means that every day there are some individuals with a huge incentive to go for a higher price.&nbsp; Not so much in smaller cities...but there is always a chance.As for your other points, if relevant, they make strong assumptions about details in the campaign world.&nbsp; Hypothesize that there is a superpowerful Merchant Guild all you want, but there is nothing compelling about such handwaving.The historical record may or may not be germane to a particular campaign, but it is immune to the charge of be &quot;unrealistic&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 4270071, member: 545"] Intense_Interest, You misunderstood my point. It is not a Merchant who would be most likely to offer the good deal. (But in the case of a really really harsh market, why not?) It is the Owner who found/earned/stole/inherited the item who is thinking "Gee, I could take 200 for this 1000 gp item now. Or I could make a small effort and I have a good chance of getting 250. Maybe even 300." Why should the Owner sell the item to the Merchant for 200 so that the Merchant call sell the item to the Adventurer at such a fat markup? Maybe there is an Adventurer out there who would be happy to pay twice or thrice the Merchant's standard low ball offer? Why not put the word on the street and see what happens? Some small portion of the magic items in existence will have Owners with such incentives. Maybe that portion is 0.5%. Maybe it is higher. Maybe it is lower. Create a high-magic world with a large enough city, and that means that every day there are some individuals with a huge incentive to go for a higher price. Not so much in smaller cities...but there is always a chance. As for your other points, if relevant, they make strong assumptions about details in the campaign world. Hypothesize that there is a superpowerful Merchant Guild all you want, but there is nothing compelling about such handwaving. The historical record may or may not be germane to a particular campaign, but it is immune to the charge of be "unrealistic". [/QUOTE]

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