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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 714937" data-attributes="member: 413">This is only true if you assume a certain level of wealth in the world.  If there aren't vast troves of treasure about for people to plunder to use to produce magic items (and there aren't monsters around every corner to help magic makers gain XP), then making magic items becomes decidedly more difficult so there will be decidedly fewer of them around to purchase.I disagree...everyone modifies the system in one way or another.   A low-magic/low-wealth world is every bit the 3e that a higher magic one is.Personally, I prefer the game played with the wealth guidelines as they are and allowing PCs limited access to purchase/make magic items.   Why?  As was mentioned...magic items define the character to an extent (at least they define his capabilities).  I want the players to be able to customize their characters as much as is reasonably possible without throwing the game out of balance.   This includes the magic items they carry. So if a player would rather his PC have a +1 Keen Longsword than the +1 Thundering Battle Axe that they found...why shouldn't I let him go trade for it...we don't have a lot of "table time" so I don't waste a lot of time role-playing this stuff.  Between adventures (I usually seperate major adventures by several months or even years) I tell them something like "During this time you can sell any of your items for 1/3 its market value and purchase any item at its market value...up to 1000 * (d20 + Gather Information) gp in value." or some such...the specific parameters vary depending on length of time and the situation.  Also keep in mind that I (and I would guess most DMs do this) make NPCs with customized magic items.   They don't typically carry items that are useless to them...so I don't expect my players' PCs to do that either.So the players can get the items they want and get rid of the ones they don't use.</blockquote>

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