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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 3922626" data-attributes="member: 40961">My opinion differs depending on the +X item in question.Likes: +X sword, +X skill.Dislikes: +X stat, +X saving throw.Neutral: +X shield, +X armor.My heavy suspicion is that 4e is going to match my opinions on this subject.  +X weapons will be in, for everyone.  +X skill items will be in, instead of items which bypass skills.  +X armor and shields will be in, because they have a sort of symmetry with +X weapons- though something may be done to fix the fact that +X armor +X shield is twice +X weapon in terms of bonus on a set of stats which directly faces off against each other.  +X stat and +X save will be out, or, +X save will be divided up by save type.That's speculation, but I think its good speculation.Editted to add:I do agree with this, sort of.  I like the idea of +X representing the sheer quality of a finely worked magical blade, but a finely worked magical blade that doesn't do anything exciting is boring.  Still, if we're going to have +X weapons, bad guys need to have them too, and permitting +X weapons without special abilities lets us fill out the generic bad guys without creating a menagerie of miscellaneous gear.  I'd permit regular +X, but with the caveat that  a proper DM should be aim to get weapons with unique features into the hands of player characters.</blockquote>