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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8782916" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I will admit that (edit: a large) part of my experience with regards to the scarcity of magic items (or lack thereof) is personal, so I really can't say how often players get their hands on such- it depends on quite a few factors- even assuming a neutral DM, you're left with random tables in monster lairs, what monsters are chosen for your adventure, and whether or not you use (often treasure rich) published adventures.I used to run a lot of published adventures for my groups, especially out of Dungeon magazine, and, as a result, my players were never hurting for gear.I do have a one of my old character record sheet booklets laying around though, and I have a Wizard 7 with Bracers of Defense (AC 9), a Knife +2, a Brooch of Shielding (77 hp remaining), 2 Potions of Water Breathing, a Wand of Lightning, a Wand of Wonder, and a Wand of Fire, a Scroll of Lightning Bolt, a Scroll of Chain Lightning, and a Ring that gives me the benefits of the Shield spell constantly (all that remains of The Sentinel after the mutual destruction of it and The Gauntlet), and I would say this is a typical amount of treasure in my experience.</blockquote>