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<blockquote data-quote="Machiavelli" data-source="post: 3251924" data-attributes="member: 40964">With all due respect, where did he get an adamantine greataxe or whatever?&nbsp; You can avoid alot of materials/magic item issues if you don't assume that anyone can buy anything they want for the right price.In that situation, I'd warn him ahead of time &quot;okay, you might be a half-orc barbarian with Intelligence little better than a particularly smart cow, but even you know that your axe will be a useless lump of metal, and your back and arms will be in agony, by the time you pound your way through that wall&quot;.If he insists that he simply MUST proceed, then he'll get through that wall you didn't want him to, possibly ruining a plot point you spent an evening planning, but now you can send the party on an adventure finding a weaponsmith who can re-forge that insanely difficult to produce axe.Also, he'll spend the next two in-game days with -4 dex from over-worked muscles.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Machiavelli, post: 3251924, member: 40964"] With all due respect, where did he get an adamantine greataxe or whatever? You can avoid alot of materials/magic item issues if you don't assume that anyone can buy anything they want for the right price. In that situation, I'd warn him ahead of time "okay, you might be a half-orc barbarian with Intelligence little better than a particularly smart cow, but even you know that your axe will be a useless lump of metal, and your back and arms will be in agony, by the time you pound your way through that wall". If he insists that he simply MUST proceed, then he'll get through that wall you didn't want him to, possibly ruining a plot point you spent an evening planning, but now you can send the party on an adventure finding a weaponsmith who can re-forge that insanely difficult to produce axe. Also, he'll spend the next two in-game days with -4 dex from over-worked muscles. :] [/QUOTE]

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