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Points of Light, Dawn War, and Magic Item Economy (4e)
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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7814519" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Why do you believe that easy purchase of magic items is an inherent assumption built into 4e? I don't think it particularly is. I mean, you CAN your game that way, item purchase is outlined in the PHB (at a 10-40% higher cost than the 'book' value). This means, even if you allow for free flow of items, PCs will run out of money to buy them VERY quickly (and decimate their consumable/ritual funds to do so). </p><p>This is all, of course, not even considering the narrative situation. While GM's are encouraged to 'say yes' and the game certainly has some "let the player's build what they want" vibe to it, there is no reason to make it that easy, and it certainly isn't 'RAW' to do so. </p><p>However, I do think the idea that ITEMS aren't the thing that is really in super short supply in this PoL world is not a bad one. 'FallCrest' has a goodly number of magic items, but it lacks real heroes to wield them. If you dare to put yourself forward, grasp what is there, and take up the challenge, you can pretty quickly equip yourself, and you don't need to/cannot really do it with gold, you have to go find what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7814519, member: 82106"] Why do you believe that easy purchase of magic items is an inherent assumption built into 4e? I don't think it particularly is. I mean, you CAN your game that way, item purchase is outlined in the PHB (at a 10-40% higher cost than the 'book' value). This means, even if you allow for free flow of items, PCs will run out of money to buy them VERY quickly (and decimate their consumable/ritual funds to do so). This is all, of course, not even considering the narrative situation. While GM's are encouraged to 'say yes' and the game certainly has some "let the player's build what they want" vibe to it, there is no reason to make it that easy, and it certainly isn't 'RAW' to do so. However, I do think the idea that ITEMS aren't the thing that is really in super short supply in this PoL world is not a bad one. 'FallCrest' has a goodly number of magic items, but it lacks real heroes to wield them. If you dare to put yourself forward, grasp what is there, and take up the challenge, you can pretty quickly equip yourself, and you don't need to/cannot really do it with gold, you have to go find what you want. [/QUOTE]
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