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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sollir Furryfoot" data-source="post: 2850883" data-attributes="member: 748">If you have the chance, I would check out Magic of the Incarnum.  I think that the various types of Incarnum 'equipment' there really fit the style of FF7's Materia, and would let every D&D class get a benefit instead of just giving them the ability to cast Fire 1, 2, etc...  If you like this system, I would turn each Incarnum ability itself into a physical item (complete with GP price), although still limit each class to a certain number of Essentia per day, possibly using a Gestalt option where everyone is required to take an incarnate class as their secondary class.  In exchange, I would probably take out all conventional magical items, save maybe armor and weapons, and maybe have some sort of penalty (Con penalty, perhaps?) for carrying too many 'materia' on you to keep everything balnaced (although the amount of Essentia automatically balancing things).Just a thought as I was reading MotI, I have yet to check out the idea myself.</blockquote>