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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3237130" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>I've always been a fan of a little front ending by giving the PC's at least one nice defining magic item each very early in the game.&nbsp; If you think about how stories usually work, the heroes defining item is usually acquired early in the story.&nbsp;&nbsp; It becomes part of who they are and how ordinary people recognize them.&nbsp; Bilbo with Sting.&nbsp; Frodo's Ring.&nbsp; Raistlin's staff.&nbsp; Perseus's sword.&nbsp; If you wait to give the cool item until the player is 20th level, you never develop an aura around a particular item.&nbsp;&nbsp; And front ending the PC's explains a big game issue.&nbsp; How do ordinary people know that these people are heroes?&nbsp; I mean sure, when a character is 15th level or 8th level, you can recognize him as a hero by what he can do.&nbsp; But what about when the character is 1st or 4th?&nbsp; There are alot of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th level characters out there.&nbsp; But they don't carry tokens of destiny identifying that they have the favor (or curse) of the gods.&nbsp; How do you know that the 3rd level fighter is the chosen champion of the village?&nbsp; Not because he's the highest level fighter in these parts, but because he's the one with the famous sword.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3237130, member: 4937"] I've always been a fan of a little front ending by giving the PC's at least one nice defining magic item each very early in the game. If you think about how stories usually work, the heroes defining item is usually acquired early in the story. It becomes part of who they are and how ordinary people recognize them. Bilbo with Sting. Frodo's Ring. Raistlin's staff. Perseus's sword. If you wait to give the cool item until the player is 20th level, you never develop an aura around a particular item. And front ending the PC's explains a big game issue. How do ordinary people know that these people are heroes? I mean sure, when a character is 15th level or 8th level, you can recognize him as a hero by what he can do. But what about when the character is 1st or 4th? There are alot of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th level characters out there. But they don't carry tokens of destiny identifying that they have the favor (or curse) of the gods. How do you know that the 3rd level fighter is the chosen champion of the village? Not because he's the highest level fighter in these parts, but because he's the one with the famous sword. [/QUOTE]

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