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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ppaladin123" data-source="post: 4691966" data-attributes="member: 60923">From my post in another thread:It'll be tough to do. The magic ring in question is a level 24 item (worth 525,000) so the players will have to be epic-level or somehow acquire that sum before epic level (it might not be available for sale either). Then there is the problem that the ring only provides the "half-price" benefit once per day and only after a milestone.  So..you can only gain the benefit once per day and after two combats the DM deems difficult enough to be considered a milestone. You might be able to make/find several rings but this will add considerably to your business start-up costs.  Then you have to answer these questions: How long does it take a rust monster to mature to the age where it can consume an entire magic item? How many magic items can it consume a day? How long does it take for the rust monster to digest a magic item? How often do rust monsters mate? How many rust monsters are produced in a litter? What is the daily upkeep cost for rust monsters that you don't kill?  I forgot another cost....travel. You need to engage in two epic-level combats a day to reach a milestone so you can use the ring to craft half-cost items. Where are those epic battles? If you have to travel the planes to find these epic level threats you might need to use "true portal," to get back to your rust monster ranch to feed them, kill them, and collect the residuum.....that's 50,000 gp a pop and thus not profitable. I suppose you could move your rust monster ranch into the elemental chaos or shadowfell or where ever else you are commonly adventuring...then you can use linked portal at 135gp per casting. Of course then you have to figure out how to set up a ranch on another plane. Really this whole endevour reminds me of the Underpants Gnomes: 1. Phase one: collect rust monsters2. Phase two: ??????3. Phase three: profit.</blockquote>

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