Price of Plate Armor

[Dausuul]

I said that mostly because gizmo seems to think the outrageous prices of things started in 4th edition, when things have been outrageously priced since D&D was first developed.

Fair enough.

And those things have prices attached because even basic adventuring gear needs prices. What is someone wants to run a game where the PCs start with almost nothing, not even basic gear, and wants them to build up from there? What if the PCs are captured, all their equipment and gear stripped away, and they're unable to recover it?

They have prices because people need prices for them.

This strikes me as an extreme corner case, of exactly the sort that 4E generally disregards. I can't imagine a situation in which PCs would actually be scrounging for money to buy backpacks. I mean, if they have to put in that much work just to afford a backpack, it'll take them six gaming sessions to come up with the cash for armor and weapons. Why should 4E bother to support this?

 

[Bison]

Hmm, there is that, I suppose...

Is there any situation that Rich Burlew cant help us with?