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<blockquote data-quote="Noumenon" data-source="post: 5829241" data-attributes="member: 70102">My DM was pretty put out when two magic items he created got forgotten in the backpack and then actually lost off our character sheets. (One was a gem of sending, the other was basically a DM-powered magic 8-ball.) When I thought about why I wasn't excited about this treasure, I realized: I've never been happy or excited about any treasure I've received in D&amp;D, ever. People blame 3.5 for letting you pick your item out of the book and buy it in the magic shop so there's no mystery, but this doesn't explain why my group also isn't excited by custom magic items. My shock net and horn of &quot;gain a favored enemy&quot; were neat to design, but didn't wow my players.I think what's going on is the same reason Christmas presents are mostly a waste of money. It's just so much more satisfying to shop for yourself than to have someone else guess what you think is cool. Magic items are a fun part of D&amp;D for me -- but only to browse through and buy from the DMG. When the DM gives me usable magic items, I'm actually kind of disappointed because I won't be getting gold to buy stuff I really want.Anyone else feel this way? Or have tips to make getting treasure exciting? I'm thinking the best way to do it is to make the treasure plot-related, like the goblin king's crown, so it will be special for that reason.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Noumenon, post: 5829241, member: 70102"] My DM was pretty put out when two magic items he created got forgotten in the backpack and then actually lost off our character sheets. (One was a gem of [i]sending[/i], the other was basically a DM-powered magic 8-ball.) When I thought about why I wasn't excited about this treasure, I realized: I've never been happy or excited about any treasure I've received in D&D, ever. People blame 3.5 for letting you pick your item out of the book and buy it in the magic shop so there's no mystery, but this doesn't explain why my group also isn't excited by custom magic items. My [i]shock[/i] net and horn of "gain a favored enemy" were neat to design, but didn't wow my players. I think what's going on is the same reason Christmas presents are mostly a waste of money. It's just so much more satisfying to shop for yourself than to have someone else guess what you think is cool. Magic items are a fun part of D&D for me -- but only to browse through and buy from the DMG. When the DM gives me usable magic items, I'm actually kind of disappointed because I won't be getting gold to buy stuff I [i]really[/i] want. Anyone else feel this way? Or have tips to make getting treasure exciting? I'm thinking the best way to do it is to make the treasure plot-related, like the goblin king's crown, so it will be special for that reason. [/QUOTE]

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