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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9617068" data-attributes="member: 8461">This is true, but I think it's important to remember that 3.X gave players a lot more resources to be self-directed in this regard than any edition before or since. This is largely through the use of magic item creation feats (magic items could always be created by players in earlier editions, of course, but there was a heavy hand of GM fiat over the entire process, since not only were the exotic ingredients necessary for creating an item made up by the GM, but so was their availability; item creation feats, by contrast, simply require time, gold, and a perfunctory skill check or two), but even skills like Craft, Perform, and Profession systematize the routine acquisition of gold (albeit not very much). And don't even get me started on the inherent presumption of magic item shops.Presuming something like a sandbox campaign and/or some intelligent information-gathering on the part of the players (which could very well just be a Gather Information check), then they could very well foresee the challenges ahead of them enough to equip themselves accordingly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9617068, member: 8461"] This is true, but I think it's important to remember that 3.X gave players a [i]lot[/i] more resources to be self-directed in this regard than any edition before or since. This is largely through the use of magic item creation feats (magic items could always be created by players in earlier editions, of course, but there was a heavy hand of GM fiat over the entire process, since not only were the exotic ingredients necessary for creating an item made up by the GM, but so was their availability; item creation feats, by contrast, simply require time, gold, and a perfunctory skill check or two), but even skills like Craft, Perform, and Profession systematize the routine acquisition of gold (albeit not very much). And don't even get me started on the inherent presumption of magic item shops. Presuming something like a sandbox campaign and/or some intelligent information-gathering on the part of the players (which could very well just be a Gather Information check), then they could very well foresee the challenges ahead of them enough to equip themselves accordingly. [/QUOTE]

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