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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8602100" data-attributes="member: 19857">In 5e gold does almost nothing for you beyond roleplaying needs once you've hit 3rd or 4th level and have bought the mundane equipment you need (once the fighter has plate armor, for example, he never needs gold again).&nbsp; As written you can't buy magic items more potent than a potion of healing with your gold.The game claims not to assume magic items as part of its &quot;balance&quot; and PCs gain abilities as they level up so there isn't a strong incentive to make sure you are handing out magic items in adventures either.&nbsp; PCs get new toys to play with mechanically whether they find a magic item in a dungeon or not.Adventure writers just don't have to worry about those things any more - the game functions without them. So they mostly don't unless they're writing an actual dungeon crawl (where those things are plot trappings and it would be weird to not have them).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8602100, member: 19857"] In 5e gold does almost nothing for you beyond roleplaying needs once you've hit 3rd or 4th level and have bought the mundane equipment you need (once the fighter has plate armor, for example, he never needs gold again). As written you can't buy magic items more potent than a potion of healing with your gold. The game claims not to assume magic items as part of its "balance" and PCs gain abilities as they level up so there isn't a strong incentive to make sure you are handing out magic items in adventures either. PCs get new toys to play with mechanically whether they find a magic item in a dungeon or not. Adventure writers just don't have to worry about those things any more - the game functions without them. So they mostly don't unless they're writing an actual dungeon crawl (where those things are plot trappings and it would be weird to not have them). [/QUOTE]

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