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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6545910" data-attributes="member: 19675">Juliet is a bad example- she's a sheltered girl from an upper-class mercantile background.  She's not motivated in any way your thinking of because she isn't an adventurer and comes from money.My guess is that- put that way- it is an extreme formulation of a negative reaction to the lack of a magic item economy.Of course, those who are REALLY frustrated with that should take a page from Knights of the Dinner Table.  In one story arc, the party buys a huge number of war dogs and sets them upon an enemy force...and then fails to subsequently control them.  The mega pack of fierce canines ravage the land...The pint?  Massive amounts of wealth, spent with intent, can be equally disruptive when what is purchased is mundane or magical.I know some DMs figured this out without KoDT making it obvious.  I am aware of one table- not one I was at-  in which the party amassed significant wealth before the DM decided to run the Against the Giants modules.  The players, all army brats (such as myself), figured out they could hire a significant mercenary army with their combined cash, and did so- the modules were a cakewalk.After that, the DM had less of a problem with PCs buying magic than he did with them shopping for trebuchets and warhorses.</blockquote>