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<blockquote data-quote="Kraydak" data-source="post: 4576388" data-attributes="member: 12306">From a game quality POV, the opposite is true.&nbsp; Random equipment is bad from a RL party contentment POV (see MMORPG guild loot drama for why.&nbsp; PnP gaming mitigates such problems explicitly by making loot non-random).So, if you want &quot;random&quot; loot (more generally, non-tailored loot), for RL harmony you need tradeable loot.&nbsp; Of course, tradeable loot makes great sense when combined with human psychology (magic items will be bought/sold/traded), so win-win!Yes, you theoretically lose on the &quot;mystique&quot; side of magic items.&nbsp; On the other hand, in the same way that Christmas presents become ho-hum within the week, cool magic items become mere tools by the next session.&nbsp; &quot;Mystique&quot; never works in practice, and any attempt to capture it will result in&nbsp; disappointment on the DM's part (and the players' too, if the DM tries too hard).&nbsp; It sucks, true, but it is better to plan around reality than to try and fight it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kraydak, post: 4576388, member: 12306"] From a game quality POV, the opposite is true. Random equipment is bad from a RL party contentment POV (see MMORPG guild loot drama for why. PnP gaming mitigates such problems explicitly by making loot non-random). So, if you want "random" loot (more generally, non-tailored loot), for RL harmony you need tradeable loot. Of course, tradeable loot makes great sense when combined with human psychology (magic items will be bought/sold/traded), so win-win! Yes, you theoretically lose on the "mystique" side of magic items. On the other hand, in the same way that Christmas presents become ho-hum within the week, cool magic items become mere tools by the next session. "Mystique" never works in practice, and any attempt to capture it will result in disappointment on the DM's part (and the players' too, if the DM tries too hard). It sucks, true, but it is better to plan around reality than to try and fight it. [/QUOTE]

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