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Ability increasing magic items...
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kreynolds
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Yeah, Most, not all. I took that too mean "Items that grant a bonus above +6 are very powerful and should be very difficult to find. You, as the DM, should be careful when adding such items to your campaign."
It didn't say all items, it said most items, so that's a worthless referrence and is the exact reason that I didn't bring it up in the first place. The DMG is vague about this whole issue.
But, as I stated above, the PH is much more direct, stating that ability scores cannot be raised above +6 by magic items, which is just rediculous, as I don't see any reason why they shouldn't.
dcollins said:
Yeah, Most, not all. I took that too mean "Items that grant a bonus above +6 are very powerful and should be very difficult to find. You, as the DM, should be careful when adding such items to your campaign."
It didn't say all items, it said most items, so that's a worthless referrence and is the exact reason that I didn't bring it up in the first place. The DMG is vague about this whole issue.
But, as I stated above, the PH is much more direct, stating that ability scores cannot be raised above +6 by magic items, which is just rediculous, as I don't see any reason why they shouldn't.
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Gilmax
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Sorry about restating the previous mention section. Didn't have much time to read the whole thread before a having to attend a meeting, so I skimmed it and missed the two references to it.
As for allowing higher then +6 enhancement bonuses on a magic item, I personally don't have any problem against it, but think that you might want to impose a slightly higher cost on them versus the standard creation (x2 cost of all +8 and higher).
My reason for this is that as far as my memory is concerned there is no spell that grants higher then +6 to a stat.
P.S. Just so people understand. The reason I can remember the page number of a weird rule like stat enhancement bonus, and not remember the effects of spells, is that I just started to reread the PH about 2 hours before (to stop a couple of Rule Lawyers in one of my games) kreynolds asked me this question.
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Uhh...thanks, but you're a little slow off the mark there bucko. By the way, what's up Dwarf?
Hey everybody. This is the guy that pointed out that passage in the PH to me yesterday.
Sorry about restating the previous mention section. Didn't have much time to read the whole thread before a having to attend a meeting, so I skimmed it and missed the two references to it.
As for allowing higher then +6 enhancement bonuses on a magic item, I personally don't have any problem against it, but think that you might want to impose a slightly higher cost on them versus the standard creation (x2 cost of all +8 and higher).
My reason for this is that as far as my memory is concerned there is no spell that grants higher then +6 to a stat.
P.S. Just so people understand. The reason I can remember the page number of a weird rule like stat enhancement bonus, and not remember the effects of spells, is that I just started to reread the PH about 2 hours before (to stop a couple of Rule Lawyers in one of my games) kreynolds asked me this question.
kreynolds
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Tenser’s Transformation, 6th level spell, a +2d4 Strength enhancement bonus, a +2d4 Dexterity enhancement bonus. But I won't blame you, as I know you haven't gotten to the spells in the PH yet.
It's because spells like this exhist that I began making items that grant stat bonuses higher than +6.
Gilmax said:
Tenser’s Transformation, 6th level spell, a +2d4 Strength enhancement bonus, a +2d4 Dexterity enhancement bonus. But I won't blame you, as I know you haven't gotten to the spells in the PH yet.
It's because spells like this exhist that I began making items that grant stat bonuses higher than +6.
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