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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4714865" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>Here is the system I am using:</p><p></p><p>If you want to find a specific magic item, you can go and hunt it down. Even if it's way outside your level. The system will work like this:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You tell me what you want, and what level it is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I give you a minor quest to get it (the level of the Quest is the level of the item).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I roll 1d4 and subtract that from the level of the item. That's the level of the encounter where you can find the item. (If you want a level 14 item, the encounter range will be 10-13, just like the treasure parcel levels where you can find a level 14 item.) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You look for rumours, legends, or any information that will lead you to the item. You can also make an appropriate skill check to see if you know where one might be; DC is Hard of the level of the item. If your PC doesn't know, you can consult a sage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Then you go and hunt it down, if you want.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>edit: Thanks for all the advice in this thread, it's good.</p><p></p><p>I have a decent handle on how to handle things it seems. Now I need to:</p><p></p><p>-create some "rival" NPC adventuring parties</p><p>-create some natural events (celebrations, eclipses, strange happenings, etc.)</p><p>-figure out how some of the more important beings in the setting deal with each other.</p><p></p><p>I have King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; I think I am going to retrofit it to fit within the Vale. That means rumours of trolls on the warpath now, and I putting Etheran Therund in there somehow. Hmm... I have an idea of how that might work. We'll see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 4714865, member: 386"] Here is the system I am using: If you want to find a specific magic item, you can go and hunt it down. Even if it's way outside your level. The system will work like this: [list][*]You tell me what you want, and what level it is. [*]I give you a minor quest to get it (the level of the Quest is the level of the item). [*]I roll 1d4 and subtract that from the level of the item. That's the level of the encounter where you can find the item. (If you want a level 14 item, the encounter range will be 10-13, just like the treasure parcel levels where you can find a level 14 item.) [*]You look for rumours, legends, or any information that will lead you to the item. You can also make an appropriate skill check to see if you know where one might be; DC is Hard of the level of the item. If your PC doesn't know, you can consult a sage. [*]Then you go and hunt it down, if you want.[/list] edit: Thanks for all the advice in this thread, it's good. I have a decent handle on how to handle things it seems. Now I need to: -create some "rival" NPC adventuring parties -create some natural events (celebrations, eclipses, strange happenings, etc.) -figure out how some of the more important beings in the setting deal with each other. I have King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; I think I am going to retrofit it to fit within the Vale. That means rumours of trolls on the warpath now, and I putting Etheran Therund in there somehow. Hmm... I have an idea of how that might work. We'll see. [/QUOTE]
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