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<blockquote data-quote="Tian Zi" data-source="post: 3653045" data-attributes="member: 47011">It is done almost entirely off-camera in most of our groups campaigns.IMC they are somewhat stranded on an ancient, ruined continent leading a group of pilgrim settlers... so no built in magic item Wal-Mart.&nbsp; In fact, they have nobody to trade with or buy from, so what they find is what they get.&nbsp; I did send one guy off with a family heirloom (Social Status in game-play mechanics).&nbsp; I did allow the wild elves to have some shamanistic magic herbal items that are kinda like potions.&nbsp; The PC's wisely made friends with them.In the other campaign, the DM has pre-conceived notions of magic availability, but bases his campaign in Cormyr.&nbsp; A PC is very $$$ oriented, both in real life and his character. What should be 5 min of adjusting sheets is 60 min of dice rolling and role-playing a transaction.&nbsp; I tend to get very bored when this happens and wish we could just Wal-Mart the whole deal.&nbsp; The DM gets frustrated at &quot;giving&quot; out magic items, we get bored watching the math, and 60 minutes of a once-every-6-week campaign gets burned.I really like the pre-listed mini vendor idea as an alternative to the Thayan Wal-Mart</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tian Zi, post: 3653045, member: 47011"] It is done almost entirely off-camera in most of our groups campaigns. IMC they are somewhat stranded on an ancient, ruined continent leading a group of pilgrim settlers... so no built in magic item Wal-Mart. In fact, they have nobody to trade with or buy from, so what they find is what they get. I did send one guy off with a family heirloom (Social Status in game-play mechanics). I did allow the wild elves to have some shamanistic magic herbal items that are kinda like potions. The PC's wisely made friends with them. In the other campaign, the DM has pre-conceived notions of magic availability, but bases his campaign in Cormyr. A PC is very $$$ oriented, both in real life and his character. What should be 5 min of adjusting sheets is 60 min of dice rolling and role-playing a transaction. I tend to get very bored when this happens and wish we could just Wal-Mart the whole deal. The DM gets frustrated at "giving" out magic items, we get bored watching the math, and 60 minutes of a once-every-6-week campaign gets burned. I really like the pre-listed mini vendor idea as an alternative to the Thayan Wal-Mart [/QUOTE]

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