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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3061193" data-attributes="member: 307">No, I'm taking the stance that counting up "known" magic items in a work of literature and trying to apply that to a game system is, as you say:And? How is this evidence, for example, that Boromir had no magical items in his possession other than his horn and cloak? Most people don't loot the bodies of their friends outside of D&D games.And? How is this evidence of anything? He got new stuff from the elves. Known makers of piles of magical gear throughout the stories. Are you certain none of it had special abilities? Or are you just projecting what you want the unsaid portion of the story to say?I'm not saying that he had other magical gear. What I'm saying is that there isn't any evidence that he didn't.Aren't most D&D stat enhancing items simply articles of clothing?Why should 90% of their abilities be intrinsic to them personally?Complaining about the nature of magic, which, by definition violates the known laws of our universe, is inherently silly.</blockquote>