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<blockquote data-quote="Unwise" data-source="post: 6624375" data-attributes="member: 98008"><p>My issue with attunement is that PCs often have some character defining items that eventually become pretty sub-optimal when better ones come along. My items tend to be at least empathetic if not intelligent and almost all of them change the user in some way. </p><p></p><p>For instance, I gave one PC a set of glasses that give advantage on Insight rolls to tell things about people and can be used to magically identify the best quality of a person. (They are literally rose tinted glasses) e.g. "Count Von Strahd is Passionate and Romantic; This tyrant really loves animals and is a vegetarian; This merchant is honest to a fault". The downside, if you can call it that, is that if attuned, you always see the best in people, making you pretty naive. After getting the item, the PC now more closely resembles Kaylee from Firefly, she is just always upbeat and looks for the best in everybody (and thanks to the glasses, sees it). </p><p></p><p>We are now at high level and such an item is no longer 'worthy' of an attunement slot, it is competing with boots of flight, vorpal blades and wands of awesomeness. I don't want to discourage people from keeping items for RP reasons. I don't want to stop them getting new items, onces they have had for 8 levels are no longer very exciting. So I am considering that any item that has changed your character is permanently attuned and does not take up a slot. I am not sure though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unwise, post: 6624375, member: 98008"] My issue with attunement is that PCs often have some character defining items that eventually become pretty sub-optimal when better ones come along. My items tend to be at least empathetic if not intelligent and almost all of them change the user in some way. For instance, I gave one PC a set of glasses that give advantage on Insight rolls to tell things about people and can be used to magically identify the best quality of a person. (They are literally rose tinted glasses) e.g. "Count Von Strahd is Passionate and Romantic; This tyrant really loves animals and is a vegetarian; This merchant is honest to a fault". The downside, if you can call it that, is that if attuned, you always see the best in people, making you pretty naive. After getting the item, the PC now more closely resembles Kaylee from Firefly, she is just always upbeat and looks for the best in everybody (and thanks to the glasses, sees it). We are now at high level and such an item is no longer 'worthy' of an attunement slot, it is competing with boots of flight, vorpal blades and wands of awesomeness. I don't want to discourage people from keeping items for RP reasons. I don't want to stop them getting new items, onces they have had for 8 levels are no longer very exciting. So I am considering that any item that has changed your character is permanently attuned and does not take up a slot. I am not sure though. [/QUOTE]
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