Questions tagged [economy]
For questions relating to the economics of game worlds.
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Is there any offical guidance on pricing furniture or dungeon dressings?
My group is slowly getting closer to clear out the dungeon they are adventuring in, and it is quite possible they will want to take possession of it, and improve it by installing new traps, furnishing ...
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Do abandoned buildings count as broken rooms for the purposes of downtime rules?
To clarify the question let us assume a group of adventurers found a trade post that has been infested with undead for a decade and cleared the place of undead. If they decide that rather than looting ...
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A question about arrow breaking and crafting: pathfinder 1e
A question about arrow breaking and crafting in Pathfinder 1e.
Assuming when your arrow breaks from normal use you recover the arrowhead, how much time would it take to craft and arrow if:
1- You ...
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Can PCs earn more than skilled laborers?
According to the Player's Handbook:
A skilled (but not exceptional) artisan can earn one gold piece a day.
I'd assume that this describes PCs who are proficient with a type of artisan's tools. ...
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Are all souls of equal value?
The Monster Manual's Devil entry describes how devils desire souls and enter into contracts with mortals to gain them.
To own a creature's soul is to have absolute control over that creature, and ...
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How much do hirelings cost?
I'm looking for a cheat-sheet with prices of hiring people: bodyguards, specialists, servants and whatnot. I will be playing Masks campaign soon and I plan on making my Investigator a rich business ...
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How to take large amounts of money away from the party without causing player resentment?
So, basically, last session, the person the players were escorting went back to his hometown, where he owes a massive debt to the residents. The residents of the town threatened to repossess his boat ...
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Is ammunition a consumable magic item?
In the crafting rules in the DMG, there is a rule that the value of consumable items is half the normal cost (p. 135):
The value of a consumable item, such as a potion or scroll, is typically half ...
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What loot has the highest value to weight ratio in D&D?
Reading "What are Astral Diamonds Made of?" made me wonder: what is the most valuable treasure in the game per pound? I mean, treasure that actually does have a price, have a weight, and is ...
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Would this house rule for trade goods be unbalanced or cause problems?
The PHB rules say this about trade goods on page 144:
Trade Goods. On the borderlands, many people conduct transactions through barter. Like gems and art objects, trade goods—bars of iron, bags of ...
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Can you use Alchemist Supplies to make infinite money?
So just for the sake of this question, I'm going to assume you have proficiency and the kit itself.
In the description of Alchemist Supplies it states the following:
Alchemical Crafting. You can use ...
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Pricing guide for a necromantic item
Hello I'm looking for some help pricing an item that specifically only uses the animate dead option to maintain control of the animated dead once per day. I know there won't be a RAW solution but was ...
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Is there a value limit on the objects True Polymorph creates?
True Polymorph has the option to transform a creature into an object that cannot be larger than the creature. What about the object's value? Wish has a limit of 25,000 gp for on-label use. Could True ...
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Do lifestyle expenses alter by the number of people in a family?
I was toying with the idea of my character, a Chronurgy Gladiator, sending gold home to support his family (mother, father, and two younger sisters). This idea was spurred from the oddly succinct ...
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Have spaceships always cost about the same as putting armor on your horse?
With the release of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, the Spelljammer setting has come to 5th edition. Much to my surprise, I discovered that I can turn a regular boat into a spaceship for as little ...
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