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Originally Posted by Dalillama
They will if they want to see an item. It's a seller's market, if you won't put down half as a deposit the Duke of Faltan will, he's been after us for a new sword for a year already.
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On the other hand, you don't stiff the Duke of Fallan unless the alterantive is even worse.
It's not a seller's market when the Duke could mutter "Will no one rid me of this turbulent enchanter?" and have 4 men-at-arms rush off to do just that.
Rich but common merchants might face a seller's market (or at least pay actual money to assassins rather than just drop hints) but they aren't a prime sector of the sword-buying market.
A Mage-Lord whose powers make him a lord in his own right might have the advantage over mundane nobles but magical tradesmen won't.