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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 2490945" data-attributes="member: 8439">*shrug* whether we like it or not (and I don't particularly like it, but thats another subject) magic items and the power you can gain from them is part of the mechanics of D&D. Assumptions about power level and character abilities are tied into assumptions about what magical items will be available to different characters at different levels. IMHO changing the availablity of an entire set of common magic items (many of which are assumed in the core books to be owned by default npcs regardless of background or allignment) is a rules change. Describing it in flavor terms doesn't change that, and describing it in insulting "of course it will be this way" flavor terms is a bit arrogent. If I want to change default item availability, either in big or small ways, I let players know that in advance. The DM in question had a logical reason for his house rule, but I still consider it a house rule and think that insulting a player for not liking its sudden apearance was worth calling him on.</blockquote>