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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9499373" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>I don't have an issue with it. First, it depends on how much you think a gold piece is worth. A very wealthy merchant could afford it, but for a lot of merchants? It would be a pretty big investment. If a GP is roughly equal to, say $50, then that's $2,000. Which to us? Doesn't seem like much, but most people on this forum live in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But the other option is to just do what I do and say that just because it's on the list of uncommon items doesn't mean it exists. If it <em>does</em> exist then I think about how it impacts the world.</p><p></p><p>For example I assume that many people have continual light in their homes. Not cheap but constant bright light that won't burn your house down and never, ever needs to be replaced? Worth the investment. Then again, I also assume that magical poultices actually work and specialists do small magics that wouldn't even qualify as a magic spell. It's just that the gnomish baker makes cookies that really are magically delicious.</p><p></p><p>Then I look at something like a +1 shield versus a bag of holding and if I allow bags of holding I assume there's many, many more bags of holding out there than +1 shields because of the utility. But there could also be much higher demand for a bag of holding than a shield which is ever so slightly higher defense which for the vast majority of people will only come into play on rare occasions unless your a soldier during time of war. That soldier is unlikely to ever see a magical shield on their salary. I also think you're overestimating how many goods can be shipped in a 2x2x4 foot area. For very high value goods? It's worth it. Very few goods would justify that cost, especially since an item needs to fit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9499373, member: 6801845"] I don't have an issue with it. First, it depends on how much you think a gold piece is worth. A very wealthy merchant could afford it, but for a lot of merchants? It would be a pretty big investment. If a GP is roughly equal to, say $50, then that's $2,000. Which to us? Doesn't seem like much, but most people on this forum live in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But the other option is to just do what I do and say that just because it's on the list of uncommon items doesn't mean it exists. If it [I]does[/I] exist then I think about how it impacts the world. For example I assume that many people have continual light in their homes. Not cheap but constant bright light that won't burn your house down and never, ever needs to be replaced? Worth the investment. Then again, I also assume that magical poultices actually work and specialists do small magics that wouldn't even qualify as a magic spell. It's just that the gnomish baker makes cookies that really are magically delicious. Then I look at something like a +1 shield versus a bag of holding and if I allow bags of holding I assume there's many, many more bags of holding out there than +1 shields because of the utility. But there could also be much higher demand for a bag of holding than a shield which is ever so slightly higher defense which for the vast majority of people will only come into play on rare occasions unless your a soldier during time of war. That soldier is unlikely to ever see a magical shield on their salary. I also think you're overestimating how many goods can be shipped in a 2x2x4 foot area. For very high value goods? It's worth it. Very few goods would justify that cost, especially since an item needs to fit. [/QUOTE]
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