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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 1669947" data-attributes="member: 3854">The thread on the White Plume Mountain adventure module prompted me to bring this subject up. In WPM, the PCs are hired to recover 3 magic weapons stolen from their owners' vaults. It is clear in the text that the weapons, Blackrazor (a soul-drinking sword), Whelm (a dwarven warhammer), and Wave (a trident), are not in use by the owners, but rather are trophies or collected "artwork" -- something owned but not used.Is this a concept you've seen or explored in a D&D game (magic items as collectables)? Sort of like wealthy entertainers collecting expensive cars that they never drive. Or paying a million dollars for a autographed baseball that stays encased in a glass cube. (Things that have an actual use, unlike Renoir paintings and Ming-dynasty vases.)I don't think I have ever seen PCs willingly give up or sell their (special) magic items, unless it is something like selling a couple +1 shields to buy a +1 suit of armor, or some such "minor" exchange. But I can see a fabulously wealthy noble showing guests his collection of highly magical armor, lining a hall in his vault, like a movie star today would show guests his collection of high-performance cars lining his secure garage.Quasqueton</blockquote>