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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9210279" data-attributes="member: 6807784">There's this weird idea in this thread that looking for really cool loot and stuff belongs only in the OSR. Yes, most adventures don't prioritize loot anymore, but that isn't because player's don't want cool stuff. Most video games actually prove that as false, and reveal that players almost always will try and get at least a few really cool things to wear or use. The problem is, for some reason, people just think that isn't true. They think everyone is just in it for the story or just in it for some combat or just in it to see their friends. But all those things can be true + players wanting to get cool stuff too. Because that's why people tend to pick their character options -- they find the selection to be cool (either cool in style, cool to play, cool to RP as, cool as a raw idea, etc etc). So, the idea that adding more really cool loot to further incentize players IMO is a sound idea. I think people would love it if going deeper into a difficult dungeon rewarded you with slick, rad magical items. Do I want to try and kill this boss so I get the Rainbow'd Cape of the Elf God??? OF COURSE! I wish WotC could see this specific post and inject it into everything coming out next year. An adventure that ends without me getting cool stuff from it feels like it's missing something in D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9210279, member: 6807784"] There's this weird idea in this thread that looking for really cool loot and stuff belongs only in the OSR. Yes, most adventures don't prioritize loot anymore, but that isn't because player's don't want cool stuff. Most video games actually prove that as false, and reveal that players almost always will try and get at least a few really cool things to wear or use. The problem is, for some reason, people just think that isn't true. They think everyone is just in it for the story or just in it for some combat or just in it to see their friends. But all those things can be true + players wanting to get cool stuff too. Because that's why people tend to pick their character options -- they find the selection to be cool (either cool in style, cool to play, cool to RP as, cool as a raw idea, etc etc). So, the idea that adding more really cool loot to further incentize players IMO is a sound idea. I think people would love it if going deeper into a difficult dungeon rewarded you with slick, rad magical items. Do I want to try and kill this boss so I get the [B]Rainbow'd Cape of the Elf God[/B]???[B] [/B]OF COURSE! I wish WotC could see this specific post and inject it into everything coming out next year. An adventure that ends without me getting cool stuff from it feels like it's missing something in D&D. [/QUOTE]

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