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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9213092" data-attributes="member: 93670">That last bit is totally the fault of 5e in many cases no matter how hard the GM tries to cater it to their players No it's often the fault of 5e.  By not designing monsters so the PCs need magic items the GM is left with one option, "give players broken and op or forgettable stuff"with nothing between those three.  In the past there were lots of ways that the gm could use deeper nuance to give magic items that helped a PC meet prerequisites for mutually desirable build choices utility or more options.  None of those are needed in 5e unless the gm fires the catch 22 at themselves to force it so those kinds of items are required while hoping that their players climb onboard rather than taking the campaign hostage by daring the GM to Keep making it required in the face of that stonewalling</blockquote>