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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 7699881" data-attributes="member: 6695890">I'm in two minds about backing this.On the one hand, this is exactly the sort of project I'd love to see more of.On the other, the items are deeply tied into the backstory of a setting I have not and will never use and most of the examples have issues that make using them difficult or inadvisable.On the gripping hand, the creators have been engaging people well here, which is always a really good thing. So what the hell, I'll back it. Some thoughts:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Backstory is lovely, but when an item is tied so tightly into its setting that it just doesn't make sense anywhere else, it's effectively dead weight. Now, you've probably written most of these items already and deep setting ties are lovely for people who actually use the setting, but something like the Screaming Sword in one of the examples on the Kickstarter page would need a complete rewrite to fit into any other setting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Troll's Lament - okay, you can't use fire bolt because it's not in the SRD. You know what cantrip is in the SRD and would be absolutely perfect for this item? produce flame. Sure, it's 1d8 rather than 1d10, but you can use it for light and (when you switch to using the cantrip) its damage will scale properly, so the fire damage will stay relevant for a lot longer (Especially since a party would be unlikely to find a very rare item until long after a 1d10 fire damage attack stopped being anything more than a ribbon ability).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The Whip of Hussuma has, as one of its abilities, "Your reach increases by 10 feet (instead of the normal 5 feet) when wielding this whip". This is poorly worded; I believe the effect that you wanted to achieve is "This is a whip with a 15' reach (instead of the usual 10')". What you have actually said is "When you wield this, you have a 15' reach with any weapon". This might seem to be splitting hairs, but a magic item that lets you wield other weapons at a distance is entirely valid. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> On a more positive note, the art examples you've shown are good - I like that you appear to be keeping to the inclusive style that the 5e core books used, too. I really hope you're able to deliver on the potential shown <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></li> </ul>Here's hoping you make the stretch goals, and thank you for dealing with the criticism on this thread so well!</blockquote>

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