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Originally Posted by Skarg
I partly agree, but the best greatswords (+1 DX, +2 damage) cost 200 times as much, so more like 20 years at $30/week. Fine Plate in about 3.2 years.
And yeah, it was very common in our TFT campaigns for the party to travel with a wagon which would tend to get stacked with a growing arsenal of weapons and armor and other loot stripped from the bodies of brigands and so on. So no matter what the cost of non-fine weapons, there tended to be plenty of non-fine weapons available to a party that was regularly defeating armed opponents.
What was wanted however were guidelines for what it takes for a bunch of adventurers returning from mayhem and off-road travel with a wagonload of bloody used weapons and armor to manage to sell it off, and what prices they might expect for it.
"What do you mean, you don't want to buy 23 bloody hacked suits of Lower-Class Clothes! They only need a bit of wash and mending!"
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Yes, that is a common problem. Often my group tried to carry weapons and armor of the enemies fallen to sell them later, but usually with scarce sucess.
In fact :
- swords and armor of the deceased, with all due exceptions, were low quality items very cheap and/or rather used and/or damaged;
- it's hard find someone interested to buy second-hand weapons/armor of a died orc or bandit. This is a time-consuming activity that requires weeks and IQ/tests, with the risk to attract unwanted attention;
- where is easy find someone interested (in a big town, for example), it's also easy to find someone that could dislike a new commerce of weapons begins next his door, like the local Armourer and his noble friends...
- carrying a large amount of weapons while not in war and without a permission is often prohibited. In any case is very incautious (again attracts unwanted attention).
Thus, most times the PCs sold off any captured equipment as soon as possible for very low prices being this the best option.
notable items apart, of course.