Speedbumps cost 50k gold

[Voss]

Yep. From the economy article, when going over the course of 25th level, the party should earn over a million GP. 50K is really chump change at that point.

 

[Irda Ranger]

D&D is always going to have bling. Therefore, the default rules are going to have to take into account that bling. People who want a less bling-heavy campaign (like me) have to work around that.

Correct.

Luckily 4E's equipment rules make it pretty easy to play a low-wealth campaign. Since they're balanced by their + (not their price) you can set the rewards and prices levels wherever you want. The price listed in the PHB is somewhat arbitrary.

 

[Cadfan]

One of the things I'm going to have to do when I get my books is work out the progression based on level. Then instead of charging PCs a cost based on tier, I'll charge it based on their level itself. So you won't go from "raise dead is cheap" at level 20, to "dear god where could I possibly get that kind of money!" at level 21.

 

[Drammattex]

I recall a preview from months back which stated that heroic characters couldn't be resurrected, paragon characters could be brought back only at great cost, and that for epic characters, death was a speed bump.

With a level 8 ritual, apparently this has changed?

 

[Cadfan]

Drammattex- it didn't exactly say that. It said that the typical situation was that, if your heroic character died, you'd need to roll up a new character.

 

[Drammattex]

Drammattex- it didn't exactly say that. It said that the typical situation was that, if your heroic character died, you'd need to roll up a new character.

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Mort_Q]

With a level 8 ritual, apparently this has changed?

Most of heroic falls below level 8.... ?

 

[DeusExMachina]

I think I'll go my usual way and have Raise Dead be a ritual that is lost in myth and stories about zombies and such and have all major religions denounce it as a sin against the natural order of things...

I never liked easy rezzing. Having an ability to fight on as a ghost when you die is fine in a sort of mind over matter way, but true resurrection was just plain annoying...

So my players might be able to get a Raise Dead scroll somewhere, but it will have some serious in-game repercussions if they really want to do that...

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Most of heroic falls below level 8.... ?

Thats only if you add the ritual yourself to your spellbook. 5th level characters should start getting access to 8th level items. that puts 50% of Heroic with availability.