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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 4059086" data-attributes="member: 54629">RE: Magic Items in the PHB. I really don't have a problem with this at all. In fact, I fail to see how it will impact on my ability as a DM to maintain the &quot;mystery&quot; that is unidentified magic items. Just because the items are there at the players' finger tips doesn't mean I, as the DM, can't continue to give them unidentified magic items that they have to figure out. Judging from what some people have said, it sounds like they're expecting to have to say to the players, &quot;OK, you've found a +2 mace of poison, look at page 225 in your PHB for the details.&quot; You can still maintain your players' sense of wonder by simply not telling them what they've found ... but by having the magic items in the PHB, it'll make it easier for players to look up the abilities of the items they have identified and it'll also make it easier to create PCs above 1st level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 4059086, member: 54629"] RE: Magic Items in the PHB. I really don't have a problem with this at all. In fact, I fail to see how it will impact on my ability as a DM to maintain the "mystery" that is unidentified magic items. Just because the items are there at the players' finger tips doesn't mean I, as the DM, can't continue to give them unidentified magic items that they have to figure out. Judging from what some people have said, it sounds like they're expecting to have to say to the players, "OK, you've found a [i]+2 mace of poison[/i], look at page 225 in your PHB for the details." You can still maintain your players' sense of wonder by simply not telling them what they've found ... but by having the magic items in the PHB, it'll make it easier for players to look up the abilities of the items they [i]have[/i] identified and it'll also make it easier to create PCs above 1st level. [/QUOTE]

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