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<blockquote data-quote="KirayaTiDrekan" data-source="post: 6311212" data-attributes="member: 6755061">Keep in mind the economy of spell components.If we're going for &quot;realistic&quot; (i.e. makes sense within its own context) then the spell components that are generally ignored during actual game play become an important means of measuring the power of spellcasters.&nbsp; If we're talking 3.5 of Pathfinder, scrying, raising the dead, and a number of other spells have a hefty price tag.&nbsp; Given the number of spells that require powdered gems of various sorts, gemcutters become exceedingly more important than they were/are in the real world.Even mundane components can add some checks and balances to the power of casters in this scenario.&nbsp; Are bats domesticated and raised to harvest their guano?&nbsp; The rose gardens suddenly take on a new purpose since they can be harvested for sleep spells.&nbsp; Think, also, about how this affects the mundane economy.&nbsp; Since silver and gems are used in spells (not to mention silver being useful against a variety of monsters), would silver be used in coins?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; Silver would end up more valuable than gold, not as a currency, but as a resource.&nbsp; Depending on how prevalent spellcasters are, a variety of mundane trade goods take on increased value when considered as spell components.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KirayaTiDrekan, post: 6311212, member: 6755061"] Keep in mind the economy of spell components. If we're going for "realistic" (i.e. makes sense within its own context) then the spell components that are generally ignored during actual game play become an important means of measuring the power of spellcasters. If we're talking 3.5 of Pathfinder, scrying, raising the dead, and a number of other spells have a hefty price tag. Given the number of spells that require powdered gems of various sorts, gemcutters become exceedingly more important than they were/are in the real world. Even mundane components can add some checks and balances to the power of casters in this scenario. Are bats domesticated and raised to harvest their guano? The rose gardens suddenly take on a new purpose since they can be harvested for sleep spells. Think, also, about how this affects the mundane economy. Since silver and gems are used in spells (not to mention silver being useful against a variety of monsters), would silver be used in coins? Probably not. Silver would end up more valuable than gold, not as a currency, but as a resource. Depending on how prevalent spellcasters are, a variety of mundane trade goods take on increased value when considered as spell components. [/QUOTE]

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