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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7464496" data-attributes="member: 20564">Your proposal is much more generous then expected items in both power of items and also allowing choice.&nbsp; As such items will have a bigger impact then expected and characters will be a lot more powerful.&nbsp; (Which also leads to defeating more powerful foes and gaining more XP so advancing faster, etc.)Here's how I would modify it to bring it in line with expectations.First, here's a mathematical breakdown of the treasure tables over the course of levels 1-20:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?395770-Analysis-of-quot-Typical-quot-Magic-Item-Distribution" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?395770-Analysis-of-quot-Typical-quot-Magic-Item-Distribution</a>It then takes that and tries to do an even distribution for each PC:1 common consumable every level from 1 to 5.1 uncommon consumable every level from 6 to 10.1 rare consumable every level from 11 to 15.1 very rare consumable every level from 16 to 19.1 legendary consumable at level 20.1 uncommon permanent item at level 4, and another at level 7.1 rare permanent item at level 10 and another at level 13.1 very rare permanent item at level 16.1 legendary permanent item at level 19.Your proposed system is a lot more generous than this, especially in giving out more powerful items faster.Second, unlike 4e and to a lesser degree 3.x, 5e doesn't have magic items as a &quot;stealth&quot; part of character advancement and leveling math.&nbsp; So it doesn't expect PCs to have the &quot;most efficient&quot; items, or everyone have +X where needed, etc.&nbsp; Allowing player to pick will end up with combos that are force multipliers even with disabling +3 armor/+3 shield type of combos.&nbsp; Adn to fill in specific weaknesses or amplify specific strengths (&quot;oh, I have -5/+10, let me make sure I have a highest plus weapon to offset the to-hit&quot;).I wouldn't allow them to pick personally, but if you want to do that I'd go with delaying the mathematical distribution by 2-3 levels, though with putting legendary at 20 instead of moving it off the table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7464496, member: 20564"] Your proposal is much more generous then expected items in both power of items and also allowing choice. As such items will have a bigger impact then expected and characters will be a lot more powerful. (Which also leads to defeating more powerful foes and gaining more XP so advancing faster, etc.) Here's how I would modify it to bring it in line with expectations. First, here's a mathematical breakdown of the treasure tables over the course of levels 1-20: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?395770-Analysis-of-quot-Typical-quot-Magic-Item-Distribution[/url] It then takes that and tries to do an even distribution for each PC: 1 common consumable every level from 1 to 5. 1 uncommon consumable every level from 6 to 10. 1 rare consumable every level from 11 to 15. 1 very rare consumable every level from 16 to 19. 1 legendary consumable at level 20. 1 uncommon permanent item at level 4, and another at level 7. 1 rare permanent item at level 10 and another at level 13. 1 very rare permanent item at level 16. 1 legendary permanent item at level 19. Your proposed system is a lot more generous than this, especially in giving out more powerful items faster. Second, unlike 4e and to a lesser degree 3.x, 5e doesn't have magic items as a "stealth" part of character advancement and leveling math. So it doesn't expect PCs to have the "most efficient" items, or everyone have +X where needed, etc. Allowing player to pick will end up with combos that are force multipliers even with disabling +3 armor/+3 shield type of combos. Adn to fill in specific weaknesses or amplify specific strengths ("oh, I have -5/+10, let me make sure I have a highest plus weapon to offset the to-hit"). I wouldn't allow them to pick personally, but if you want to do that I'd go with delaying the mathematical distribution by 2-3 levels, though with putting legendary at 20 instead of moving it off the table. [/QUOTE]

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