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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 1981429" data-attributes="member: 13">If something won't hurt my campaign, whether due to rules problems or setting problems, I see little reason not to allow a PC to commission it if they can find someone who can build it (or, for common items, simply buy it).So... I theoretically allow all of these options, except for non-magical +5 full plate, which I can't make sense of.The following guidelines apply: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What you can buy in a settlement depends on its size/resources. (See DMG and modify as necessary due to setting considerations.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The more powerful (or more unusual) an item is, the less likely it is readily available. This goes especially for items whose use or creation is restricted to a certain class, alignment or race. (Except in locations where this class/alignment/race is plentiful, of course.) Something like a holy avenger will likely have to be commissioned almost everywhere and will often be unavailable in any case. (And not just because it costs more than 100,000 gp, that is.) If nobody in a settlement can create an item, nor can contact someone who can, you obviously can't commission it. Also, not every spellcaster of sufficient level will also have the appropriate Item Creation feat or know all required spells. This goes especially for non-Wizards. Nor will they always have enough XP to spare.  Even if they fulfill all requirements, not every spellcaster will build items for just anyone.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The price may or may not vary somewhat from the PHB/DMG prices.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If an item illegal or otherwise restricted or frowned upon in the settlement, it will be either unavailable or more expensive.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Likewise, if you are wanted by the law or a second-class citizen or have some other social stigma (e.g., gnoll in Menzoberranzan, cleric of Ilmater in Zhentil Keep), expect higher prices and other difficulties.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you can't commission, or can't afford, a certain item, it's still possible to use skills, spells or bardic lore (or pay someone to do it for you) to find out who might have such an item (or at least a similar item). Maybe you're in luck and a certain troll chieftain is reputed to have one, or a paladin known to wield a holy avenger went missing in a certain crypt three generations ago. Of course, such methods aren't always precise (or correct at all) and often enough, you will learn of an important detail (that the holy avenger is actually a short sword, say) only when you finally come across the item.</li> </ul>Since I'm playing in the FR, even a +5 heavy fortification mithral full plate (110,500 gp) is available in sufficiently large and magically powerful settlements if you're wealthy enough. You'll likely need to have it commissioned, possibly even separately for each property, and thus wait for it for a long time but them's the breaks.Whether my PCs have enough money in the first place is an entirely different question, of course. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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