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Message: <blockquote data-quote="earthsea_wizard" data-source="post: 9548331" data-attributes="member: 7049259">Where is this in the 3.0 DMG?EDIT: Found it, pg 164. It doesn't exactly suggest this. It is under the section for creating "diverging worlds" such as stone age or rennaissance and also has suggestions for running both a lower or higher magic world:"Another way to create a divergent game is to change the amount ofmagic available.Low Magic: In a low-magic game, spellcasters and magic trea-sure are about twice as rare as normal. Magic items aren't for salebecause they're too rare to ever think of parting with for mere gold.The occasional trade of an item or its sale for gold is possible, ofcourse, but it is a rarity in the economic structure.Common people almost never see magic. Some might not evenbelieve in it. A spell or a magic-using creature completely bedevilsthe common folk and terrifies them. All magic-using creatures,including characters, may be thought of as "demons." They mightbe persecuted. Witch trials and the like could be a common fate forwizards and sorcerers. Clerics and other divine spellcasters areprobably safer than arcane spellcasters, but they might not be,depending on the culture.High Magic: Spellcasters and magic treasures are twice as com-mon as presented in these rules, if not more so. Most charactershave a level or two of wizard or sorcerer. Even a shopkeeper mightbe at least a 1st-level spellcaster. Magic items are bought and sold inclearly marked shops like any other commodity. Spells are used tolight homes, keep people warm, and communicate. The functionthey serve is as commonplace as modern-day technology is in thereal world.This sort of campaign can be directed one of two ways. The firstis to take the world of the utterly fantastic route, where magic issophisticated and common, and to create a world unlike anythinganyone but you has ever imagined. The second is to take the comi-cal route, where magic simply becomes technology—little imps inboxes perform calculations like computers, and people have magi-cal transmission television sets. The second route can be fun, butthe sort of light-hearted parody it leads to is probably not a goodbasis for a long-term campaign."Perhaps this was removed from 3.5 DMG because, as much as some of us hate to admit it, doubling magic items or halving them with no other considerations recommended will result in some pretty screwed up encounters. Either your party is bulldozing every single encounter with no fear or the opposite is happening to them. This would be true in just about any edition of the game. It just isn't a good recommendation as written.The defualt assumption the 3.0 DMG gives is this though, which is the same as the 3.5 DMG:"Unless you are going to run a divergent game (see DifferingMagic, page 164), magic is prevalent enough in the world that itwill always be taken into account by smart individuals. A merchantwouldn't be flabbergasted by the idea that someone might try tosteal from her while invisible. A swindler would be aware thatsomeone might be able to detect his thoughts or his lies.Magic shouldn't be something that common people are unawareof. Spellcasters may be fairly rare in the big picture, but they'recommon enough that people know that when Uncle Rufus falls offthe back of the wagon, they could take him to the temple to havethe priests heal the wound (although the average peasant probablycouldn't afford the price). Only the most isolated farmer might notsee magic or the results of magic regularly."</blockquote>

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