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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 3273638" data-attributes="member: 6562"><p>I respectfully disagree. It denies the possibility that a PC will ever invent a <u>more efficient</u> magical item. <strong>Novel</strong> magical items -- ones that do something more interesting than "heal me cheap" -- are <strong>welcome</strong>. Please, bring them on!</p><p></p><p>Likewise, I would deny them any spell that can be summed up: "like this other spell, but better, and at the same or lower level". If you want to invent a spell, let it do something <strong>novel</strong>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ah, cool. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>BTW: back when 3.0e was the new thing, and dinosaurs roamed the earth as Beasts, I allowed a PC to discover a cheaper formula for Boccob's Blessed Book... which segued nicely into 3.5e's reduced cost for said item and for scribing in general. The world I wanted wasn't one where Wizards needed to take out a home loan to level up.</p><p></p><p>My major beef with this item is that it encourages a certain play style: fight, then hole up somewhere for a few hours, then fight again. Takes a lot of options out of the DM's hands, and rewards the players for playing like yellow-bellied chickens who convalesce after every minor scuffle. I'd prefer to NOT reward that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Binder + Buer, Dragon Shaman + that healing aura, Wand of Vigor : These things either take a substantial commitment from a PC (and significant character resources -- 1/2 of the Binder's main class feature for the day, for example) or they have a practical cost limit. If the PCs spend the resources, I really don't mind them getting substantial benefits.</p><p></p><p>But an item like the one proposed subverts all that. It gives away too much for too little. So yeah, maybe it should cost half the GNP of a small nation. What's the price in gold for eight levels of Binder? About the same, I'd reckon. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>... but from a rules point of view, I'd just say no.</p><p></p><p>Cheers, -- N</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 3273638, member: 6562"] I respectfully disagree. It denies the possibility that a PC will ever invent a [u]more efficient[/u] magical item. [b]Novel[/b] magical items -- ones that do something more interesting than "heal me cheap" -- are [b]welcome[/b]. Please, bring them on! Likewise, I would deny them any spell that can be summed up: "like this other spell, but better, and at the same or lower level". If you want to invent a spell, let it do something [b]novel[/b]. Ah, cool. :) BTW: back when 3.0e was the new thing, and dinosaurs roamed the earth as Beasts, I allowed a PC to discover a cheaper formula for Boccob's Blessed Book... which segued nicely into 3.5e's reduced cost for said item and for scribing in general. The world I wanted wasn't one where Wizards needed to take out a home loan to level up. My major beef with this item is that it encourages a certain play style: fight, then hole up somewhere for a few hours, then fight again. Takes a lot of options out of the DM's hands, and rewards the players for playing like yellow-bellied chickens who convalesce after every minor scuffle. I'd prefer to NOT reward that. Binder + Buer, Dragon Shaman + that healing aura, Wand of Vigor : These things either take a substantial commitment from a PC (and significant character resources -- 1/2 of the Binder's main class feature for the day, for example) or they have a practical cost limit. If the PCs spend the resources, I really don't mind them getting substantial benefits. But an item like the one proposed subverts all that. It gives away too much for too little. So yeah, maybe it should cost half the GNP of a small nation. What's the price in gold for eight levels of Binder? About the same, I'd reckon. :) ... but from a rules point of view, I'd just say no. Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]
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