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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 9761811" data-attributes="member: 25619">Sub thread here of (1) do you have magic shops, and (2) can PC’s just buy the magic items they want.(1) I sort of do.  In my many Greyhawk games, PC’s have come across magic dealers in 3 places.  All are regulated by the Mages Guild and have a limited inventory, mostly potions and 1st-2nd level spells, with fancier ones maybe a random miscellaneous item or two, some armor, and a few weapons.  They also have a limited fund for buying surplus items, and the trades of one group impact the inventory for the others.  The magic dealer in Cauldron in Shackled City Adventure Path is one of the three I have, and only one of the hmm, 5 parties I’ve has in Greyhawk has been there.(2) They have in stock what they have in stock.  Finding a coveted item like a Bag of Holding in stock is rare, but in one case a PC sold his.The one unique exception is the high level Wizard from a campaign I was a player in. When we ended that campaign, the player wanted his character to continue “offscreen” as a “teleport travel service and magic dealer”.  I asked him if I could have a copy of the character sheet and use him as an NPC in the campaigns I DM’d.He agreed, and I have been using that NPC for about 18 years now.  My high-level knows him and contacts him by Sending if they want to trade.  “Offscreen” he has a network of contacts and is a market maker, connecting buyers and sellers.  He has a limited inventory of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG’s): scrolls of Fireball, Sending, and Teleport.  But for other things, it’ll take a few weeks and situations like a PC buying a Sword of the Planes led to them meeting the seller.  Not everything is available, even with money and patience.</blockquote>

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