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<blockquote data-quote="Kugar" data-source="post: 63510" data-attributes="member: 442">PC,&nbsp;&nbsp; While making and buying magic does seem wierd to me too, 3E does a lot to promote this.&nbsp; Some things to keep in mind.&nbsp;-Remember that the magic items are in the DMG not the PHB.&nbsp; It seems like the magic items in your campaign have a unique flavor, and letting the players use the DMG as a shopping/creation list WILL destroy some of that flavor.&nbsp; A player has to be very diligent in separating Metagame knowledge from character knowledge at this point.&nbsp;&nbsp; A character may know all the spells and feats to enspell an item, but that in itself does not impart the knowledege of making the item.&nbsp; The DM is still in control of knowledge, down time is and how available those couple of thousands of GP worth of ingredients are.&nbsp; I sure most magical items are not sticks covered with crushed gems.-A lot of balance issues have arisen&nbsp; Check the errata and learn from other designers mistakes as to what is unbalanced.-The DM giviths and the DM takeths away&nbsp; Now more than ever, you may find something slipped by and is overpowered.&nbsp; Since you are a certified Rat Bastard I know you will have no problem dealing with it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-Trade you my 75 scryb sprites for your shivan dragon.&nbsp; Book values aside, who would really sell a Dearn's(sp) Instant Fortress?&nbsp; If you are powerfull enough to make most of this stuff you are probably in the same boat as the PC.&nbsp; Or perhaps they do have a use for the coinage ... Bwah Ha HaI'll give you a treasury worth of diamonds for that nifty sword.YawnOh, and a Prison Isle on some Prime World too. Yawn - huh!&nbsp; Yeah!&nbsp; Add a pentagram, and get me a copy of the local laws and we'll work out a contract ....-Show me a staff of unimaginable power...Hi!...That's not what I meant&nbsp; Divinations and wishes can often time be misleading.Try making the most reliable sources the one with a link to the characters.&nbsp; Build Caliphas(sp?) enough temples and you may get a minor aritfact, and private 'audiance' with a female sorceror&nbsp; might get one a leg up in negotiations ... the list is endless, but they all invlove story - not +1 belts of bells and whistles.YMMV,KugarEdit - Darn Language Skills and Niceness</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kugar, post: 63510, member: 442"] PC, While making and buying magic does seem wierd to me too, 3E does a lot to promote this. Some things to keep in mind. -[b]Remember that the magic items are in the DMG not the PHB.[/b] It seems like the magic items in your campaign have a unique flavor, and letting the players use the DMG as a shopping/creation list WILL destroy some of that flavor. A player has to be very diligent in separating Metagame knowledge from character knowledge at this point. A character may know all the spells and feats to enspell an item, but that in itself does not impart the knowledege of making the item. The DM is still in control of knowledge, down time is and how available those couple of thousands of GP worth of ingredients are. I sure most magical items are not sticks covered with crushed gems. -[b]A lot of balance issues have arisen[/b] Check the errata and learn from other designers mistakes as to what is unbalanced. -[b]The DM giviths and the DM takeths away[/b] Now more than ever, you may find something slipped by and is overpowered. Since you are a certified Rat Bastard I know you will have no problem dealing with it :) -[b]Trade you my 75 scryb sprites for your shivan dragon.[/b] Book values aside, who would really sell a Dearn's(sp) Instant Fortress? If you are powerfull enough to make most of this stuff you are probably in the same boat as the PC. Or perhaps they do have a use for the coinage ... Bwah Ha Ha [i]I'll give you a treasury worth of diamonds for that nifty sword. [b]Yawn[/b] Oh, and a Prison Isle on some Prime World too. [b]Yawn - huh! Yeah! Add a pentagram, and get me a copy of the local laws and we'll work out a contract ....[/b][/i] -[b]Show me a staff of unimaginable power...[i]Hi![/i]...That's not what I meant[/b] Divinations and wishes can often time be misleading. Try making the most reliable sources the one with a link to the characters. Build Caliphas(sp?) enough temples and you may get a minor aritfact, and private 'audiance' with a female sorceror might get one a leg up in negotiations ... the list is endless, but they all invlove story - not +1 belts of bells and whistles. YMMV, Kugar Edit - Darn Language Skills and Niceness [/QUOTE]

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