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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackbrrd" data-source="post: 6388639" data-attributes="member: 63962">Actually, to have a magic item economy, there would have to be some volume of magic item transactions. Without it, the price of the magic items would be really situational. I think 5e assumes the latter. Because of this, there isn't any sense in setting the "list price" of a magic item.I do agree that there sure is going to be some magic item trading, but I don't think there would be any magic item shops lying around. If you look back in history, clothes were all made to order, or home-made.Now, looking at a +1 weapon. For a noble hiring soldiers, it makes more sense to hire two men with regular swords, than one guy with a +1 weapon (if the men were otherwise equally skilled). In this sense, a +1 item is more like a luxery item that the noble might want to have for himself. Not something you equip your army with. For an adventurer, it might have a much greater value, but it's hard to find someone having a spare +1 weapon.Now, I think that adventurers wanting to sell magic items should be able to sell them, but depending on the situation, the price could be rediculessly low, or really high depending on the demand for magic items. Btw, as far as I know, there aren't any magic item creation rules for permanent magic items? Only for consumables? In which case, the only magic items around are just circulated around, especially when adventurers start poking around. If the PC's want to sell that +1 item, they better find a noble that doesn't have one already, and actually wants one. Otherwise, they might sell it to a wealthy merchant who doesn't want it for himself, but for trade, but I would think the price should be a lot lower then.Btw, regarding the economy of scale, sure he has a lot of income, but usually, he has to use most of it to pay his men, keep is castle from collapsing, etc. The money he has left ofter is something he might want to spend on other luxury items like food or clothes or whatever.</blockquote>

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