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<blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2623859" data-attributes="member: 16989">In 2nd ED.Magic Items were TREASURE.&nbsp; You couldn't just BUY them.&nbsp; If you were high enough level you could MAKE them, but that was a pain to actually do.Of course, once the party gets a certain amount of treasure they want to sell all those +1 weapons they've got hanging around.&nbsp; But, since you can't BUY items, you can't really SELL them either.The Forgotten Realms had tid-bits about buying/selling magic items, as it was so magic heavy, surplus magic items actually existed.In effect, the 2nd ed magic item system wasn't thought out in terms of PC level X should have GP value Y of stuff.PC Magic Items were a difficult and inexact art in 2nd edition, as opposed to the mathmatic science 3rd edition is.The best comprimise might be to look up the PC's Wealth total in 3rd edition terms, then when you give them something find a similar 3rd ed item &amp; use that as the price.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vraille Darkfang, post: 2623859, member: 16989"] In 2nd ED. Magic Items were TREASURE. You couldn't just BUY them. If you were high enough level you could MAKE them, but that was a pain to actually do. Of course, once the party gets a certain amount of treasure they want to sell all those +1 weapons they've got hanging around. But, since you can't BUY items, you can't really SELL them either. The Forgotten Realms had tid-bits about buying/selling magic items, as it was so magic heavy, surplus magic items actually existed. In effect, the 2nd ed magic item system wasn't thought out in terms of PC level X should have GP value Y of stuff. PC Magic Items were a difficult and inexact art in 2nd edition, as opposed to the mathmatic science 3rd edition is. The best comprimise might be to look up the PC's Wealth total in 3rd edition terms, then when you give them something find a similar 3rd ed item & use that as the price. [/QUOTE]

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