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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8080256" data-attributes="member: 22779">Fair enough.So, you're saying that a weapon that hits more often and deals more damage vs monsters that have less HP is less powerful than a weapon that hits less often, deals less damage against monsters that have more HP?Meh, that's what torches were for.&nbsp; And, those +2 or more monsters tended to show up conveniently when the PC's had weapons that could hit them.&nbsp; The overwhelming majority of monsters though didn't need magic weapons to be hit.Think about what you are saying.&nbsp; You're saying that it was common for PC's to have so many magic items that they had back up magic items.&nbsp; Yeah, I lost my +3 sword, just hang on and let me yank out my +2 sword out of my pack.And, the &quot;fireball save&quot; thing is so overblown.&nbsp; First, the character has to fail the save - I'm a paladin, I don't fail too many saves.&nbsp; Second, then each item has to make saves.&nbsp; Steel vs fire needs something like a 7 or better on a d20.&nbsp; The notion that I'm going to lose all my items is pretty far fetched.&nbsp; But, they aren't rare at all.&nbsp; There's high level NPC's all over the setting.&nbsp; They only look rare if you insist on only using the boxed sets.&nbsp; Once you start looking in the modules and Dragon, there's high level NPC's all over the place.&nbsp; Hey, the 3e demographics rules were meant for Greyhawk.&nbsp; That was the default setting after all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8080256, member: 22779"] Fair enough. So, you're saying that a weapon that hits more often and deals more damage vs monsters that have less HP is less powerful than a weapon that hits less often, deals less damage against monsters that have more HP? Meh, that's what torches were for. And, those +2 or more monsters tended to show up conveniently when the PC's had weapons that could hit them. The overwhelming majority of monsters though didn't need magic weapons to be hit. Think about what you are saying. You're saying that it was common for PC's to have so many magic items that they had back up magic items. Yeah, I lost my +3 sword, just hang on and let me yank out my +2 sword out of my pack. And, the "fireball save" thing is so overblown. First, the character has to fail the save - I'm a paladin, I don't fail too many saves. Second, then each item has to make saves. Steel vs fire needs something like a 7 or better on a d20. The notion that I'm going to lose all my items is pretty far fetched. But, they aren't rare at all. There's high level NPC's all over the setting. They only look rare if you insist on only using the boxed sets. Once you start looking in the modules and Dragon, there's high level NPC's all over the place. Hey, the 3e demographics rules were meant for Greyhawk. That was the default setting after all. [/QUOTE]

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