Finding "other" magic items...

[Three_Haligonians]

So, I'm working out what treasures can be found in the current adventure of my campaign when it dawns on me that really, I have a number of books on the shelf that contain magic items (Arms and Equipment Guide, DMG II, the splatbooks.. etc). that I never use for random magic items - somehow, their equipment is only used for buying PC or NPC gear.

Which leads me to wonder, what methods are out there to help include more magic items sources than just the DMG when determining random treasure?

What do you folk do?

J from Three Haligonians

 

[Hairfoot]

You might have to do a table yourself.

I'm fairly liberal with handing out low-power, expendable items (scrolls, potions) and +1 weapons. I try to form an idea of items which would be common in the campaign area, and drop them into a random generation table or pre-gen treasure pile.