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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 5855251" data-attributes="member: 6182">By unique do you mean non-generic? Because the only unique items in the game I'm aware of are artifacts or named items.Also, who exactly got the shield +5 in your pre-4E games? Anyone? The wizard had equal claim? What about the great axe? Do the paladin and rogue haggle over it?Not to mention the huge number of items that were so class-specific that they had to invent an entire skill to allow people to use class-specific items, based on an ability of the same sort from earlier.Because that would be bloody dull for most people. It's like eating nutrient paste instead of a home-cooked meal.And yet I want more. Though I do wish they'd be more careful about nearly-identical items showing up, unless those items were actually upgraded versions of previous items.Still you. I made a factual statement, while you went on about how your personal table changed and coined "name tag" as a dysphemism of that change.Some of the most important stories in fantasy are centered around very specific magic items. D&D is, as well as a game, a way to tell a story. If you think LotR or Elric are failures, what can I say.Some characters are defined by their equipment, some are not. See my avatar? That's the end result of many many years of fantastic stories that came about as a result of me begging my DM for a Ring of whatever-lets-you-resist-heat from 2E, back in the 90s. My current character adopted a huge shift in RP after getting ahold of modified Feyswarm Staff the DM called the "Staff of Whispers" - it ended up inspiring him to create the campaign's Changelings from the souls that were whispering within it.There are many stories with objects as their centerpiece, either as loot or as items used. Not to mention that just the right gadget can completely alter what someone can do, like a Flying Carpet.If we're both lucky, they'll start the game off with 500 magic items, and then pump out delicious magic item books for those of us who like more magic items in our games. You don't have to use the stuff I use.I agree! but that's related more to WotC's quality control.</blockquote>

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