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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3429478" data-attributes="member: 22779">A few thoughts.The magic items that a government would want and the ones the PC's would want are likely not the same.&nbsp; A Lyre of Building is kinda nice for some PC's, but, pretty much any landowner would salivate at the chance of having one.&nbsp; A Decanter of Endless Water is ok for a PC, but, could radically alter the economics of an entire town.I think that right there would keep most governments from being able to control it effectively.&nbsp; There are just too many competing needs.&nbsp; It's all very well and good for the king to say no, but, he needs all the lords under him to support that in order for his decrees to work.&nbsp; Given the massive advantage a few simple magic items could give, I find it difficult to think that a king could gain the support he would need to control the market.&nbsp; Never mind that if a neighbouring king didn't limit magic, it would spill over anyway.Looking at the existing medieval trade in relics can be enlightening actually.&nbsp; I'm thinking that there would be a very thriving trade, just as there was in the real world, for magical items within a D&amp;D world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3429478, member: 22779"] A few thoughts. The magic items that a government would want and the ones the PC's would want are likely not the same. A Lyre of Building is kinda nice for some PC's, but, pretty much any landowner would salivate at the chance of having one. A Decanter of Endless Water is ok for a PC, but, could radically alter the economics of an entire town. I think that right there would keep most governments from being able to control it effectively. There are just too many competing needs. It's all very well and good for the king to say no, but, he needs all the lords under him to support that in order for his decrees to work. Given the massive advantage a few simple magic items could give, I find it difficult to think that a king could gain the support he would need to control the market. Never mind that if a neighbouring king didn't limit magic, it would spill over anyway. Looking at the existing medieval trade in relics can be enlightening actually. I'm thinking that there would be a very thriving trade, just as there was in the real world, for magical items within a D&D world. [/QUOTE]

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