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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8945773" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>Ok, I hear this one about magic items a lot; it wasn't that good items didn't exist, they totally did.  The issues were, players naturally valued "increase my numbahs" effects over other effects, and many of the really good effects, like Winged Boots, were solidly in Epic Tier.  I can tell you that my highest level 4e character had a lot of great items, like Ghost-Grinding Powder, Wall Walkers, a helmet that gave him a free turn of ignoring stun/daze, a portable hole, a magic knife that creates an extradimensional space you can long rest in (which I used to infiltrate a githyanki fortress), etc..  But for the most part, I was the only player in my group willing to spend cash on utility items rather than just save up for the bigger better plus.  The Fighter didn't merely want a +5 weapon, he wanted one that gave him extra critical damage, for example.  The Sorcerer was gung ho about getting anything that could refresh an encounter power so they could use Demon-Soul Bolts more often.  The Cleric wanted anything that gave them more healing power.  The only other utility item I remember was the Paladin's Ebony Fly, and he rarely used it after he got knocked off of it while fighting a dragon.</p></blockquote><p></p>