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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6426263" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>The original post doesn't really make a "case" for a magic item market so much as a desire for one. Part of the fun of d&d is overcoming obstacles...the dark being one of them. (You're liable to be eaten by a grue.)</p><p></p><p>The case is an easy one assuming the default high magic setting...</p><p></p><p>Civilizations, even primitive ones, thrive on specialization and trade. Clearly magic exists, either it is readily available to be found or made. People with money will want magic. People with the means to find or produce magic items will want money. A price will be arrived at and presto....a market will exist. If the it is a valid adventure hook for PCs with little money or some other need to be hired out to go find a magic item then it is just as valid for PCs who have money that they need less than a particular magic item to trade it. </p><p></p><p>Let's take the example of the OP. As a DM I would handle this in a variety of ways. In the short term it might be that the darkness of the environment is an obstacle I want the PCs to have to contend with. So I'd say deal with it...work as a team and find a way. In the middle time frame I might provide some way for te PCs to solve the problem. Maybe hint at a dark light torch in a monster's lair. But in the longer term during downtime between adventures absolutely they can trade some gold or other resources for magic items. Depending on settig maybe they went to the local magic shop. Maybe they commissioned it to be made or found (or stolen). Whatever. Finding treasure is a fun part of the game but only if you can do something with it. Finding a +1 battle axe might be fun and useful if you primarily us a greatsword but have no magic one. But later if you can trade that plus 5000gp for a magic greatsword (and you describe it as you hired some mechant to find it for you or you bribed a crazy old man to reveal its location or whatever) who cares? Now you have less wealth than your compatriots to use on other things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6426263, member: 413"] The original post doesn't really make a "case" for a magic item market so much as a desire for one. Part of the fun of d&d is overcoming obstacles...the dark being one of them. (You're liable to be eaten by a grue.) The case is an easy one assuming the default high magic setting... Civilizations, even primitive ones, thrive on specialization and trade. Clearly magic exists, either it is readily available to be found or made. People with money will want magic. People with the means to find or produce magic items will want money. A price will be arrived at and presto....a market will exist. If the it is a valid adventure hook for PCs with little money or some other need to be hired out to go find a magic item then it is just as valid for PCs who have money that they need less than a particular magic item to trade it. Let's take the example of the OP. As a DM I would handle this in a variety of ways. In the short term it might be that the darkness of the environment is an obstacle I want the PCs to have to contend with. So I'd say deal with it...work as a team and find a way. In the middle time frame I might provide some way for te PCs to solve the problem. Maybe hint at a dark light torch in a monster's lair. But in the longer term during downtime between adventures absolutely they can trade some gold or other resources for magic items. Depending on settig maybe they went to the local magic shop. Maybe they commissioned it to be made or found (or stolen). Whatever. Finding treasure is a fun part of the game but only if you can do something with it. Finding a +1 battle axe might be fun and useful if you primarily us a greatsword but have no magic one. But later if you can trade that plus 5000gp for a magic greatsword (and you describe it as you hired some mechant to find it for you or you bribed a crazy old man to reveal its location or whatever) who cares? Now you have less wealth than your compatriots to use on other things. [/QUOTE]
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