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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 1192978" data-attributes="member: 317"><p>My main problem with buying magic items is it takes all the interest and fun out of the item in the process.  The items in my campaign all have a history, a reason for being created, and some interesting background or quirks surrounding them.  Buying a generic magic item in a shop or having it commissioned seems so, well...dull.  Where is the fun, mystery, and excitement in that?  I guarantee it is more exciting and memorable for a character to uncover the lost Crown of Agleros in the hoard of a dragon, than to buy it from the local wizards guild.  Buying magic items just seems to me like its continuing the video game and power-ups trend D&D has become more afflicted with since 3E.</p></blockquote><p></p>