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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 298305" data-attributes="member: 177">I'm not convinced that any one class really needs magic items any more than another.&nbsp; After all, by the standard wealth guidelines, each class is supposed to have roughly as much magic - if everyone's getting the same, it cannot really be correcting an imbalance.&nbsp; Wizards and clerics depend as much on magical items, though they tend to choose different types of items.&nbsp; Take away a wizard's goojaws (no scrolls, no wands, no staves, nothing to help him carry those heavy books, nothing to boost his AC or saves) and he too starts having problems and vulnerabilities.Remember, a spellcaster can do many things with magic, but he is limited in how many things he can do at once.&nbsp; He can only cast (and usually prepare) so many spells.&nbsp; If he doesn't have time, or has chosen the wrong spells, his abilities are as useless as the fighter without a magic sword against a critter with DR...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 298305, member: 177"] I'm not convinced that any one class really needs magic items any more than another. After all, by the standard wealth guidelines, each class is supposed to have roughly as much magic - if everyone's getting the same, it cannot really be correcting an imbalance. Wizards and clerics depend as much on magical items, though they tend to choose different types of items. Take away a wizard's goojaws (no scrolls, no wands, no staves, nothing to help him carry those heavy books, nothing to boost his AC or saves) and he too starts having problems and vulnerabilities. Remember, a spellcaster can do many things with magic, but he is limited in how many things he can do at once. He can only cast (and usually prepare) so many spells. If he doesn't have time, or has chosen the wrong spells, his abilities are as useless as the fighter without a magic sword against a critter with DR... [/QUOTE]

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