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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6626574" data-attributes="member: 2011">Yes (I could do that) and no (I shouldn't have to do that).Let's take the example of Magic Missile (and ignore other force effects for the moment).Not only would the players have to encounter a spell caster, but the spell caster would also have to target the PC with the brooch and not any of the other PCs (in my game, 6 other PCs for a total of 7). So, the caster is going to cast one of his minor spells as opposed to casting a major spell, and he is going to target the PC with the brooch in order for the game to be "more fun" for that player, even though that PC might not be the most logical target.You are correct. As a DM, I could create elementals that use force effects instead of the more typical fire, cold, lightning, etc., I could create NPC area effect spells that use force. I could once every four or five sessions throw a cult of low level magic users at the party to fling magic missile at all of them. I could do those types of things. But I shouldn't have to go out of my way to make the campaign revolve around a single magical item. My point is that the game has an EXTREMELY situational magic item in the game that in many campaigns requires extra work on the part of the DM for it to even be a hair useful, and the game designers gave that item an attunement requirement. That's bad item design, not bad DMing.With regard to handing out an item that is not very useful to the party, I do that once in a while and unlike you, I do not view that as a bad thing. A +1 glaive. Nobody wants to use a glaive (at least in my group at their current level with their current magic items and racial/class makeup), but there it is. Now the players have to decide whether one of them wants to use it (or at least minimally carry it), or if they want to see if they can track down someone willing to buy it. I don't exclusively tailor magic item acquisition to items that the party will find useful.If the game system was like 3E where crafting magical items was relatively easy, then I could see giving the brooch attunement because otherwise, most or all of the PCs might be walking around with a brooch. But in the 5E model based on how hard it is to craft items, and many spells do force damage, and how many monsters do force damage, and how useful magic missile is, it's a design flaw.</blockquote>

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