Buying Magic Items

To buy a magic item you first need to make a Persuasion check to see how talented and committed the best search agent you can find based on the item you are asking them to find. Next, you pay the base fee of 100 gp, and then calculate the modifiers to your final check results:


 * If you wish, you can give the agent extra money to allow them to spend more resources on finding the item in question. For every 100 gp increment, you can get a +1 bonus on your final check (to a maximum of +5).
 * Decide how long you want the agent to spend searching. The minimum is one week, but for every additional week, you will get a +1 bonus on your final check (to a maximum of +10).
 * Sweeten the offer to the [potential] seller by including magic items (bonus to the final check according to the rarity level of the item: + 1 for uncommon, + 2 for rare, + 3 for very rare, + 5 for legendary and + 8 for artifact, but perhaps adjusted for desirability of the item itself to the seller)
 * Similarly, you can offer a bonus to their asking price (+1 per 10% extra offered).

Making the initial Persuasion check before calculating the modifiers allows you to decide how much to invest in that particular effort. Regardless, the opportunity for that week is lost and you must wait at least one more week to attempt again.

The final total is then compared against the rarity of the desired item. The target results for each level are:


 * DC 10 for common
 * DC 15 for uncommon
 * DC 25 for rare
 * DC 35 for very rare
 * DC 45 for legendary
 * DC 60 for an artifact

The base cost of the item will be based on the rarity and desirability. For instance, a potion of superior healing (450 gp) is more desirable than a potion of speed (400 gp), even though both are very rare items, which explains the difference in base cost. There is a random factor built into the price that the item is offered for.

Note that only one magic item can be sought at a time for the party. A low initial Persuasion check might indicate that someone else has claimed the attention of the best agents available for a period of time.