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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 1191151" data-attributes="member: 6957"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />&nbsp; For the same reason the real world has safes even though there are safe crackers... Why in real life most jewelry stores and banks have burglar alarms and safes... Even though there are burglars.He also said magical rings, not just one. so it's not just one Ring of Resistance +1.With that much stuff they will take precautiouns, most likely equaling half to the full value of the merchandise on hand on a given day, expecting to have it make its worth over the life of the shop. (Again, that is how a real life jewelry store guages it's security.) So a shop with 5000 GP of magical treasure can be expected to have between 2500 and 5000 gp of protection, both magical and mundane.They don't leave it just lying around.A private citizen may not take those precautions, but if they have valuables many home owners insurance policies will require them to have at least a safe.The Auld Grump... If it were that easy then there would be no stores...Not a valid argument FT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 1191151, member: 6957"] :rolleyes: For the same reason the real world has safes even though there are safe crackers... Why in real life most jewelry stores and banks have burglar alarms [i]and[/i] safes... Even though there are burglars. He also said magical ring[i]s[/i], not just one. so it's not just one [b]Ring of Resistance +1[/b]. With that much stuff they [i]will[/i] take precautiouns, most likely equaling half to the full value of the merchandise on hand on a given day, expecting to have it make its worth over the life of the shop. (Again, that is how a real life jewelry store guages it's security.) So a shop with 5000 GP of magical treasure can be expected to have between 2500 and 5000 gp of protection, both magical and mundane. They don't leave it just lying around. A private citizen may not take those precautions, but if they have valuables many home owners insurance policies will require them to have at least a safe. The Auld Grump... If it were that easy then there would be no stores... Not a valid argument FT. [/QUOTE]

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