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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 3664744" data-attributes="member: 16019">Well, there's the Holy Avenger, which gains most of its abilities when used by a Paladin. But that's basically how those abilities work- the items in the DMG just have the limitation on MOST of the item's cost, just not all of it.So... if a Dwarven character makes a Hammer that, when wielded by his character's race, it gets a bunch of cool abilities, it's okay, but when a Drow character makes a Buckler that, when worn by the character's race, it gets a bunch of cool abilities, it's different?Think of it this way- the Dwarven Thrower was quite possibly an "apparent" abuse of the optional rules for making magical items cheaper. Nobody really knows. Honestly, a dwarven character making a Dwarven Thrower isn't any different than a Drow making a Drow-only Buckler. The only difference is that a lot of DMs don't like players to come up with new ideas, and so if it's something different than what's already printed in the book, if it seems like a rules exploit, they tend to disallow it on principle rather than view it as a rule USE, not an EXPLOIT. After all, the rule's there, isn't it? Why not let your players use it and see what happens?</blockquote>