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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werebat" data-source="post: 6510997" data-attributes="member: 40158">I could come up with a rationale that is not in the books, but there is sense in what you say.For the record, I would never bar players from selling magic items.  They might not be able to sell them for more than a fraction of their value, but given a large enough community with a strong enough economy, I'd allow them to sell unwanted magic items using the rules given in the DMG.Similarly, I'd probably have many if not most such communities contain merchants that might host the occasional magic item auction -- probably open only to the "right" people, although PCs might be able to perform services for those people that would enable them to gain admission (or maybe just a peek at the list of what's for sale -- the contact could do the bidding for them, if they trusted them enough).If they exist and are useful or even just rare enough, there will certainly be a market for them.  But it won't be a corner market, prices won't be set in stone, and most items will not be available most of the time.And, behind the scenes, if the DM doesn't want your PC to get his hands on a wand of faerie fire -- then they never will.  Period.I have no problem with that.  I can understand why some players might feel passionately otherwise.</blockquote>