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2022386-Definitive Magic Item Market - Mobile v1.5
2022386-Definitive Magic Item Market - Mobile v1.5
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Definitive Magic Item Market
Setting Up Shop Inventory
Definitive Magic Item Marketplace is a guide for creating and When stocking a shop the most important area to pay
running magic shops. From the smallest street vendor to the attention to is item rarity. Each tier of item rarity has a
largest gleaming emporium, these easy to use instructions different sized die associated with it. This inventory check
and fair pricing tables will make managing a magic item die is used along with the tier modifier to determine the
marketplace effortless. quantity of a particular item in stock at a shop.
You can make your shop as detailed as you would like. Your Because legendary items would not typically be sold for a
players might encounter a traveling merchant never to be price anyone could afford if a merchant ever got their hands
seen again or maybe they are introduced to a black market on one, they’re not listed.
dealer that can find whatever they like... for a price. Inventory Check
Item Rarity Inventory Check Die
Size and Tier Common 1d10
Begin by establishing the tier modifier of your shop. This Uncommon 1d8
modifier will be subtracted from the inventory check die Rare 1d6
made for each item the shop might keep in stock. Very Rare 1d4
A tier 1 shop would be located in an extraplanar metropolis
and is likely the home of a race of arcane artificers, while a To determine if a shop has the item that a character is
tier 9 shop is probably a lowly peddler who’s got their hands looking for, roll the inventory check die then subtract the
on a few glowing trinkets. A typical city is likely a tier 5 shop. tier modifier rolled from the settlement size table.
Settlement Size For example, if a character is in a tier 5 shop looking for a
Settlement Tier Modifier
cloak of elvenkind (uncommon) the inventory check will look
like this:
Metropolis 1d4 = 1,2,3,4
City 1d4 = 3,4,5,6
1d8-5 = quantity of item in stock
Town 1d4 = 4,5,6,7
Village 1d4 = 6,7,8,9