As a DM, my biggest complaint about the magic item shop generators online is the lack of exact price. Most come with a rarity, but I personally feel like the vast range in prices is too great for me to just plug and play. For example: I feel like a cloak of displacement is much more valuable than say a Berserker’s Axe, even though they’re both “Rare”. So I felt like when players asked for a shop, I had to take time and read up on the item and then assign a price.
Would you use an online tool that was free (with like Google ads on side panels or something) that had associated exact prices (randomized between 75% and 125% and assigned value) that had a sliding scale based on something everyone probably has figured out for their world, like the price of a potion of Healing?
I’ve made a python script for my own personal use, and I’m thinking about turning it into a full web application. But I wanted to get your opinions on if this a tool you would like?
I think the crowd sourcing prices sounds like a good follow-up project. Because there are definitely issues. One that comes to mind is a potion of flying costs significantly more than a broom of flying.
Absolutely! I agree that the potion should be a little more expensive. Its just a flat 60 feet no stipulations or concentration. Where the broom is 60 feet, 30 if its carrying over 200 lbs, and you could get knocked off. I also do variants of a lot of potions where they last until a long rest for things like resistance and stat bonuses. For reference, my broom of flying is 125 gp, and my long rest potion of flying is 500 gp.