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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6262305" data-attributes="member: 1465">This is mostly under the responsibility of the DM. If a DM shells out tons of +1 weapons throughout the adventures, and then complain because there are too many, it's plain and simply her fault, with one caveat: there are indeed systems such as 3e where the PC equipment total equivalent value per level is built-in the rules, so technically the DM has to give out magic equipment (or gp, which will mostly be spent on magic equipment anyway) in order to keep the PC balanced vs the monsters. Still, even in 3e the DM doesn't really have to give out treasure in the form of +N weapons all the time... there's lots and lots of valid alternatives already in the core, esp. wondrous items that any PC can use. Thus IMHO it's still pretty much the DM's fault. OTOH, adventures designers failed in this regard all the time in the 3e era.</blockquote>