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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 5698787" data-attributes="member: 59057">This is an opinion, not a matter of fact.there are two different kinds of balances:pvm and pvp:pvp needs to be balanced in a way, that everyone can contributepvm needs to be balanced in a way that makes killing a) fun and b) fast or really challenging, depending on the opposing force.So items may not disturb pvp balance too much. (You may have  +5 vorpal sword, but every other person can still contrbute meaningful, best even if they are naked...)and items just need to shift pvm balance on the fast or challenging axis towards faster.If the group has access to a powerful magic item, you just need a way to estimate the effect.e.g.: Vorpal sword: lets say, on a hit above natural 18, you decapitate an enemy. Maybe the design restricts it to only beeing able to behead a monster of lower level. (tying effects to HD is nothing new to D&D, elite and solo count as beeing of 4/8 higher levels)result: effectively you just reduced certain monsters to minions... which the system assumes anyway...Actually, 4e would not be worse, if you behead every monster that is some levels lower than you on a hit of 18+ on your D20.So with some clever design, you can easily make items cool and not disturbing balance too much. And making items be magical again should be a design goal.</blockquote>