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Message: <blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7879948" data-attributes="member: 12377">I will answer the OP by mentioning some systems that I myself have felt compelled to create in order to fill in some gaps in 5E:1. Magic item balance. Sorry, but major/minor and uncommon/common/rare/etc. are just not granular enough. I need to answer the question, "Do all my PCs have roughly equivalent magic item loads?"2. Magic item commerce. This is a giant can of worms but I've found it more helpful to examine the game-play ramifications than to simply ignore them and say "there are no magic shops."3. Crafting.4. Spell research.5. Houses/Bases.These last 3 items really just need to answer the questions, "cost, time, and does the PC need to spend the time or can they hire somebody to do it."6. Hirelings/Loyalty. In particular, rules for leveling up hirelings. I am thoroughly dissatisfied with the sidekick rules from Essentials Kit, as I think they take a completely backwards approach; I want something where ordinary NPC stat blocks can be upgraded over time. I also need guidelines for followers who have been press-ganged into service, as I have players who sometimes go with a "serve me or die" approach.7. Some reason to spend money on non-functional things like clothing, jewelry, lavish parties, donating to a church or cause, etc. Some of my players like to do this stuff and I try to reward them for it but it's really hard to know whether I'm doing enough. I'd really like a concrete system for "waste X dollars and get Y benefits." I still don't have a good solution for this. Just giving out Inspiration falls a little flat.</blockquote>

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