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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 1441074" data-attributes="member: 413">I don't have any problem with PCs buying and selling magic items.&nbsp; My DMing motto: &quot;This is the PCs'story...I'm just here to help them tell it.&quot; If I give the PCs a +3 battle axe and none of them really want it, I have no problem with them selling it (for 25%-50% of its value depending on diplomacy check) and maybe purchasing something else that they find more useful.&nbsp; I really have no interest in wasting precious table time dealing with this unless it is relevant to the current adventure.&nbsp; In all cases, purchasing a magic item takes double the amount of time it takes to make it.&nbsp; So they can't just run out to the &quot;Magic Walmart&quot; and buy that scroll of restoration they need...they need to wait for it to be made for them (essentially it is assumed that they have to find someone to make the item for them, but I'm not about to RP it out...that would be a massive waste of time, IMO).&nbsp; Also, I have veto power over what magic items can be purchased just for the sake of game balance.Why should I care what magic items the PCs have?...as long as they are reasonably well balanced among the PC and against the campaign world as a whole, it's all good.&nbsp; What else are the PCs supposed to do with all the gold they find?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 1441074, member: 413"] I don't have any problem with PCs buying and selling magic items. My DMing motto: "This is the PCs'story...I'm just here to help them tell it." If I give the PCs a +3 battle axe and none of them really want it, I have no problem with them selling it (for 25%-50% of its value depending on diplomacy check) and maybe purchasing something else that they find more useful. I really have no interest in wasting precious table time dealing with this unless it is relevant to the current adventure. In all cases, purchasing a magic item takes double the amount of time it takes to make it. So they can't just run out to the "Magic Walmart" and buy that scroll of restoration they need...they need to wait for it to be made for them (essentially it is assumed that they have to find someone to make the item for them, but I'm not about to RP it out...that would be a massive waste of time, IMO). Also, I have veto power over what magic items can be purchased just for the sake of game balance. Why should I care what magic items the PCs have?...as long as they are reasonably well balanced among the PC and against the campaign world as a whole, it's all good. What else are the PCs supposed to do with all the gold they find? [/QUOTE]

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