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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7985826">Are you really defining &quot;agency&quot; as &quot;I can get any specific magic item I want?&quot;EDIT: And to give it some context, you obviously prefer a setting where characters know (or believe) that things like &quot;Boots of Flying&quot;, or maybe even every specific magic item in the DMG, exists, and therefore it makes sense to go looking for it.&nbsp; The way I play, &quot;Boots of Flying&quot;, if such a thing is found, is a shorthand way of letting the player, not the character, know what the item is, and what the mechanics are.So walking up to the Archmage and saying, &quot;Do you have (insert magic item)&quot; would be like walking into a real life hardware store and asking, &quot;Do you have a +1 Hammer&quot;?Now maybe, just maybe, if the heroes approached the archmage and described the problem they were trying to overcome, like getting into the featureless tower to steal the MacGuffin, the archmage might say, &quot;I have a solution for you.&nbsp; I know of a pair of magical boots that will enable you to get to the top of the tower.&nbsp; But there's something I need you to do for me first....&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7985826"] Are you really defining "agency" as "I can get any specific magic item I want?" EDIT: And to give it some context, you obviously prefer a setting where characters know (or believe) that things like "Boots of Flying", or maybe even every specific magic item in the DMG, exists, and therefore it makes sense to go looking for it. The way I play, "Boots of Flying", if such a thing is found, is a shorthand way of letting the player, not the character, know what the item is, and what the mechanics are. So walking up to the Archmage and saying, "Do you have (insert magic item)" would be like walking into a real life hardware store and asking, "Do you have a +1 Hammer"? Now maybe, just maybe, if the heroes approached the archmage and described the problem they were trying to overcome, like getting into the featureless tower to steal the MacGuffin, the archmage might say, "I have a solution for you. I know of a pair of magical boots that will enable you to get to the top of the tower. But there's something I need you to do for me first...." [/QUOTE]

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