They are typically priced at 50-100 gold pieces (gp). The rarity tiers are presented on DMG p135 but for reference:Ĭommon These items, with fairly minor powers, are in most worlds actually available for sale from specialist suppliers like alchemists, herbalists and spellcasters. This corresponds fairly closely with item power, so that the least rare items are the least powerful, and really powerful items are really rare. The first concept to get your head around is item rarity.
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But I’m going to leave this up, and even finish the series with a follow-up post, because I feel it is worth going through the logic step by step.) Item rarity and tiers of play (Later edit: I’ve just acquired Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, which covers some gaps in the 5e core rules, and that has some of the missing explanation. It may help you understand what’s going on when using the loot tables in the DMG, or deciding for yourself what items to place where in your game.
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And I realized that, although there is information in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (DMG) such as item rarity and function, and tables for randomly generating items found in loot hoards, the thinking behind item design and distribution isn’t very well explained.Īnd I have the sort of mentality that finds patterns in things like this, so I thought it might be useful to explain a few things I’ve picked out. I’ve seen some people in my various DnD Facebook groups confused about magic item distribution in 5e.