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neotemplar:
So as I walked through the market today, I listened to all the shouts of authentic dingo meat and real cat bone rings and it occurred to me "If all these guys are trying to convince me their stuff is real, surely some of them should be selling fraudulent merchandise."

Cause while authentic donkey brains are amusing, imitation donkey brains would make it even more ludicrous.


Also cause it makes logical sense.  If everyone must convince you the are selling legit items, someone must sell fakes.

GreatWyrmGold:
This seems like a good idea. I can't really see someone claiming that non-donkey brain was donkey brain, but if a fraudulent merchant had some spare donkey brain, he might bill it as lion brain (more valuable). Similarly, an adventurer-fleecing smith might sell lead weapons as iron, and expect them to not know the difference. (This would require, of course, for smiths to be able to smith unorthodox items to fleece the guilible).
This could be avoided with the appraisal skill. Also, only a few percent of people in most towns (no more than 15-20%) should be dishonest enough to even have the possibility to have some falsely-labeled goods, and most of those should see the benifets of honesty and not actually do so.

crazysheep:
That sounds like a good use for the Liar skill as well - a Legendary Liar could pass off a clear glass pot as an artifact crystal glass pot. Until a Legendary Appraiser notices, of course.

Z1000000m:
I see how the game could penalize you for having a no-skilled broker. So you think thats =GCS silk=? Think again.

Corai:

--- Quote from: Z1000000m on June 30, 2012, 10:29:16 pm ---I see how the game could penalize you for having a no-skilled broker. So you think thats =GCS silk=? Think again.

--- End quote ---

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