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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdpacheco" data-source="post: 4380556" data-attributes="member: 61319">Of course it's an economy.  The levels exist as guidelines, and as a pricing scheme.  A player can have item of any level.  Heck, they could trade in all their items and get one 15th level item.  The levels are a framework, not a straight-jacket.Of course all +1 weapons are the same level.  The trade-offs are built into the weapons themselves.  Short Swords are Light Blades, Rogues like those.  A bastard sword is useless to a rogue.  They don't have a single power that they could use it with (at least, not that I saw at last scan).  Bastard Swords also cost an extra feat.  Trade-offs are built into the weapons inherently.And feats represent a different level of choice.  And you will likely see that players are less likely to spend a feat on certain skills.  If diplomacy is on their class list, they may take it then, but they probably won't take Skill Training in it, and very probably not over Skill Training: Perception.Yes, the level *should* probably rise.  Level determines price.  Price is what the item is worth to your players.  If your players only have a limited use for something, they're not going to use it.  They'll either not ever buy it, or sell it (or turn it into residuum) at their first opportunity.  They're going to prefer using the resources for something else.And of course it's possible to make a party that can get more use out of the item.  However, that's going to be an item that's great for that one specific party build.  And, even with your proposed party, you're not looking at more than a couple more Opportunity Attacks than normal.  Yes, the fighter gets an OA on a marked opponent who shifts.  Once.  It's an Immediate Reaction, and page 268 specifically states that you can make one Immediate Action per Round. (The fighter is also choosing to forgo any other Immediate Actions he may have wanted to take when he makes this attack).  Unless, of course, you were planning on playing the monsters *real* dumb, they're just *not* going to trigger that many OAs.  Certainly not enough for most players to spend the money on the bracers rather than...  Oh, maybe a second magic weapon, or magic shield, or maybe a Belt of Vigor, or maybe any number of other things.I don't think this factors in at all.  Look at the tables some time.  The distribution is wonky.  4th level seems to get skipped a lot.  9th level is missing on a few.  Wands jumps a lot (1,3,6,8,11,13).  Arm items lack a 4, 6, 9, 11, but has two 12s and two 13s.  Why not make one of the 12s a 11 if they wanted a more even spread.Is everyone going to agree with the placement?  Nopers (clearly).  Is there underlying economy at work?  Yes.Again.  YMMV.  But this is how *I'm* seeing the magic items in the PHB.</blockquote>

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