Comments on: Fantasy Economies http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/10/15/fantasy-economies/ What are you going to do next?! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/10/15/fantasy-economies/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Anonymous Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:07:19 +0000 http://www.keyourcars.com/?p=2984#comment-335 I also have a hard time believing that an adventurer has a 4' cube of solid gold. A lot of that value would be in magic items, and gems. I like the idea of disenchanting magic items to power up or create other items, which to me makes much more sense! I also have a hard time believing that an adventurer has a 4′ cube of solid gold. A lot of that value would be in magic items, and gems. I like the idea of disenchanting magic items to power up or create other items, which to me makes much more sense!

]]> By: Dennis http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/10/15/fantasy-economies/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Dennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:03:51 +0000 http://www.keyourcars.com/?p=2984#comment-334 It depends on the setting I would offer. A traditional fantasy setting especially one in a PoL style would be very dependent on hard currency. One carried ones valuables not a checkbook. A more eberron style where there might be a banking system of some kind would certainly be different. Personally other than consumables I've never had magic shoppes. Magic was rare and just not for sale so I was able to keep things in check naturally. The richest a group has been in one of my many campaigns was 12ish leveland they had a castle built for 25000 gold which drained them. But they attracted peasents who tithed and kept them on ale and wenches and fancy lads. Then the dragons started showing up as a result of a dragons death curse and things got nasty. It depends on the setting I would offer. A traditional fantasy setting especially one in a PoL style would be very dependent on hard currency. One carried ones valuables not a checkbook. A more eberron style where there might be a banking system of some kind would certainly be different. Personally other than consumables I’ve never had magic shoppes. Magic was rare and just not for sale so I was able to keep things in check naturally. The richest a group has been in one of
my many campaigns was 12ish leveland they had a castle built for 25000 gold which drained them. But they attracted peasents who tithed and kept them on ale and wenches and fancy lads. Then the dragons started showing up as a result of a dragons death curse and things got nasty.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/10/15/fantasy-economies/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Anonymous Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:42:15 +0000 http://www.keyourcars.com/?p=2984#comment-333 You don't have to let players buy/sell magic items at those prices. I've also thought of it as convenience to judge the relative value of magic items, as opposed to how much gold it would actually take to buy it. I liked 3E's amount of money available in a town of a given size. Or you can liken it to the real world. When a company buys another for US $40 billion, they don't use wads of 100s. It's all paper value. I think a PC with 3mil GP on his character sheet has the same buying power as someone with $3mil in stocks, except you can run someone through with a flaming sword... You don’t have to let players buy/sell magic items at those prices. I’ve also thought of it as convenience to judge the relative value of magic items, as opposed to how much gold it would actually take to buy it. I liked 3E’s amount of money available in a town of a given size.

Or you can liken it to the real world. When a company buys another for US $40 billion, they don’t use wads of 100s. It’s all paper value. I think a PC with 3mil GP on his character sheet has the same buying power as someone with $3mil in stocks, except you can run someone through with a flaming sword…

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