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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Syrsuro" data-source="post: 4338668" data-attributes="member: 58162">My take on this is that it is a simple matter of managing players expectations.If the rules state that the players are only going to get 20% of the value of their items when they sell it, that leaves me free to give them MORE - as appropriate to my economy - without anyone whining about it. On the other hands, if the rules state that they can sell their goods for 50% of their value, and I don't think that fits with my economy and I change it to a lower value - inevitably someone will feel short-changed.By setting the player's expectations on returned value low, they give the DM the ability to design their world however they see fit. Unless you feel that you are somehow BOUND by those statements in the book and unable to change things in whatever way you wish - I really don't see the problem. And, NO, this is not a "But the DM can fix it" argument. It is a "design in the way that gives the DM the most flexibility with the least hassles" argument - because no one complains when they get MORE than they expected. The only way they could have made it more flexible would be to say that you can't sell stuff at all, just in case I wanted to make them to sell it for only 10%.Carl</blockquote>