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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5617957" data-attributes="member: 71571">It depends entirely on the tier of the item.Also, magic shops are bad, but that doesn't make items hard to get, it just means there isn't a magic item department store.Consider the amount of cash that goes into a magic item transaction... that stuff isn't happening often enough to justify any sort of store.  More often, items are made to order based on an extensive network of contacts.You know... the sorts of contacts an adventurer needs to get all the various gear and information he requires to do the basics of his chosen job?You don't walk into a store, you let it be known you're looking for something, someone says 'Rory can do it!' you meet with Rory, exchange consideration, and the job is done.   I mean, players can do it for themselves with a ritual, right?  Just buy out a incanter's shop of arcane components and you're good to go.Outside heroic tier tho, you're not restricted to the shops of your home country.  Your contacts include places far beyond the reach of most men.  You know someone who can deal with the Bazaar in the City of Brass.  You got a contact in Sigil.  You know people who can actually deal in astral diamonds.  You can spend very little components and travel across the world through teleportation circles to find that one artisan you need.</blockquote>