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<blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 2915122" data-attributes="member: 3929"><p>As a wizard NPC in a town hired to identify magic items, I can understand charging for profit. I can also understand a party wizard charging 100gp for the pearl consumed in casting <em>Identify</em>, except those items the wizard is keeping for himself.</p><p></p><p>But for an NPC who travels with the party to charge 300gp per <em>Identify</em> is asking for the fighter to step aside and let the charging Orc Barbarian get some hits in. Shoot, a PC wizard would deserve a similar fate.</p><p></p><p></p><p>From their point of view, they deserve a part of that treasure as much as the rest of the party does. Their old items were hard-fought for, and the current party did nothing to help them aquire them; why should they not get a fair share of the rewards whatever new quests they find themselves in?</p><p></p><p>Which is to say, their LG alignment does not mean that simply because they are magic wealthy, they must give the fruits of their labors to others.</p><p></p><p>Only from a metagame point of view do they need to share the wealth; that is a can of worms you created for yourself.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is ironic.</p><p></p><p>A well equipped character is more powerful and thus better able to defeat the challenges put before him. Thus it is more likely that a well equipped character can participate in more of the challenge-overcoming than a poorly equipped character. The reward for this increased participation is even <em>less</em> bidding power when it comes to divvying the loot. Hmmm.</p><p></p><p>That of course assumes Participation Points are awarded not for role-playing and things other than combat.</p><p></p><p>But in that case, if I were well equipped and my role-playing gets snubbed, I might think that isn't too terribly equitable.</p><p></p><p>Meh. Easier to ret-con and get those problems the hell out of the game. At least, that's what I'd do at this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felix, post: 2915122, member: 3929"] As a wizard NPC in a town hired to identify magic items, I can understand charging for profit. I can also understand a party wizard charging 100gp for the pearl consumed in casting [i]Identify[/i], except those items the wizard is keeping for himself. But for an NPC who travels with the party to charge 300gp per [i]Identify[/i] is asking for the fighter to step aside and let the charging Orc Barbarian get some hits in. Shoot, a PC wizard would deserve a similar fate. From their point of view, they deserve a part of that treasure as much as the rest of the party does. Their old items were hard-fought for, and the current party did nothing to help them aquire them; why should they not get a fair share of the rewards whatever new quests they find themselves in? Which is to say, their LG alignment does not mean that simply because they are magic wealthy, they must give the fruits of their labors to others. Only from a metagame point of view do they need to share the wealth; that is a can of worms you created for yourself. This is ironic. A well equipped character is more powerful and thus better able to defeat the challenges put before him. Thus it is more likely that a well equipped character can participate in more of the challenge-overcoming than a poorly equipped character. The reward for this increased participation is even [i]less[/i] bidding power when it comes to divvying the loot. Hmmm. That of course assumes Participation Points are awarded not for role-playing and things other than combat. But in that case, if I were well equipped and my role-playing gets snubbed, I might think that isn't too terribly equitable. Meh. Easier to ret-con and get those problems the hell out of the game. At least, that's what I'd do at this point. [/QUOTE]
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