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#1 JohnLynch Jan 29, 2015 6:13:11	What do people think about having the magic item economy be heavily regulated? All dangerous (I.e. Combat) magic items require proof of ownership before they can be sold and that stores buy them at a significantly reduced rate. The black market of course doesn't have these problems, but there can be issues in supply.   The goal for this is to discourage murder hobos going around killing NPCs (which Sharn: City of Towers discourages) and then selling all of their gear and to also restrict the availability of combat related magic items. This helps a DM moderate what's available (which can be helpful in a 5th edition game) but in a way that enhances the flavour of the game.   What do people think?
#2 Beoric Jan 29, 2015 16:07:41	I think if legal restrictions regarding murder don't dissuade your PCs, then they are unlikely to be dissuaded by regulatory offences.  Or will they avoid the black market because it's wrong?   To be fair, it might be somewhat effective if one of the results of having to sell on the black market is a significant reduction in resale value.  Or you could just end up annoying your players.   Do you think maybe the problem is more fundamental?
#3 JohnLynch Jan 29, 2015 18:12:58	Beoric wrote:
(Reply to #3) Beoric	JohnLynch wrote:
#5 Cyber-Dave Feb 01, 2015 19:04:49	JohnLynch wrote:
#6 bob_goes_up Feb 03, 2015 8:08:06	I like this.   Perhaps authorities could stamp a serial number on the item. If characters find an item that already been stamped then they can guess that the owner is dead. This could be a start of an adventure.   Ingenius minds can try to file away the serial number to hide the identity of a previous owner.
#7 Beoric Feb 03, 2015 9:55:18	I would think they would use an arcane mark, and contract Sivis to maintain the registry.
#8 bob_goes_up Feb 03, 2015 10:21:57	Perhaps  the arcane marks could serve as a surveilance tools allowing city authorities to pinpoint the position of magical item or even scry on the user. Or perhaps the mark should leave a distinct trail that could be followed using a proper detection spell.
#9 Beoric Feb 03, 2015 16:53:59	Hmm, that would affect the aristocracy, I doubt you would see must support for that.  Although they would be happy to be able to find their own stuff.    Cannith might develop a dragonmark focus to allow Medani to use read magic to attempt to read an arcane mark that had been erased.