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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6299320" data-attributes="member: 2067">Yeah, I can see that. Making it part of the core game means WotC doesn't need to worry about weird between-published-adventure synergy with the magic items they hand out. That makes some academic sense, even if it remains really artificial. In order for one PC to end up with a ridiculous number of items, the DM would still have to give out a ridiculous number of items, so if you don't give out so many items in the first place, there's no chance for anyone to acquire so many that it becomes &quot;tedious.&quot; ...which sort of contradicts the idea that these items are supposed to be special and character-defining.It's like King Arthur giving away Excalibur to Lancelot when he gets his hands on a Flametongue. Though I'd agree that good lore for this could go a long way toward making me happier with it. &quot;3, because it's stressful,&quot; doesn't work. It is almost literally the LEAST they could do to put some fiction on the number.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6299320, member: 2067"] Yeah, I can see that. Making it part of the core game means WotC doesn't need to worry about weird between-published-adventure synergy with the magic items they hand out. That makes some academic sense, even if it remains really artificial. In order for one PC to end up with a ridiculous number of items, the DM would still have to [I]give out[/I] a ridiculous number of items, so if you don't give out so many items in the first place, there's no chance for anyone to acquire so many that it becomes "tedious." ...which sort of contradicts the idea that these items are supposed to be special and character-defining. It's like King Arthur giving away Excalibur to Lancelot when he gets his hands on a [I]Flametongue[/I]. Though I'd agree that good lore for this could go a long way toward making me happier with it. "3, because it's stressful," doesn't work. It is almost literally the LEAST they could do to put some fiction on the number. [/QUOTE]

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