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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7515994" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Ah, but I don't break my towns down by level like that. It's more of a random roll based on the city size; and it's possible at the extremes to find nothing at all in a major city and a mighty artifact in a village. </p><p></p><p>Trying to overlay a Magic-card-style rarity structure, is all that is. Pointless.</p><p></p><p>Mostly. Some very desireable magic items are more useful when you're not adventuring.</p><p></p><p>Here you're talking about rarity levels among the same thing; a +1 longsword is a +1 longsword and unless there's some serious lore attached to it (or a bunch of inlaid gems!) the price will always be close to the same. I'm talking about rarity levels among different things.</p><p></p><p>Should a Ring of Protection +1 be as common to find as a Ring of Sustenance, even though they're the same* price? Personally, I have it that the RoP is somewhat more common; and both are more common than a Ring of Jumping which is also the same price. The relative rarity is set by the odds of hitting them in the items table, same idea as in the 1e DMG.</p><p></p><p>* - in my system, anyway; and all prices I'm quoting in this thread are from that.</p><p></p><p>In general, price and rarity kinda-sorta go hand in hand, but there's some glaring exceptions; for example a Ring of Elemental Command goes for about 6 times the price of a Ring of Chameleon Power, yet the RoEC is more common (relatively speaking; both are fairly unusual).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7515994, member: 29398"] Ah, but I don't break my towns down by level like that. It's more of a random roll based on the city size; and it's possible at the extremes to find nothing at all in a major city and a mighty artifact in a village. Trying to overlay a Magic-card-style rarity structure, is all that is. Pointless. Mostly. Some very desireable magic items are more useful when you're not adventuring. Here you're talking about rarity levels among the same thing; a +1 longsword is a +1 longsword and unless there's some serious lore attached to it (or a bunch of inlaid gems!) the price will always be close to the same. I'm talking about rarity levels among different things. Should a Ring of Protection +1 be as common to find as a Ring of Sustenance, even though they're the same* price? Personally, I have it that the RoP is somewhat more common; and both are more common than a Ring of Jumping which is also the same price. The relative rarity is set by the odds of hitting them in the items table, same idea as in the 1e DMG. * - in my system, anyway; and all prices I'm quoting in this thread are from that. In general, price and rarity kinda-sorta go hand in hand, but there's some glaring exceptions; for example a Ring of Elemental Command goes for about 6 times the price of a Ring of Chameleon Power, yet the RoEC is more common (relatively speaking; both are fairly unusual). [/QUOTE]
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