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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8427786" data-attributes="member: 2629">This is not true as a universal statement as you make it. If you follow the DMG guidelines for treasure, and there are no ready places to buy magic items, then magic weapons are unlikely to be available for all PCs in a 5 PC party.  Using magic to get there would require a concentration slot be used, generally, for each magic weapon, which costs you one round of spellcasting unless you're always devoting your concentration to it (yes, most of these spells are bonus spells, so you could be casting a cantrip as well, but that still means you are not casting a higher level spell for benefit). About 5 to 10% of the 5E games I've played in have not allowed magic items to be purchased, and have had typical levels of found treasure per the DMG.  The games I run allow for the purchase of magic items, both items found and resold as well as items created on demand (although these are for profit situations - and the wizards making magic items are doing it to make as much as they can).I also have retained tiered resistance in my homebrew rules, but use the higher tiers rarely.  Creatures can be immune/resistant to common/uncommon/rare/very rare weapons or less.  Generally about half of the monsters you encounter in my games that are listed as being resistant to non-magical weapons will be resistant to the type of magic item you could buy at your tier of power.</blockquote>