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1	'''Basic Trope''': Shopkeepers have powerful weapons and armor for sale at obscene prices early in the game.
2	* '''Straight''': The shopkeeper in the second town sells a DiscOneNuke for 100,000 gold.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The shopkeeper is selling the InfinityPlusOneSword
5	** The weapon costs 100,000,000 gold instead.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** The weapon costs 1,000 gold, and normal weapons at that point cost in the 300 range.
8	** The weapon is only marginally better than normal weapons at this point.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** The first town is a large metropolis, so there are powerful weapons for sale.
11	** ItemCrafting is expensive, especially for powerful items.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** The DiscOneNuke only costs 2 gold.
14	** There is a weapon being sold for 100,000 gold. It's made of solid gold, and is utterly useless as a weapon.
15	* '''Subverted''':
16	** The weapon normally costs 100,000 gold, but it's on sale for 1,000.
17	** You very quickly achieve 100,000 gold in the early game, as the number of gold increases very quickly.
18	* '''Double Subverted''':
19	** It's on sale for 1,000 gold, but it's so {{absurdly sharp\|Blade}} that it shatters on contact, making it useless as a weapon.
20	** But after buying that item, the shopkeeper sells another item for 1 trillion gold.
21	* '''Parodied''': The cost of the item is higher than the player's money cap; it can ''never'' be bought, although it might be possible to get one as a [[RandomlyDrops random drop]] or by [[KleptomaniacHero "borrowing"]] one.
22	* '''Zig-Zagged''': The shop sells items of a wide variety of prices and power levels. Prices differ wildly, and not proportionally to each other either.
23	* '''Averted''': The shopkeeper only sells items at the level you would expect.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** The developers want to make the game realistic, so the major city does in fact sell powerful weapons and armor.
26	** The developers want to give a reward for players willing to {{Level Grind\|ing}}.
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "And he expects we can afford ''that'' price?"
28	* '''Invoked''': ???
29	* '''Exploited''': ???
30	* '''Defied''': The shop has these weapons, but refuses to sell them at any price.
31	* '''Discussed''': The protagonist remarks that the common shopkeeper is selling a ridiculously powerful weapon.
32	* '''Conversed''': ???
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34	We'd offer a link back to TeaserEquipment, but that'll cost a million gold!
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36	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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38	%%* '''Implied''': ???
39	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
40	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
41	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
42	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / TeaserEquipment