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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1827008" data-attributes="member: 4910">In my homebrew setting, for the most part there are not magic item shops, and if you want to purchase magic items you need to go to a spellcaster and see if they'd be interested in trading, or know somebody who would.  Trade is usually in the form of other magic items, spells they don't have (personal researched spells or variants are a big plus here), power components they could use, or rarely liquid funds (gold, gems, jewelry, etc).There are 3 exceptions:1) Items made with the Craft (Alchemy) skill.  When I run, Alchemy does not require the user to be a spellcaster.  So that village wise woman who is an Expert may be able to sell you some healing salve, poison curing draughts, or what have you.2) Large magical organizations such as the Arcane Order, or the Brotherhood of the Silver Griffon tend to have some stock in enchanted items floating around, or are able to have them commissioned.  However, such services are generally reserved for members or the very wealthy (who have a good relationship with the organization and still end up paying thru the nose anyway).  This is probably the most accessable Magic-for-Cash option available, outside of...3) One of the nations in the setting is a Magocracy.  Infact you have to demonstrate at least some modicum of arcane (read that as trained, spell-slots using, wizardly) ability to become a Citizen.  Otherwise you're a Non-Citizen Resident, and have a different set of rights and so forth.  There actually are shops there that sell low-level magic items; usually things that are about on level with cantrips in power.  Floating glass baubles that hover just behind your shoulder and give off light upon command.  Spools of enchanted thread that can mend (as mending) nearly anything, but only have 50 uses worth of thread on the spool.  Crystal prisms that glow with a colored light when passed thru a magical field.  Quills that take dictations.   Things like that.  Additionally, there are some people in said country that are sort of partial spellcasters, particularly for certain types of magical crafting.  There is a family that has a tradition of producing magical tailors.  They're amazingly gifted in their chosen craft, and can even make some enchanted clothing (that looks really, really nice too!) - if you want an enchanted cloak and are able to meet their price, they're the place to go.  But if you want a magical sword, find somebody else because they couldn't make a Longsword +1 even if they wanted to.</blockquote>

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