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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Sessadore" data-source="post: 4123888" data-attributes="member: 57255"><p>Hah, that gives me an idea. Suppose the PCs sold some item that was rather powerful, but they didn't have any use for it. Now imagine their distress when some recurring (or new) villain turns out to be the buyer! Nothing like the insult of equipping your enemies!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, as for the magic item system in general, I doubt that many magic items will scale naturally with level. If I'm not mistaken, the +x by level y thing is the assumption of the underlying math of the system, not a natural progression inherent in the magic of the items. That said, it doesn't necessarily mean that the PCs have to constantly sell their old items and buy new - a system like the samurai's daisho in OA, or the Kensai PrC's weapon would please me greatly. Especially with the flavor suggested by lvl20dm where other items are drained of their magical essence to grant power to the upgraded item. Having this as a ritual would also be cool, though if it was I would rather it didn't have prohibitively rare special components or whatever. In other words, make it reasonably easy for the PCs to upgrade their weapons and all that as they gain power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Sessadore, post: 4123888, member: 57255"] Hah, that gives me an idea. Suppose the PCs sold some item that was rather powerful, but they didn't have any use for it. Now imagine their distress when some recurring (or new) villain turns out to be the buyer! Nothing like the insult of equipping your enemies! Anyway, as for the magic item system in general, I doubt that many magic items will scale naturally with level. If I'm not mistaken, the +x by level y thing is the assumption of the underlying math of the system, not a natural progression inherent in the magic of the items. That said, it doesn't necessarily mean that the PCs have to constantly sell their old items and buy new - a system like the samurai's daisho in OA, or the Kensai PrC's weapon would please me greatly. Especially with the flavor suggested by lvl20dm where other items are drained of their magical essence to grant power to the upgraded item. Having this as a ritual would also be cool, though if it was I would rather it didn't have prohibitively rare special components or whatever. In other words, make it reasonably easy for the PCs to upgrade their weapons and all that as they gain power. [/QUOTE]
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