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<blockquote data-quote="Grue" data-source="post: 3972967" data-attributes="member: 11989">Well, bulk would be the key.&nbsp; Also consider the failure rate for teleport I believe would be much much lower than the actual historical failure rate of the cargoes coming from Asia in the 16th century.&nbsp; By a modern standard those merchants took insane risks but if they made it they were more or less set for life (they could afford to make a good marriage and buy a new set of choppers to replace the teeth they lost to scurvy)That being said, it may well be worth the cost for a wizard to set up a magical portal chain to move goods.&nbsp; Though maybe just as economical to move things the old fashioned way.&nbsp; Without crunching the numbers a 9th level wizard with a cog or two at his disposal could probably move a lot of goods in bulk to and from the best markets he can scout out (using his daily allotment of teleports to keep an eye on regional prices).As far as how quickly things could change.... 17th century England went through a big transformation.... hmm... maybe not the best example for a pseudo-medieval fantasy world.&nbsp; Maybe the Italian city-states in the 14th-15th?&nbsp; I don't think it took long for the wealth the merchant princes were accumulating to fundamentally change things and become the new status quo.&nbsp; Maybe three generations?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grue, post: 3972967, member: 11989"] Well, bulk would be the key. Also consider the failure rate for teleport I believe would be much much lower than the actual historical failure rate of the cargoes coming from Asia in the 16th century. By a modern standard those merchants took insane risks but if they made it they were more or less set for life (they could afford to make a good marriage and buy a new set of choppers to replace the teeth they lost to scurvy) That being said, it may well be worth the cost for a wizard to set up a magical portal chain to move goods. Though maybe just as economical to move things the old fashioned way. Without crunching the numbers a 9th level wizard with a cog or two at his disposal could probably move a lot of goods in bulk to and from the best markets he can scout out (using his daily allotment of teleports to keep an eye on regional prices). As far as how quickly things could change.... 17th century England went through a big transformation.... hmm... maybe not the best example for a pseudo-medieval fantasy world. Maybe the Italian city-states in the 14th-15th? I don't think it took long for the wealth the merchant princes were accumulating to fundamentally change things and become the new status quo. Maybe three generations? [/QUOTE]

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