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<blockquote data-quote="Langy" data-source="post: 6919290" data-attributes="member: 6861240">I disagree; Rarity in D&amp;D 5e is directly about power level and price; you should never have an item that's significantly less powerful than another but that's listed as a higher rarity, no matter whether or not one of the items is a unique one-off or a standard piece of kit for the largest army around.Look at what Rarity means in terms of game-play - it primarily defines the price at which you can sell the item, along with having a suggested level at which it would be appropriate to hand the item over. These are intertwined (as handing over a Rare item is essentially equivalent to handing over a small quest to get 250-5000 gold and thus it's level-appropriate when that sort of quest would be appropriate), and neither have anything to do with how rare the item is in the game world.Besides, items are always more interesting if they are functionally unique - in my campaign, there are no generic magic items - each one is unique in some way. Labeling each one as being 'Very Rare' or 'Legendary' because each one is unique would be silly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Langy, post: 6919290, member: 6861240"] I disagree; Rarity in D&D 5e is [i]directly[/i] about power level and price; you should never have an item that's significantly less powerful than another but that's listed as a higher rarity, no matter whether or not one of the items is a unique one-off or a standard piece of kit for the largest army around. Look at what Rarity means in terms of game-play - it primarily defines the price at which you can sell the item, along with having a suggested level at which it would be appropriate to hand the item over. These are intertwined (as handing over a Rare item is essentially equivalent to handing over a small quest to get 250-5000 gold and thus it's level-appropriate when that sort of quest would be appropriate), and neither have anything to do with how rare the item is in the game world. Besides, items are [i]always[/i] more interesting if they are functionally unique - in my campaign, there [i]are[/i] no generic magic items - each one is unique in some way. Labeling each one as being 'Very Rare' or 'Legendary' because each one is unique would be silly. [/QUOTE]

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