Playing the pack without visiting the armory...

[cornixt]

All the prices between quests are DOUBLED.

And if you are playing the HQ2021 edition that now has the commonly implemented but poorly thought through 'selling back to the armoury at 50%' rule as part of its official ruleset then all armoury prices would have to be doubled anyway so you would have to quadruple them in this instance!

Heroes could buy at double the price on the card, sell at half the price on the card. Then you don't get into halving a doubled number and ending up with no difference.

[benvoliothefirst]

Agreed it's unrealistic to allow trips back to town. Also agreed they should get occasional access to a wandering merchant. "What're ya BUYIN'," etc. He would definitely have increased prices due to hazard pay. And maybe the heroes think, "Let's just kill him and take his stuff!" Great, so now he no longer exists in future quests. Whoops!

OR, maybe he's lasted this long because he's used to "so-called heroes" trying to jam him up. And he's got an escape spell. And now he'll sell his potions to the monsters. Whoopsie! Should've bought that exclusivity contract!

[Zenithfleet]

Agreed it's unrealistic to allow trips back to town. Also agreed they should get occasional access to a wandering merchant. "What're ya BUYIN'," etc. He would definitely have increased prices due to hazard pay. And maybe the heroes think, "Let's just kill him and take his stuff!" Great, so now he no longer exists in future quests. Whoops!

OR, maybe he's lasted this long because he's used to "so-called heroes" trying to jam him up. And he's got an escape spell. And now he'll sell his potions to the monsters. Whoopsie! Should've bought that exclusivity contract!

Ha!

Players: "Hey, we haven't seen that goblin merchant in a while. And why are all the treasure chests around here empty? And why do all the monsters have battle axes and crossbows?"

Morcar/Zargon: "I'm sure it's a total coincidence."