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<blockquote data-quote="Kikuras" data-source="post: 6544666" data-attributes="member: 6790771"><p>I didn't convey my point correctly, which is that if the above stories were being run by a DM, the DM in those stories has created situations whereby he has supplied the hero with the exact items he needs to be heroic, thus negating the need for a magic item marketplace. If I think my character would rock with a +3 sword, and the DM gives one to my character, no one would have to go to Magic Mart. Most DMs don't always take that route, hell I was torn down in another thread for suggesting that DMs using a low magic item system should carefully place items instead of just randomly picking them, or making them up.</p><p></p><p>You are right that it is a bit silly that a character might browse through the catalog picking all his favorite magic items, but in a high-magic world it may not be all that uncommon to find curio/magic shops selling rare and amazing items. That doesn't quite fit with the intended feel of 5e (which could be compared to the realms of the stories you brought up), but there's a complex system for getting wealth, a LOT of tables... yet almost nothing to do with it. And yet what were they going to do with the loot that IS in the heroic stories of old? Well pretty much nothing if we're going by 5e.</p><p></p><p>As for establishing whether or not there's merit to the idea of shopping for magic items, in terns of literature, I think we should be looking more at Ed Greenwood (but not limited to) and less at Homer... considering the context of D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kikuras, post: 6544666, member: 6790771"] I didn't convey my point correctly, which is that if the above stories were being run by a DM, the DM in those stories has created situations whereby he has supplied the hero with the exact items he needs to be heroic, thus negating the need for a magic item marketplace. If I think my character would rock with a +3 sword, and the DM gives one to my character, no one would have to go to Magic Mart. Most DMs don't always take that route, hell I was torn down in another thread for suggesting that DMs using a low magic item system should carefully place items instead of just randomly picking them, or making them up. You are right that it is a bit silly that a character might browse through the catalog picking all his favorite magic items, but in a high-magic world it may not be all that uncommon to find curio/magic shops selling rare and amazing items. That doesn't quite fit with the intended feel of 5e (which could be compared to the realms of the stories you brought up), but there's a complex system for getting wealth, a LOT of tables... yet almost nothing to do with it. And yet what were they going to do with the loot that IS in the heroic stories of old? Well pretty much nothing if we're going by 5e. As for establishing whether or not there's merit to the idea of shopping for magic items, in terns of literature, I think we should be looking more at Ed Greenwood (but not limited to) and less at Homer... considering the context of D&D. [/QUOTE]
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