[Dragon] My Weapon just got magical!

[Xarlen]

What issue of Dragon has the Play's the Thing that allows you to put Xp into your weapon to level it up?

 

[Femerus the Gnecro]

That would be issue 289 I believe.

-F

 

[Inez Hull]

Levelled items are a great idea, but I seem to remember that the XP required for each plus is way expensive. To be honest you could probably just use the item creation costs from the DMG and save buying the mag for just that article.

 

[Xarlen]

I have the Mag. Just couldn't find it.

Not issue 289. That's Ability Combos III.

 

[hong]

Dragon #289, pp.56-58, "Levelled Treasures", by Stephen Kenson, illustrated by Tom Gianni and Arnie Swekel.

I'm not sure what this has to do with "The Play's the Thing".

 

[Archer]

Now there are prestige races. You can buy slotless magical item abilities for 1 xp per 5 gp value. There is a feat to become a prestige race and I wasn't a big fan of the base prestige races presented in the book.

 

[Buccaneer]

I recently went back through my Dragon's up to issue 250 and made an excel spreadsheet on articles I thought were interesting or for possible use in the future. It has the title or description of the article, issue #, and page #. Thought you might find it useful.

Dragon mag article list

 

[Jesse Decker]

Magic Item Variant

In one of our in-house playtests, I use a variant treasure system where players rarely get monetary treasure or a chance to loot their downed foes. Instead, the equipment that the characters use frequently goes up in power. Most of the time I identify the item, give the player the amount by which he can increase its value, and ask that he name the item before letting him use its new powers.

While this system isn't exactly like the 289 article, it has worked well in the playtest.

 

[Xarlen]

Thanks hong! I thought it was in 'The Play's the Thing.