[CF-Devel] Money issues

[Mark Wedel]

     pstolarc at theperlguru.com
     
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     1)  Greatly reduce the selling price and value of most common goods.  Scrolls,
     
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     wands, staves, potions, armor, weapons.  This allows low level charactrers and
     
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     newbies, which are arguably the only people who use this stuff, to actually buy
     
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     them from shops.
     
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      The problem with this, is that newbies get money from selling stuff, hence
     
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      you only move the issue.  The low level chars then have less money to spend
     
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      on the less expensive items.
     
     
  I tend to find that big money makers at low levels is all the +1 and +2 (and 
occasional +1 of lythander or what not) armor and weapons.  So cost of scrolls 
and wands could be reduced without much effect.

  But yeah, if you get less for that +2 armor, means you are just as far away 
from buying that +2 shiled (if that's what your after).

  Reducing value (and cost) of armor/weapons does have some advantage in that 
money and gems found in the dungeon is now more valuable.  Also, the delta for 
buy/sell could be decreased.




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      I like this idea, but I would run through the maps in the area as DM, and
     
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      mapinfo them to get a feel for the average difficulty level of those maps.
     
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      And in the end, I don't see it as having all that much effect.  Artifacts,
     
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      (justifiably), are more powerful than anything that can be found in the
     
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      stores.  So, what's the point?
     
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      The way I play is to get +2 equipment from the stores.  This is easily
     
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      within the reach of most newbies the way things stand.  And it's fairly
     
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      easy to find.  Once I'm set with mostly +2 equipment, I go adventuring for
     
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      artifacts, only buying equipment to replace stuff that got hit with acid.
     
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      I then save up for spellbooks, resistance potions, amulets, rings and
     
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      enchant armour scrolls.
     
     
  The artifacts being talked about are those from the lib/artifacts file. 
Things like artifact cloaks and rings show up rarely in all cases.  So if you 
were looking for one, and found one in a shop, you may end up buying it.

  I would note that having larger numbers of some of the more commonly desired 
random items could help drain some money.  Often, I know I may be needing pro 
fire/cold potions, and would be willing to buy a whole bunch, but the shops 
don't have any.

  But that probably won't make much difference for low levels..