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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5421324" data-attributes="member: 42582">In 4e, this is easy enough (in principle, at least) - some treasures can be associated with a skill challenge rather than a combat encounter.In practice, it might be tricker to stage things like running a keep or a tavern as a skill challenge, given the assumptions that underlie 4e encounter design. On the other hand, if what is at stake in running a tavern isn't the sort of thing that could make for a skill challenge, then the amount of money at stake is probably not such that it is going to unbalance the game one way or another. For example, an extra 10 gp per game day for even a mid-heroic tier PC is not normally going to have any meaningful consequences for 4e game balance. (And if the ingame timeframe is such that large amounts of time are passing then we resort to plan A - over the course of a game year 10 gp per day would amount to an 8th level item, which can be duly handed over in lieu of the relevant parcel).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 5421324, member: 42582"] In 4e, this is easy enough (in principle, at least) - some treasures can be associated with a skill challenge rather than a combat encounter. In practice, it might be tricker to stage things like running a keep or a tavern as a skill challenge, given the assumptions that underlie 4e encounter design. On the other hand, if what is at stake in running a tavern isn't the sort of thing that could make for a skill challenge, then the amount of money at stake is probably not such that it is going to unbalance the game one way or another. For example, an extra 10 gp per game day for even a mid-heroic tier PC is not normally going to have any meaningful consequences for 4e game balance. (And if the ingame timeframe is such that large amounts of time [I]are[/I] passing then we resort to plan A - over the course of a game year 10 gp per day would amount to an 8th level item, which can be duly handed over in lieu of the relevant parcel). [/QUOTE]

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