Where is my Freaking Mule?!

[MacMathan]

spyglasses, sailing ships, owning your own property (and improving it), ale and whores.

Funny enough our 4e group has spent money on everyone of those. Just depends on the group and the DM. When I DM I don't think I would spend cash for a list of mundane items.

 

[El Mahdi]

Oh god! This thread is just chock full of opportunity for humorous responses. But every response I think of would never pass Eric's Grandma rule.

The effort of restraint is killing me!

 

[Mistwell]

Since I am the DM in question, and have had this conversation in person with Zaran, that seems unlikely.

You are very free with my prep time. While I could come up with stuff rather easily, it would be rather time consuming. Time that would take away from things like plot or enounter design.

It is too bad that there isnt some organization which has people who get paid to make books that one could buy, that would have the stuff we would like in it.

Free yourself of the burden of precision from rulebooks and prep time for this sort of stuff.

Your player asks to buy a mule. You say ok, you buy a mule. He says how much is it...and if they are around 1-3 level, you make up a number on the fly like 5gp from the local vendor. And if they are 4+ level you say "don't worry about it, you can afford it without noticing the cost really". And that's it.

And when they ask for the stats, you say "it will get you where you are going faster that your feet for long distances, but if you try to use it in combat for anything more than an object filling a space, it will die like a minion".

And that's it. You don't need a book. You don't need stats. You don't need prep time for this. You don't need anything more than the shortest of conversations for this.

You can do it. You'll probably find it becomes a freeing feeling to just do this sort of thing on the fly, and maybe other things in your game will come more easily on the fly.

 

[Psion]

Then don't start a snarky thread asking where your freaking mule is.

Hostile much?

 

[Hussar]

Since I am the DM in question, and have had this conversation in person with Zaran, that seems unlikely.

You are very free with my prep time. While I could come up with stuff rather easily, it would be rather time consuming. Time that would take away from things like plot or enounter design.

It is too bad that there isnt some organization which has people who get paid to make books that one could buy, that would have the stuff we would like in it.

Funnily enough, I'm playing my first 4e campaign with a brand new DM. And I mean, brand spanking new. It's her first time DMing ANYTHING. I wanted to buy a horse, didn't have the cash and she decided on the fly that I could rent horses for x sp per day.

How hard is it to say, Mule- riding horse stats, no attacks, 10 gp?

After all, why does the mule actually need stats? It's not like it's going to be used in battle most likely. So, why worry about it?

 

[merelycompetent]

That would be the common Pitfinder Donkeyhorse.

Snackrun Donkeyhorse, IIRC. Its other notable use is in carrying the party's stash of medieval Cheetos and Mountain Dew.

Flamedeath Donkeyhorse, of course.

I just sprayed a mouthful of very nice brandy across my monitor.

XP for you! I haven't laughed that hard about a post here in over a year!

 

[darjr]

While I could come up with stuff rather easily, it would be rather time consuming. Time that would take away from things like plot or enounter design.

Wut?

For a 10' pole? A mule? Really?

 

[Barastrondo]

I think it's important to note that gold in 4e isn't really representative of spending cash - it's more of an alternative, point based system of character advancement.

Yeah, it'd just be nice to see some guidelines as to the expected proportion. You know, like "At this level, the party should get a total of 200,000 gp, 180,000 of which will be in the form of magic items, blessings, ritual components, specialized martial training and other power-ups, and 20,000 of which is coin for mundane necessities and luxuries." It would have the added benefit of allowing players to retain some connection with the mundane world they've been adventuring in for those first 10 levels, as they'd have reasons to still be part of that economy.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That would be the common Pitfinder Donkeyhorse.



Snackrun Donkeyhorse, IIRC. Its other notable use is in carrying the party's stash of medieval Cheetos and Mountain Dew.



Flamedeath Donkeyhorse, of course.

Don't forget the Lootbearer Donkeyhorse (who literally carries the party's treasure, as intended), the Futuresnack Donkeyhorse (purchased when going over the treacherous mountain pass in winter, a.k.a. the Donnerdonkeyhorse), and the truly mythical one who can talk, sing & heckle- the Bard Donkeyhorse.

This latter one is immortalized in many a rap song, so I hear, almost exclusively possessed by women (though not the same kind of women likely to be found in the company of unicorns).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

BTW...

Is there a Cleavestarter Kittenbag?