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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rkwoodard" data-source="post: 6414641" data-attributes="member: 33228"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">It absolutely depends on the campaign.  Agreed 100%. Lets take Middle Earth as that is a great example of a world that doesnot have a "Magic Economy". </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">But, Tolkien has to get magic items into the hands of the characaters. How does he do it:</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1)</span></span>     </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Loot, Bilbo gets all of his items from Trolls, and riddle contest, and treasure from the mountain. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The hobbits get some swords from the burrow-wights.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2)</span></span>     </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Inheritance. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Frodo gets Sting and the mithral armor from his dear old uncle who knows he is going on a big quest.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3)</span></span>     </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Gifts. The elves of Lothlorian gift theFellowship with what they consider magic items (lets please not have to argue over if they were real magic or just exceptional elven stuff).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">So, no, it would not be appropriate to have a seller of magic items in Rivendell or Gondor, but there were multiple  ways to get magic items into the hands of the characters.   </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">If it is loot or nothing, it does not make a lot of sense(in most settings) and it also makes it very stilted….which is also an undesired effect as stated by the OP.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">RK</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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