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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6299295" data-attributes="member: 1465">I think attunement is purposefully open-ended, so that each DM can dial its importance in each campaign.What is going to happen if the DMG details the consequences or drawbacks? As usual, players will assume they are default, and go out seeking for a Holy Avenger knowing all about it, expecting it works as written, and protesting when it doesn't.Perhaps the DMG will provide some examples or random tables. But the &quot;placeholder&quot; idea is not bad. If the DMG doesn't tell it, then only the DM knows it. And that's exactly what helps you make the Bard's Lore important, because Identify will tell the players about the magic item's bonuses, but not about all the additional stuff.(EDIT: ack... I misread the L&amp;L part about this... it seems Identify will tell you everything by default)IIRC in the playtest, attunement wasn't actually that much of a thing. It probably required you just a short rest to attune, or anyway an amount of time that only prevents you to switch items in combat. And only a very few items actually required attunement. But an interested DM can switch on the attunement requirement to all magic items but potions and scrolls, and suddenly the whole fantasy setting has a very different flavor than one were only the rare occasional item needs attunement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6299295, member: 1465"] I think [I]attunement[/I] is purposefully open-ended, so that each DM can dial its importance in each campaign. What is going to happen if the DMG details the consequences or drawbacks? As usual, players will assume they are default, and go out seeking for a Holy Avenger knowing all about it, expecting it works as written, and protesting when it doesn't. Perhaps the DMG will provide some examples or random tables. But the "placeholder" idea is not bad. If the DMG doesn't tell it, then [I]only the DM knows it[/I]. And that's exactly what helps you make the Bard's Lore important, because [I]Identify[/I] will tell the players about the magic item's bonuses, but not about all the additional stuff. (EDIT: ack... I misread the L&L part about this... it seems Identify will tell you everything by default) IIRC in the playtest, attunement wasn't actually that much of a thing. It probably required you just a short rest to attune, or anyway an amount of time that only prevents you to switch items in combat. And only a very few items actually required attunement. But an interested DM can switch on the attunement requirement to all magic items but potions and scrolls, and suddenly the whole fantasy setting has a very different flavor than one were only the rare occasional item needs attunement. [/QUOTE]

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