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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6556909" data-attributes="member: 221">Yes, magic sellers may be rare, but that's not the entire point to consider - how much can the PCs get for what they want to sell. If you have made it clear to your players that magic items are so ultra rare that hardly anybody sells them, then it is actually fairly reasonable to assume they might be able to trade that +3 sword for a kingdom or two. Its hard on the one hand to say that magic items are so rare that nobody will part with them and then say that nobody is willing to pay top dollar when given the chance. But it does help to have a guideline or idea of what the actual market value might be.There have been art auctions for many, many years - long before the internet; and while masterpiece art pieces are incredibly rare and always one of a kind, it is sort of true that there are always one or two of them for sale here or there. Anytime the buyer values the item more than the seller there is the potential for commerce and a transaction. Even with rare magic items, it is actually fairly implausible to me that there would never be any for sell; especially considering death and estates and bandits and what have you. There will always be someone who owns an item who does not value it as much as perhaps they should; unless you go the LotR route where all the powerful magical items put an unhealthy hold upon the one using them so that they are rarely ever parted with because of the mind control going on (but even that only works for an item or two before it wears thin).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 6556909, member: 221"] Yes, magic sellers may be rare, but that's not the entire point to consider - how much can the PCs get for what they want to sell. If you have made it clear to your players that magic items are so ultra rare that hardly anybody sells them, then it is actually fairly reasonable to assume they might be able to trade that +3 sword for a kingdom or two. Its hard on the one hand to say that magic items are so rare that nobody will part with them and then say that nobody is willing to pay top dollar when given the chance. But it does help to have a guideline or idea of what the actual market value might be. There have been art auctions for many, many years - long before the internet; and while masterpiece art pieces are incredibly rare and always one of a kind, it is sort of true that there are always one or two of them for sale here or there. Anytime the buyer values the item more than the seller there is the potential for commerce and a transaction. Even with rare magic items, it is actually fairly implausible to me that there would never be any for sell; especially considering death and estates and bandits and what have you. There will always be someone who owns an item who does not value it as much as perhaps they should; unless you go the LotR route where all the powerful magical items put an unhealthy hold upon the one using them so that they are rarely ever parted with because of the mind control going on (but even that only works for an item or two before it wears thin). [/QUOTE]

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