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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6246180" data-attributes="member: 27160">Whether they are &quot;required&quot; I guess depends on how picky you are on exact &quot;math&quot;. They make 3 points of difference (max.) on a d20 roll, so if the &quot;Expertise Feats&quot; in 4E were a &quot;mandatory fix&quot; then maybe 13th Age magic weapons are &quot;required&quot;. Otherwise, no,they are just &quot;nice to haves&quot;.I really like the system. I think the lack of some sort of value is a pity (and unbelievable in the game world; everything has a price, and you can usually work out what it needs to be, even if it's fuzzy), but the &quot;chakras&quot; thing is a neat way to do item slots and &quot;wealth by level&quot; rolled into one mechanic with no fiddly slots or actual wealth restrictions/guidelines.To me, 13th Age &quot;magic items&quot; are just what &quot;artifacts&quot; are in 4E. They are NPCs that are involved in the politics and struggles of the Age just as the PCs are - hence the difficulty of buying and selling them, maybe, since you don't really &quot;own&quot; them, as such?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 6246180, member: 27160"] Whether they are "required" I guess depends on how picky you are on exact "math". They make 3 points of difference (max.) on a d20 roll, so if the "Expertise Feats" in 4E were a "mandatory fix" then maybe 13th Age magic weapons are "required". Otherwise, no,they are just "nice to haves". I really like the system. I think the lack of some sort of value is a pity (and unbelievable in the game world; [I][B]everything[/B][/I] has a price, and you can usually work out what it needs to be, even if it's fuzzy), but the "chakras" thing is a neat way to do item slots and "wealth by level" rolled into one mechanic with no fiddly slots or actual wealth restrictions/guidelines. To me, 13th Age "magic items" are just what "artifacts" are in 4E. They are NPCs that are involved in the politics and struggles of the Age just as the PCs are - hence the difficulty of buying and selling them, maybe, since you don't really "own" them, as such? [/QUOTE]

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