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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Human Target" data-source="post: 3392627" data-attributes="member: 22574">I run campaigns that are pretty varied and usually only have one main combat and maybe one or two minor ones per 5 hour session.My players tend to carry a lot of the more odd "non-Big Six" magic items, because I usually leave a lot of them as treasure. But at the end of the day, they keep the cloaks of resistance and Rings of Protection etc on as their default gear if they have them. Because they have a lot bigger chance of being attacked by owlbears in the forest and needing a strong AC than they do falling into a giant water pit and needing to breath.Its just logical.And add onto the fact that characters really do need the big six items as the game is currently designed.Stat out two exactly identical 12th level fighters. Give one the standard Bix Six items for his level. Give the other none of them, and equip him with more miscellaneous magic. See which one on average lives longer, hits more, and for all intents and purpose is the "better" fighter. The first one is going to win out unless the DM caters situational to his gear.Compare a Cloak of the Manta Ray ( 7,200 gp) to a Cloak of Resistance +2 (4,000 gp.)Unless in a game heavily inclined to salt water encounters, the Cloak of Resistance is going to see literally a thousand times more use. And its 3,200 gp cheaper. I do think that random +something items get tedious. The same way I get bored with random +something feats, and class abilities etc.But thats the way its currently designed.</blockquote>

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