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<blockquote data-quote="TikkchikFenTikktikk" data-source="post: 5308219" data-attributes="member: 67494"><p>At risk of hijacking the thread: This epitomizes everything that I find wrong about wish lists.</p><p></p><p>Call me old school and call me guilty of promoting "the right way to play D&D", but if a player is asking for a magic item by name:</p><p></p><p>1) He's metagaming, unless his character has been told in game as a plot point the the Sword of Foo will help him defeat the evil lich king. My game culture strongly discourages metagaming.</p><p></p><p>2) If she has been told the Orb of Reckoning will help defeat the hobgoblin menace, it becomes a plot point and an adventure to find it is called for, the result of which is the defeat of a miniboss and the Orb as treasure.</p><p></p><p>3) If you find the Fiddle of Happy Times and Sad Times Too and you don't want it, deal with it in game. Find someone in a major city to sell it to, pick up a new hobby, or trade it to a minstrel for a tip on where to find that Cape of Neck Slot Checkbox Ticking. Don't cry about it like a poorly-raised three-year-old.</p><p></p><p>Dropping "wishlist" items at random just seems really lame: it devalues what should be special items and it deliberately ignores opportunities to add those little side-treks that flesh out campaigns and develop characters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TikkchikFenTikktikk, post: 5308219, member: 67494"] At risk of hijacking the thread: This epitomizes everything that I find wrong about wish lists. Call me old school and call me guilty of promoting "the right way to play D&D", but if a player is asking for a magic item by name: 1) He's metagaming, unless his character has been told in game as a plot point the the Sword of Foo will help him defeat the evil lich king. My game culture strongly discourages metagaming. 2) If she has been told the Orb of Reckoning will help defeat the hobgoblin menace, it becomes a plot point and an adventure to find it is called for, the result of which is the defeat of a miniboss and the Orb as treasure. 3) If you find the Fiddle of Happy Times and Sad Times Too and you don't want it, deal with it in game. Find someone in a major city to sell it to, pick up a new hobby, or trade it to a minstrel for a tip on where to find that Cape of Neck Slot Checkbox Ticking. Don't cry about it like a poorly-raised three-year-old. Dropping "wishlist" items at random just seems really lame: it devalues what should be special items and it deliberately ignores opportunities to add those little side-treks that flesh out campaigns and develop characters. [/QUOTE]
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