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<blockquote data-quote="Toryx" data-source="post: 3940828" data-attributes="member: 56441">It's really a matter of shifting perspective. I've always disliked the focus of money and equipment as the primary purpose in adventuring. Rpgs beyond the wargames have traditionally been a different kind of game where you're not playing to get the highest score or points. The purpose of the game is playing the game.One of the bad points of 3.x in my mind has been the shift from focusing on the playing toward getting the rewards. And that's been reflected by the massive amounts of money that pcs end up with and the consequential ability to buy any sort of item you want within your rather large financial limits. It becomes more about the reward and less about the simple joy in playing.So if we reduce the kinds of magic items that become requisite for any particular class or adventurer, and focus more on items that enhance the experience of playing it just requires a change of perspective. Now you're adventuring to save the world/ your family/ your honor/ etc., not acquire as much money and magic as possible to become the bigger better you so that you can acquire the next bigger, more powerful pile of loot.But I don't think they're going to be gone. They'll just be different. And I think the Magic Items Compedium is a reflection of the kind of magic items we'll be seeing. Fewer flat out stat/ save enhancements and more daily/ encounter uses to provide more options for game play.At least, that's what I'm hoping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Toryx, post: 3940828, member: 56441"] It's really a matter of shifting perspective. I've always disliked the focus of money and equipment as the primary purpose in adventuring. Rpgs beyond the wargames have traditionally been a different kind of game where you're not playing to get the highest score or points. The purpose of the game is playing the game. One of the bad points of 3.x in my mind has been the shift from focusing on the playing toward getting the rewards. And that's been reflected by the massive amounts of money that pcs end up with and the consequential ability to buy any sort of item you want within your rather large financial limits. It becomes more about the reward and less about the simple joy in playing. So if we reduce the kinds of magic items that become requisite for any particular class or adventurer, and focus more on items that enhance the experience of playing it just requires a change of perspective. Now you're adventuring to save the world/ your family/ your honor/ etc., not acquire as much money and magic as possible to become the bigger better you so that you can acquire the next bigger, more powerful pile of loot. But I don't think they're going to be gone. They'll just be different. And I think the Magic Items Compedium is a reflection of the kind of magic items we'll be seeing. Fewer flat out stat/ save enhancements and more daily/ encounter uses to provide more options for game play. At least, that's what I'm hoping. [/QUOTE]

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