Graf
Explorer
The magic items thing actually brings up another issue. If people level their characters with DM creidts they probably won't get much in the way of magic gear (i.e. if they get to 5th or 6th they get some basic +1 items per Ere's table but that's a lot of DM credits (several years at least)).
On one hand I like that, because it rewards characters who've been "played up", on the other hand, of course, they shouldn't be penalized too heavily.
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I'm not sure we can think about magic item balance in isolation. And my instinct is that we should wait a bit and see how things play out.
If we get a situation where some groups have more generous DMs and then those characters can "sell" their items at full value and continue to have more and more wealth.... it could produce a "blessed class" of PCs who have gear that vastly outstrips that of their companions (or normal characters their level); DMs may be leery of handing out stuff to move everyone up off the curve.
We've agreed to go with an "natural" system with minor upgrades, but I'm not sure that that consensus would hold if we started to see a small class of characters who were way above the "power curve".
On one hand I like that, because it rewards characters who've been "played up", on the other hand, of course, they shouldn't be penalized too heavily.
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I'm not sure we can think about magic item balance in isolation. And my instinct is that we should wait a bit and see how things play out.
If we get a situation where some groups have more generous DMs and then those characters can "sell" their items at full value and continue to have more and more wealth.... it could produce a "blessed class" of PCs who have gear that vastly outstrips that of their companions (or normal characters their level); DMs may be leery of handing out stuff to move everyone up off the curve.
We've agreed to go with an "natural" system with minor upgrades, but I'm not sure that that consensus would hold if we started to see a small class of characters who were way above the "power curve".