DM Entry: Locating, Buying, and Selling Magic Items

This entry updates the house rules for buying and selling magic items. You can find a pdf of this on the google drive titled: Aryathan Jiil Locating, Buying, and Selling Magic Items.pdf

1.      Availability

a.    There are no magic item shops (except for the rare Mercane and other such oddities)

b.  You can only locate and purchase magic items from an affiliation in which you have at least 1 rank

                        i.     Commonly Available: Items with an item level less than your effective character level are easy to find, always available (subject to local GP Limits), and can be picked up at time of purchase

                      ii.     Hard to Find: Items with an item level equal to your effective character level have a percent chance of availability (check daily) equal to your affiliation score (subject to local GP Limits), and take 1d10 days to acquire minus 1 day per affiliation rank (min 0, in which case it is on hand at time of purchase). Exotic weapons, exotic armor, specific magic weapons, and specific magic armor are always at least “Hard to Find.”

                   iii.     Cutting Edge: Items with an item level that is exactly one more than your effective character level have a percent chance of availability (check daily) equal to your affiliation score minus the item level (subject to local GP Limits), and take 1d10 weeks to acquire minus 1 week per affiliation rank (min 0, in which case the item is on hand at time of purchase)

                    iv.     Unattainable: Items with an item level that is 2 or more than your effective character level are unattainable

2.     Prices

a.    Commonly Available items are available at normal price

b.  Hard to Find items are available at normal price and require a retainer of half the price up front

c.   Cutting Edge items are more difficult to get your hands on, costing double the normal price and require a retainer of the full price up front

3.    Selling Items

a.    It is generally very difficult to sell magic items on the open market, and doing so marks you to the local thieves guilds, beggars guilds, and perhaps even the assassins guilds

b.  You can sell magic items to your affiliation for half price to avoid drawing unwanted attention from those guilds mentioned above.

4.    Item Level (see Magic Item Compendium  page 226)