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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6981896" data-attributes="member: 6775031">That's a common misconception, but 5E wasn't designed to be used without magic items; it was designed to be used regardless of magic items. And for the most part, it succeeds - you can play from 1 to 20, and regardless of whether you have no magic items or every item in the book, the game is still playable. Barring a couple of oversights with things like AC for dinosaurs, you can generally fight anything that's remotely level-appropriate without ever falling off either edge of the d20; you very rarely get to a point where magic items would make you succeed on a 1, or where the lack of a magic item means you need a 20 to succeed.That doesn't mean they expect you to not have magic items. They're just saying that, if you don't have magic items, then you can still play the game and the math doesn't catastrophically fail. And if you do have magic items, then you can still play the game and the math doesn't catastrophically fail. If you have magic items, the game will be easier than if you don't, and if you (the DM) feel the need to keep things balanced then that's on you.</blockquote>