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How much does it cost to build or rent a building?
A player playing a Paladin in my current D&D campaign has asked how much it would cost to build or rent a building to house his followers from the Leadership feat. It would only be a small ...
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Can we add trains in 3.5 without breaking Economy/World
Question upfront: Is there a way I can add Trains to the world without “messing up” the world or its' economies?
Reason:
1st: Mainly, it makes no sense to me that with all the resources available ...
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How to handle wealthy player characters as a GM?
One of the long-standing settings our group keeps returning to is classic medieval fantasy. (Examples are MERP, Rolemaster, The Dark Eye -- But this question is aimed to be system agnostic and is ...
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Fantasy economy: how to design a deep, sophisticated crafting system?
I want to construct an immersive, complex and functional fantasy economy in order to inform my world-building process. I'm interested in finding a working economic model and applying that into ...
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What are the basic costs of living in an Eberron campaign setting?
What are the basic costs of living versus wages in an Eberron campaign setting?, and are there any references in the various WotC books?
By this I mean things like ...
how much can a guard earn ?
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What analyses exist of capitalist economies in “modern” setting RPGs?
A number of questions exist on stack-exchange discussing feudal economies in RPGs, indicating a number of essays regarding feudal economics in RPG.
What equivalent essay analyses exist of game ...
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Do any resources exist which cover player governance of a population
I have some players who would be interested in managing their own city. Is there any literature out there which covers the ins and outs of PCs governing a populace?
Some example scenarios:
The PCs ...
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Has anyone produced a drop-in well-reasoned economy for a fantasy game?
I've seen so many attempts to justify this or that crazy thing in various fantasy RPG economies, but they don't tend to hold water as far as I've seen. I realize that suspension of disbelief is ...
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Can players use crafting to improve beloved magic items instead of churning gear?
I'm all about the story, and as such, I've always been a fan of long-term attachment between players/characters and their special (usually magic) items. But with D&D 4th edition, it seems the ...
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As a DM, how can I integrate a commerce aspect to D&D?
In my current game, two of my players are always on the lookout for "get rich quick" schemes and they are looking into establishing trade routes between cities to make money.
That led to great ...
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On average, how much does beer, wine and spirits cost in Faerun?
Or can someone point me to the relevant sections of the books that talks about this stuff, please?
Reason I ask is that I'm trying to gauge the cost of living in Faerun and I plan on repricing some ...
