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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4962649" data-attributes="member: 834">Depends on how you see it.There are litterrally hundreds of possible magic items none of which are likely to be mass produced (Except maybe for the common one-shot items).  In fact, there are thousands.  Consider that a lifedrinker longsword, broad sword, great sword, bastard sword, fullblade etc. are all distinct items.There about 77 different weapons.  Heavy blades have well over 60 different potential enchantment that are available for level 1 alone (More are unlocked as you increase level).  And then you multiply all that by 6 (+1 to +6 enchantments)...  We are talking almost 10 thousands potential combinations for weapons +1 and +2 alone.  We can restrict that to just the most popular weapons and the most popular enchantment but we are still at about a thousand.The odds are overwhelming, if you decide you want a +2 lifedrinker broadsword, that there isn't a single one available in all of Daunton!  So you commision one just for you but you can't buy it on the corner.   Unless we declare that Dauton has well over 500 000 people regularly buying powerful enchanted weapons, I just don't see how you can have magic weapons for open sale, except maybe bland +1 items.  There is no market for it.It was pretty much the same thing back when swords where in use: A crappy mass produced sword, you could get that by the dozens.  A toledo steel sword perfectly balanced for your body size and forged by a master?  Sure, but even if you got the gold, be patient.  We have none in stock.</blockquote>

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