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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3573973" data-attributes="member: 30001">It's not necessary for me to prove "unlimited" in order to question your assertion of "none".  Logically, again, it's not necessary that amber, for example, be only found in one location in the world to make it valuable.  In a fantasy world, a particular gemstone, fossilized tree resin (like amber) for example might only be found in forests.  Or, it could be found in forests, and perhaps on sea coasts (which would be coincidental with forest).  Elves don't have to be the only source of amber in the world for it to be valuable.So does any other community.  I'm sure elves are willing to leave their tree houses.  Forests can be pretty large.  Collecting gemstones that wash down from the mountains, or finding amber in the swamp, or whatever can be an ongoing process.  I'm not suggesting that gem-gathering is the primary industry of elves, but I don't need to - elves would practice these things in aggregate, and the quantities would be sufficient for spell casting and trade.Gemstones are *extremely* expensive by real-world standards.  Most types seem to far exceed the value of gold by weight.  A 500 gp gem would have to weigh 10 lbs in order to be even worth it's weight in gold.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Ok, but your response to the iron issue could have addressed gnomes, bog iron and the rest.  Seems to be that you just selected out a few facts, out of context, from what I wrote and didn't even quite reference them accurately.</blockquote>

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