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<blockquote data-quote="FadedC" data-source="post: 4332787" data-attributes="member: 55463">None of these statements are necesarily unreasonable (well maybe the ebay one because it has no bearing on fantasy), but it's also important to note that expensive and specialized items, while they may have buyers, often take a long time to sell. I live in New York City. There is a huge demand for real estate here, which makes it really expensive. But the odds that any one person wants the exact piece of real estate your selling and has the money to pay for it is very low. As a result it often takes years to sell something for the &quot;real&quot; value. PCs are like real estate sellers with no internet or phones. They might eventually be able to get a reasonable price for something if they hold on to it, but they will probably be waiting a long time.Now if your playing a campaign that takes place over 100 years, then yeah your going to have to modify the rules a bit to adjust and maybe allow players to find better buyers for their items. As the DMG says, there is no way for the rules to cover all campaign styles, and DMs will have to come up with their own rules if they run an unusual campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FadedC, post: 4332787, member: 55463"] None of these statements are necesarily unreasonable (well maybe the ebay one because it has no bearing on fantasy), but it's also important to note that expensive and specialized items, while they may have buyers, often take a long time to sell. I live in New York City. There is a huge demand for real estate here, which makes it really expensive. But the odds that any one person wants the exact piece of real estate your selling and has the money to pay for it is very low. As a result it often takes years to sell something for the "real" value. PCs are like real estate sellers with no internet or phones. They might eventually be able to get a reasonable price for something if they hold on to it, but they will probably be waiting a long time. Now if your playing a campaign that takes place over 100 years, then yeah your going to have to modify the rules a bit to adjust and maybe allow players to find better buyers for their items. As the DMG says, there is no way for the rules to cover all campaign styles, and DMs will have to come up with their own rules if they run an unusual campaign. [/QUOTE]

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