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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 6445150" data-attributes="member: 545">I believe that the once in a blue moon buying of non-minor items in pre-3e was far from rare.  In long running campaigns, the PCs were going to pile up astounding amounts of gold.  It made sense for a wizard to make a fair deal on acquiring/creating an item for gold and "a little favor" or errand, or similar.  It makes for a convenient plot hook for the DM to get the party on board with few questions asked, the PCs get an adventure, and the players are happy about getting that nice item that they have been saving up for.  So the PCs are not going to a magic shop, but the party is effectively "buying" one item per several game sessions.  That is very different from a "I am 'porting to Greyhawk.  Who wants to go shopping with me?" that we sometimes saw in 3e.</blockquote>