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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5704111" data-attributes="member: 19675">Yes, really.  IME, casters take Metamagic feats, get special familiars and so forth.  The only caster feats they have are built into their classes.Exactly.  "Available" means one or more exists within a given populace.  It does NOT mean "on the shelf at every store in the city."  It does not mean that the shopkeeper will sell it to you for a price you can pay if it IS in stock.  It does not mean the shopkeeper is willing to sell it to a member of your species or outsiders of any kind.  Or perhaps it's sale is restricted to members of a certain social class or organization...and you aren't either one.It does not mean that the seller even knows what it is.And, of course, if you don't ask the right people, you won't find it at all.And to be perfectly clear:1) I wasn't alone in playing this way- virtually every DM I've ever played with has done likewise.2) this had nothing to do with magic items per se- even mundane items were subject to the laws of supply and demand.  In RtToEE, we spent a lot of time in small towns, so I couldn't find a smith able to make a plain dire pick...much less the masterwork one I really wanted so I could get it enchanted.</blockquote>