So I'm running a game of D&D 4e for a bunch of new players...

So I'm running a game of D&D 4e for a bunch of new players, and I figured a great way to get them into ttrpgs is give them a low-rate adventuring guild that they invest in and make better over the course of the campaign to better show off their progress. I've got lots of ideas about what things to purchase, like servants, stables, teleportation pads, alchemy labs, etc etc, but I have no idea how to price them.
Seeing as how any investment into the guild is money not going to loot, it needs to be good enough to choose the one over the other when they all pool their resources, but at the same time, not be to cheap so they don't get everything to quickly.
So do I base the prices off of mid level loot or something? How much gold should I charge these guys to fix up their building?
If you've done something similar, how'd it go?

>So I'm running a game of D&D 4e for a bunch of new players
Do you want them to hate tabletop?

Yeah, I know, but I don't own any other books any I don't have the money for more. Besides, it's not hard to make fun.

Probably the worst defense you can give for playing a shit system

Thanks for the help, buddy. You've accomplished a lot today.

>D&D 4e

No problem. But base rulebooks for many systems cost less than $20 or you can just use pdfs. Why would you sully new players' first tabletop experience with 4e? It's probably more accurate to say that you're lazy.

Or that I'm not going to pass a phone around the table for everyone to look up rules in. And what part of "got no money" do you not get?
Maybe offer a good answer to the question instead of shitposting?

People have tablets and laptops.
>got no money
If you want to enjoy a hobby, is putting down a few bucks a big deal? I hate this "wahh wahh I am broke like I have literally 0 cents broke" meme. Are you driving to the meeting place? Do you buy takeout occasionally? Do you have a netflix subscription? Do you occasionally get the somewhat nicer food brands at walmart? If so then fuck off, your account balance is obviously not zero.

I've spent $500+ on books alone for my groups over the years. And if they want to play something I don't have and don't want to pay for it myself, I ask every one of them to chip in $5-10. I spend 4+ hours a week preparing and then another 5 hours running the game, having them crowdfund a new purchase two or three times a year isn't a big deal. Maybe you should consider it.

Not a one of my players is going to pay me to run this thing. No one owns a tablet or laptop. Is it weird that someone is poorer than you? That we're not all middle class America who get to eat out every week?
Go feel superior somewhere else.