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Stimpson Shortfellow 06-28-04, 01:25 PM	OK i just finished looking over eberron, witch i love. I was wondering in eberron, do the prices for magic items decrease because magic is used for everything? What leads me to this question is that there is a table in the book that says a cure light wounds spell only costs 8 gp? So is there a reason to believe that a +1 Longsword will be cheaper? ---Stimpson
rubenlinde 06-28-04, 02:02 PM	If you where to folow the normal economic thinking the price would go down if the amount goes up. Ans the amount would go up if you look at the amount of people able to create magical items. So minor magical items would be cheaper. But keep in mind that ebberon has virtually no one above level 12 so the normal and major items are simply nowhere to be found.
JoAT 06-28-04, 09:01 PM	Actually, I'd say that average wealth has gone up, though not for players - looking the examples given in the book of the economic status of various portions of the population, the poor 60% has tens (between 40-80, I think it was) of silver pieces in savings - which is not bad, considering that in the DMG 1 silver piece = 1 weeks work, and it normally costs about that much to live. The next 30% - the middle class - often have a few hundred in gold stashed away. And the remaining 10% - the rich, nobles, ect, often have thousands in gold readily available... All of which means that the average price can stay the same, but everyone has more purchasing power to buy with...
Geethree 06-28-04, 09:11 PM	I would say that magic item prices have not gone down. There's an example in the book that supports this, but I don't have the book handy. I'll find it later if I have time. However, there are more magical things that average citizens can take advantage of, like the lightning rail and the airships.
JohnnyONeal 06-29-04, 09:14 AM	I wouldn't say that the prevalence of low-level magic has made basic magic items "less expensive." I'd say the prevalence of low-level magic makes the existing magic item prices finally make sense. Eberron's the first official campaign setting (other than Planescape) where I actually feel comfortable having potions be something players can find for sale in a shop, at the listed prices.
Stimpson Shortfellow 06-29-04, 11:24 AM	i thankyou for your comments, but now i have another question, if people have more money in general than should the pcs have more money and if so how much? ---stimpson
Axys 06-29-04, 12:44 PM	:devil::devil: I wouldn't give the PCs more starting $ than any other system.....make them work to earn it, like any other poor schmo on Eberron