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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 5925392" data-attributes="member: 6688277">30 Longswords @ market price of 15gp each is 450gp (D&DN), and we sell those to recuperate 25% of the price we end up with 112.5gp.Nevermind their armour and shields, daggers crossbows - and thats in the lower levels.   Firstly your math is way off, secondly how often do DMs keep track of all PCs equipment quality after a fight. Do you charge your PCs for maintenance and upkeep of weapons, armour, horseshoes, torn clothing and the like? Most DMs do not, therefore foes will not always have the worst possible quality weapon if we are being fair. You have to use middle ground in an example like this. For all you know the orcs we fitted with new armour and weapons by a hidden sponsor...  PCs benefit greatly from trade. Since you brought up 4E I can assume that magical items exist and trade for magical items exist too. I think you know where I am going with this.And we are not simulating international trade, I was not discussing Darokin/Minrothad Guilds from Mystara, I'm discussing PCs trading items off dead foes (the Iron Price).And one lone masterwork weapon at 300gp minimum could fetch a lot of monies for a PC - thats why a more reasonable equipment cost, with a silver standard, would go a long way in assisting in keeping PC wealth from becoming excessive quite fast.</blockquote>