Season 8 will switch to the Organized Play rules presented in XGTE

[darjr]

There is a section on magic items in the xgte chapter on organized play.

 

[Warmaster Horus]

There is a section on magic items in the xgte chapter on organized play.

In fact there is a section on vending of potions and scrolls that identifies as being specific to AL.

 

[nswanson27]

There is a section on magic items in the xgte chapter on organized play.

I don't have it in front of me - does it deal specifically with trading magic items between characters?

 

[MerricB]

I don't have it in front of me - does it deal specifically with trading magic items between characters?

No. I think it would go counter to the way you gain magic items in the new system.

 

[MerricB]

My article on the potential changes, from November: https://merricb.com/2017/11/13/are-the-dd-adventurers-league-rules-about-to-change/

 

[Pauper]

I don't have it in front of me - does it deal specifically with trading magic items between characters?

I suspect, given that the 'new' system would allow you to collect 'points' to 'buy' a magic item from a pre-defined list, that the need to trade magic items would effectively go away, so there would no longer be a need to support trading items.

Exceptions could be made for things like Fai Chen's, which seems popular, but it's likely Fai Chen's will change as well to better support the new rules, and that the bazaar would be less a magic item trading house and more a place to buy flavor items for your characters.

This, of course, presumes the AL changes the magic item system to that noted in Xanathar's Guide, but if you don't have Xanathar's Guide, just download the Pathfinder Society rules; they are surprisingly similar.

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Pauper

 

[Warmaster Horus]

I think AL should move to the "Claw Machine" model for magic items.

 

[darjr]

Ah! So you’ve played in ToA?

 

[Warmaster Horus]

Ah! So you’ve played in ToA?

Yep!

"I got it ... I got it ... I got... damn!"

 

[nswanson27]

I think AL should move to the "Claw Machine" model for magic items.

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The way I've seen people on FB pine for magic items, that could be a serious new revenue stream.