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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 7948640" data-attributes="member: 3400">Hard yes, but then I don't think you're quite grokking my meaning. Hard choices are ones in which either option is reasonably valid, neither obviously dominates the other from a mechanical standpoint. Some choices may flow easily from other choices - that's fine. But in the example you're giving, you've already made the primary hard choice - to play a rogue rather than a wizard, cleric, fighter, ranger, paladin, etc. That primary choice should be a hard choice with no class dominating the other as a role to play in the party. Some choice may naturally flow from that and be easier - but they've probably already gone into the initial choice. &quot;Hmm.. we could use someone who can scout and find traps - I'll play a rogue.&quot; And you'd have implicitly (or maybe even explicitly) decided to give up on spellcasting and the other powers wizards, clerics, rangers, etc have as opportunity costs. With respect to the question at hand - attunement of magic items - there should be a lot of hard choices - choices that are reasonably equally valid. 3e was problematic in that there were too many choices that were dominant - the Big Six come to mind. It was a no brainer to sell a Ring of Shooting Stars and buy the best Ring of Protection you could afford with the proceeds. Ideally, that choice should have been a lot harder with neither option dominating the other - it should have been more of a concept choice, not an optimization one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 7948640, member: 3400"] Hard yes, but then I don't think you're quite grokking my meaning. Hard choices are ones in which either option is reasonably valid, neither obviously dominates the other from a mechanical standpoint. Some choices may flow easily from other choices - that's fine. But in the example you're giving, you've already made the primary hard choice - to play a rogue rather than a wizard, cleric, fighter, ranger, paladin, etc. That primary choice should be a hard choice with no class dominating the other as a role to play in the party. Some choice may naturally flow from that and be easier - but they've probably already gone into the initial choice. "Hmm.. we could use someone who can scout and find traps - I'll play a rogue." And you'd have implicitly (or maybe even explicitly) decided to give up on spellcasting and the other powers wizards, clerics, rangers, etc have as opportunity costs. With respect to the question at hand - attunement of magic items - there should be a lot of [b]hard[/b] choices - choices that are reasonably equally valid. 3e was problematic in that there were too many choices that were dominant - the Big Six come to mind. It was a no brainer to sell a Ring of Shooting Stars and buy the best Ring of Protection you could afford with the proceeds. Ideally, that choice should have been a lot harder with neither option dominating the other - it should have been more of a concept choice, not an optimization one. [/QUOTE]

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