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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rkanodia" data-source="post: 4011530" data-attributes="member: 11681">In my mind, it's about quantity and clarity.Quantity: there are only three +X slots in 4E, as opposed to basically all of them in 3E.Clarity: the 4E rules prescribe (supposedly) exactly what +X a character 'deserves' at each level.  Also, there are no questions about which +X's a character 'should' have: they should have all three.  In 3E, trying to do this would have raised a lot of questions, at least for me.  Do all characters get the +X to all six stats, or is it just to their primary stat?  If I pick the former, I'm buffing Monks and Paladins like crazy, but if I pick the latter, I'm penalizing them because they no longer have a way to boost up their secondary stats, whereas a Wizard or Cleric really just needs one stat to be effective.  What about the million ways to boost your AC?  Do I grant them all to every character?  If I don't, what do I do when the Fighter complains that he needs a ring of deflection and an amulet of natural armor to be competitive (since the whole point of this exercise was to get rid of +X items)?  If I do, how are my monsters ever going to hit anybody?  If I dole them out on a per-class basis, what is the Wizard getting to compensate for this free +15 to AC that the Fighter got?</blockquote>