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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 6683161" data-attributes="member: 30022">I have a 5th level party (five players) which has a total of two non-consumable items. I also have a 10th level party which has, on average, 2 non-consumable items each. Only two of those items are magic weapons. Nobody has a +2 item or better.So, basically, we're playing low magic. When converting old modules, I allow for the possibility of finding 3-4 non-consumable magic items per level. This means: take the old Dungeon module (which usually has sufficient adventure to advance the characters half a level), pick 2 items listed in the module to keep as non-consumables, and turn the rest into one of the following: a) Non-magical art objects with a GP value, and an extra-interesting description, and maybe some researchable history.b) Non-magical useful weapons and armor, such as platemail (worth 2,000gp!) or silver/adamantine/cold iron weapons.c) Standard consumable magical items, such as potions or spell scrolls.d) Non-standard consumable magical items, such as a brooch of shielding that only has 4 non-rechargeable uses remaining, or a wand of magic missiles that has a 1-in-20 chance of being permanently drained per charge used, each time it is used (so, 5-in-20 chance of drain if 5 charges are used, even if the character doesn't use the "last" charge per day).It's also worth mentioning that my players can never purchase or make permanent items, without a level of cost and effort that makes it less appetizing than simply adventuring. Also, I never grant items based on wish lists. I've got a berserker barbarian whose only magic weapon is a dagger of venom. He'd like a magical greataxe, but instead he has to choose between using the sub-optimal magic shiv, or his ol' trusty (but non-magical) tree-whacker that he's had since 1st level.This has been working out pretty well. The players don't miss the "magic item christmas tree", because they're still getting loot - just not of the permanent item variety. Creatures that are resistant to magical weapons are still a viable threat at 10th level characters. The world seems more "realistic" somehow, with no magic item shops and enemy NPCs not equally loaded down with phat magical loots....So, on a side-note, what do they spend their gold on, if there are no magic item shops and I'm replacing all those module-specific items with art objects? Well... ships, horses, bling, servants, mercenary armies, castles, temples, bribes, components for raise dead, and building their own dominions. I've never heard a player ever complain they've got nothing to spend money on, even if they can't buy permanent magic items. <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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