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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4814133" data-attributes="member: 710">I am not entirely sure what "Rules related Goals" mean. At least on the surface I don't see a problem with 4E here, so I would not worry about it.I think one of the core thnigs in 4E is that monsters usually don't need any magical items. Even humanoid NPCs don't need to have magical weapons to achieve their attack bonuses and values. On the other hand, we have treasure parcels, that tell you how much "wealth" you should distribute over the course of a level so that the characters get a fair amount of items. (The wish list suggestion exists so that you give the characters item they will find useful, too, to avoid them commonly disenchanting or selling their items to buy or enchant new ones - you might not be a fan of magic item shops...) Now, to pull this two things together: 1) You can equip some monsters or NPCs with items from the treasure list. (There are also rules how this would affect their abilities in the DMG). 2) You can put some items in the usual treasure chests and heap of treasures characters might find.3) Other items might be rewards for "quests" - e.g. if you provide the Wizard with the desired Bullywug skins, he will give you a magical item as reward. The treasure parcels provide a guideline on how much items are "appropriate" on average. I don't think you need to be that strict. The PCs mostly need: A magic weapon or implement, a magic armor, and a neck item slot, and each item should have a level within 5 levels of the individual PC, they won't be too overpowered or too weak. (If you remove the item bonuses to attack and defenses and hand them out simply by level, you are even more free in what you hand out - or if you hand out something at all.)</blockquote>

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