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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6557370" data-attributes="member: 221">I also think the bolded part worth commenting upon. Values of luxury items are rarely ever about &quot;need.&quot;&nbsp; Who &quot;needs&quot; a Lamborghini or a Rolls? Who &quot;needs&quot; a Van Gogh or a Rembrandt? Who &quot;needs&quot; to own the Pink Panther, or the Great Star of Africa? Even when addressing hobbies or mundane gear, need rarely determines desire. Who really &quot;needed&quot; a 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons? Why does a hunter with four perfectly good rifles at home &quot;need&quot; a new gun, or a new scope? If I have four perfectly good wooden spoons in the kitchen, why is the shiny new spoon with the nifty handle going to catch my eye? Why am I tempted by a new pocket knife even if I have my favorite knife in my pocket? Sure there might be something more practical to buy, but practicality often loses to other impulses.&nbsp; You ask the average noble in a fantasy world if he wants to buy a magic sword, and assuming he has the money, I'm pretty sure the answer is going to be yes, even if it is just to hang said sword on the wall of his bedroom next to the other five he already owns. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 6557370, member: 221"] I also think the bolded part worth commenting upon. Values of luxury items are rarely ever about "need." Who "needs" a Lamborghini or a Rolls? Who "needs" a Van Gogh or a Rembrandt? Who "needs" to own the Pink Panther, or the Great Star of Africa? Even when addressing hobbies or mundane gear, need rarely determines desire. Who really "needed" a 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons? Why does a hunter with four perfectly good rifles at home "need" a new gun, or a new scope? If I have four perfectly good wooden spoons in the kitchen, why is the shiny new spoon with the nifty handle going to catch my eye? Why am I tempted by a new pocket knife even if I have my favorite knife in my pocket? Sure there might be something more practical to buy, but practicality often loses to other impulses. You ask the average noble in a fantasy world if he wants to buy a magic sword, and assuming he has the money, I'm pretty sure the answer is going to be yes, even if it is just to hang said sword on the wall of his bedroom next to the other five he already owns. :) [/QUOTE]

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