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I'm having trouble reconciling these 2 rulings. equipping is and action. equipping a 0gc attachment has zero gold cost. if an action needs to have a possible gold cost to produce gold to pay it, and I'm equipping a zero cost attachment, then how can I produce gold? the equip action has no possibility of needing gold to pay a gold cost.
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viewtopic.php?f=59&t=112746&p=1460501&hilit=yusuke+gold#p1460501
I'm having trouble reconciling these 2 rulings. equipping is and action. equipping a 0gc attachment has zero gold cost. if an action needs to have a possible gold cost to produce gold to pay it, and I'm equipping a zero cost attachment, then how can I produce gold? the equip action has no possibility of needing gold to pay a gold cost.
The difference is that your original question made an incorrect assumption - straightening Contemplative Shrine is not a zero gold cost action, it is an action without gold cost. They are two very different things, and actions without gold costs do not trigger a step where you are able to produce gold. Actions with a zero gold cost do.