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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greybar" data-source="post: 451682" data-attributes="member: 4938">That reminds me of something I always wanted to try...If anyone has read much Jack Vance (yes, he's the reason that many refer to D&D's magic system as being "Vancian") then you may have run into the short story "The Moon Moth"In the world described therein, there is little or no use of money.  Everything is on a system that crudely could be called an "honor system".  Those who have accomplished great deeds or hold high position have considerable honor.  It is an honor for one to craft an item or provide a service to someone with high honor.  Thus if you are a great artist, you are know by the fact that the twenty great nobles own works of yours.  As an artist of high honor you don't just let anyone own one of your paintings.  As a carpenter, it increases your honor to be known as the man who made the furniture for the home of the great artist.  As so it goes on down the line to the servant folk.Now, consider combining the idea of honor (in Jack Vance's story the local word is strakh I believe) and the idea of "wealth points" from d20 modern.As a hero, you gain strakh as you advance.  This means people are willing to provide you things.  It could work into a very simple economic system from the GMs point of view.  Things that are of a power level appropriate to your class level can be aquired with moderate difficulty.  Things that would be unbalancing (like that +5 Holy Avenger) are inappropriate for you to have.  You don't have enough strakh!Anyway, hope this helps you.  Just thinking about it makes me want to return to the world I had created as an analogy of the world of the "Moon Moth".  Oh, and check out Jack Vance!John</blockquote>

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