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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 2304224" data-attributes="member: 20931">Ditto. I tend to treat magic as a limited commodity (how many people do you know would willingly have the life sucked out of them to mass produce an item [sweat shops and factory sweat doesn't count <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />]). Until magic can be harnessed, it'll remain that way. It's the same IRL: the tech for cell phones is over 50 years old, but its only within the last 10 or so that businesses have managed to profit from it. Profit=reduced cost (if the company invests back into itself)=greater availablitiy.I also make it hard to find someone who can make such items. It doesn't take a spellcaster to run a church, and the diety probably doesn't want said cleric sitting around making items. The gods also tend to frown onwasting their power for profit unless the church is in dire straits. Going to the church for a potion doesn't mean slapping down some gold and getting a potion; it means doing the church a favor.Wizards tend to be cloistered for good reason, and few reach levels beyond 10 (retirement or accidents). That in and of itself limits items available. Those items that are prefabricated are either stolen or recently bought. Either item will be MUCH more expensive. I prefer to watch my players think.  Abundant magic without cost (or at least thought to what it cost the caster) just makes things too easy. Even our current tech level requires that we think about resources, balance, & consequences (how will I aqcuire feul? How will I power this object?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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