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<blockquote data-quote="BobTheNob" data-source="post: 5958994" data-attributes="member: 82425">One other thing to consider is the commonality of magic items in the world you are playing.Consider the diablo series. In these, you had a great example of random drops being integral to the game. It worked for one key reason...SO MUCH DROPPED! It was just drop after drop after drop. So much fell at your feet that it was almost inevitable that you werre going to get something you needed.Now, imagine diablo with a really low drop rate to match the campaign world (pretending for a sec that the campaign world dictated that magic items were insanely rare). So after 3 hours of gameplay, 1 item drops... and its not helpful at all. Not very rewarding.So, for instance, lets say random charts for darksun, which is meant to be more &quot;loot light&quot; than other world. The party finds &quot;something magical&quot; after weeks of play, they roll on the charts and get...&quot;Ring of Seasoning Enhancement&quot;Once per day you can convince tavern owners to put slightly more seasoning in you stewIt would kind of suck. In fact, for a world like darksun, as a DM I would pick the item drops.So yes, like random treasure tables, but for a little perspective, they arent appropriate every time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BobTheNob, post: 5958994, member: 82425"] One other thing to consider is the commonality of magic items in the world you are playing. Consider the diablo series. In these, you had a great example of random drops being integral to the game. It worked for one key reason...SO MUCH DROPPED! It was just drop after drop after drop. So much fell at your feet that it was almost inevitable that you werre going to get something you needed. Now, imagine diablo with a really low drop rate to match the campaign world (pretending for a sec that the campaign world dictated that magic items were insanely rare). So after 3 hours of gameplay, 1 item drops... and its not helpful at all. Not very rewarding. So, for instance, lets say random charts for darksun, which is meant to be more "loot light" than other world. The party finds "something magical" after weeks of play, they roll on the charts and get... [I]"Ring of Seasoning Enhancement" Once per day you can convince tavern owners to put slightly more seasoning in you stew[/I] It would kind of suck. In fact, for a world like darksun, as a DM I would pick the item drops. So yes, like random treasure tables, but for a little perspective, they arent appropriate every time. [/QUOTE]

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