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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6559367" data-attributes="member: 413">The rules allow for downtime crafting of magic items that give requirements: gp, time, character level, spells, etc.  I allow my players to purchase certain common magic items (particularly healing potions since the only "healer" we have is a edit: paladin) at a cut rate when ever they are in town.  During longer periods of down time I will allow them to craft magic items.  They can replace time or spell requirements with more gold (case by case basis for how much, but generally each will increase cost by 50%).So...if they want to buy a +1 Longsword but don't have time, then 750gp...If they have time to craft it, then 500gp.  I allow them to sell magic items for 20% of the value.  Why?  Because some of my players are just not interested in other down time activities and it makes gold useful and interesting to them.  At 5th level, they have 3 permanent magic times that are useful to them (two are used by one character) and one that is not useful to any of them (+1 Battle Axe that does max damage to constructs) and have found 450 gp each.  They've spent some on living expenses, better armor, a few healing potions and spells.  Three of the PCs have not spent much money at all yet.  Once they finish their current adventure they will likely have 2 or 3 more permanent magic items that may or may not be useful and maybe another 200-300 gp each.    At that point they will be at or close to 6th level and will likely have several months to a year of down time (or more).  What's wrong with trading/selling/buying/crafting magic items so that all or most characters have at least one useful or interesting magic item or maybe pooling their money to have an item useful to the entire party?  As DM I have complete control over what items they can access, how much they can sell an item for, etc.  It's not going to unbalance the game.  In fact it makes it more balanced if the items found so far happen to fit one character more than others.  I could have them "quest" for an item but table time is limited so going on side quests for uninteresting or non-plot items is a significant distraction.   Most importantly it makes my players feel like like gold is a reward worth taking risks or spending effort to get.At some point I also may just allow gold to be traded for XP during down time to "train"...maybe the character that has a ton of gold but no magic items would like to gain a level a little faster than the others.  Seems fair.  Over time it will balance back out.  For HotDQ/RoT...it certainly seems reasonable between the two to allow this sort of thing and maybe later during RoT.  As long as the DM keeps it under control.</blockquote>

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