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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3261797" data-attributes="member: 307">You know, there is a cash limit for particular locales just for this reason. You aren't going to be able to purchase expensive items in the backwoods if you follow those guidelines.Who says he has it stored away? The smallest size settlement that one could reasonably expect to buy a 70,000 gp item (using the assumptions in the rules) is a metropolis with 25,000+ residents. It seems to me likely that the enchanter would probably need to buy some items from various dealers in such a situation.And who says that the sale of magic parapernalia isn't controlled by law and managed by the kingdom, but shouldn't that be a campaign setting issue? (Of course, one wonders how they keep tabs effectively, and whether they would use such control for weal or woe, which could easily drive many campaign scenarios).When I want an army, I'll hire an army. When I want a specialist, I'll get a specialist. Why do governments in the modern world spend millions of extra dollars training special forces when they could get ten times as many regular troops for the same cost?</blockquote>