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Message: <blockquote data-quote="atom crash" data-source="post: 1759162" data-attributes="member: 22162">True, he didn't pay for the item in question because it was part of swag gained in-game, and I placed it in the hands of a bad guy I knew the party would handily defeat. I should have used the term worth rather than cost instead. When the player gained the item, it worked just like the feat and was worth 4000gp (IIRC, don't have a DMG 3.0 on hand). But now this item doesn't work just like the feat and is worth 9000 gp, which accounts for much (if not all) of a 5th-level character's suggested character wealth. This means that I have to bump up encounters to attempt to keep them balanced, because the CR of published creatures assumes that characters adhere to the character wealth table. And I'm trying to take into account the party's existing wealth when placing treasure.Just to clarify, the player is not complaining about this item at all. I am just raising some issues I have with the item now as a DM, because in v3.0 it worked just like the feat and in v3.5 it doesn't. And it is worth a greater chunk of his character wealth.</blockquote>