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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3381704" data-attributes="member: 8158">I don't think it's alarmist at all. Whenever someone posts in a thread that D&amp;D is moving in a direction where the emphasis is on the utilitarian rather than the fantastic, there's always a buch of folks who chime in and insist that D&amp;D isn't &quot;moving&quot; in that direction, that it was always like that.The push towards mass-produced off-the-rack magic items is a good example of the utilitarian shift in D&amp;D, and now we'll get blister packs of augment crystals hanging in the checkout counter isle with all the cheap stuff. There are plenty of gamers who would think getting a ghost touch weapon made them special and unique, hang the logistics of how often they'd be fighting incorporeal undead.I'm all for new options, but they do need to be balanced against the old ones. Perhaps the augment crystals burn out eventually? Making them temporary items brings their costs in line.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 3381704, member: 8158"] I don't think it's alarmist at all. Whenever someone posts in a thread that D&D is moving in a direction where the emphasis is on the utilitarian rather than the fantastic, there's always a buch of folks who chime in and insist that D&D isn't "moving" in that direction, that it was always like that. The push towards mass-produced off-the-rack magic items is a good example of the utilitarian shift in D&D, and now we'll get blister packs of augment crystals hanging in the checkout counter isle with all the cheap stuff. There are plenty of gamers who would think getting a ghost touch weapon made them special and unique, hang the logistics of how often they'd be fighting incorporeal undead. I'm all for new options, but they do need to be balanced against the old ones. Perhaps the augment crystals burn out eventually? Making them temporary items brings their costs in line. [/QUOTE]

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