Question regarding "nearly all minor magic items are available." text.

[Turelus]

Okay so this has bugged me for a long time now and I figured I would finally come here and get it sorted out.

Once players reach a Metropolis (or have good Black Market Connections)the text appears on the magic items purchase saying "nearly all minor magic items are available."

Does this mean the players ignore the 75% chance roll because all those items are available, or do they still need to make it?

[Lakesidefantasy]

They don't need to make the roll.

[Turelus]

Thanks!

[Diego Rossi]

Lakesidefantasy wrote:

They don't need to make the roll.

Wrong, you need to roll the 75% chance.

It simply mean that if the player want to try to purchase a minor item there is always the 75% chance that it is available.

AFAIK there aren't standard minor magic items worth more than 16,000 gp, so that note simply reiterates what is already said in the second column where the 16K base value is show.

[Turelus]

That's more in line with what I was thinking Diego Rossi and have been playing it that way.

Next question is if you have Black Market Connections and make the "nearly all x items are available" does this over right the purchase limit?

[rainzax]

Yes.

BMC turns a metropolitan community's minor and medium items into a flat 75%, and you roll up 3d8 other items that are available as well. I presume these major items are 100%.

Also, lately, I have been wondering lately what to do with items that don't land in the 3d8. Are these items simply unavailable forever? For a week? For a day?

[Rub-Eta]

You need to roll.

Though I skip that 75% for common items. And I often implement crafter NPCs in my big cities.