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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6194618" data-attributes="member: 2525">There is a basic assumption in your posts that certain magic items will be unusable by certain classes, as opposed to simply more useful in the hands of someone specialized in the thing that magic item is about.&nbsp; That assumption has been questioned, repeatedly, with many examples at this point as to how it might work differently than your assumption.&nbsp; So, why are you continuing with the assumption? You keep stating it as if WOTC declared the class system WILL be used to prevent certain classes from using certain items - with entirely zero support for that claim.&nbsp; It's possible, but it's also highly possible it's not that, and we have no word at all to confirm it one way or the other.To put it another way - maybe your ranger can use a mage scroll, but a mage can get more use out of the mage scroll than your ranger (the spell on the scroll will work better for the mage than it will for the ranger because the mage knows how to get the most out of the spell, but it will work for both).In that way, the class system can accomplish a useful goal of enhancing classes, without denying use of magic items to classes outside of that goal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6194618, member: 2525"] There is a basic assumption in your posts that certain magic items will be unusable by certain classes, as opposed to simply more useful in the hands of someone specialized in the thing that magic item is about. That assumption has been questioned, repeatedly, with many examples at this point as to how it might work differently than your assumption. So, why are you continuing with the assumption? You keep stating it as if WOTC declared the class system WILL be used to prevent certain classes from using certain items - with entirely zero support for that claim. It's possible, but it's also highly possible it's not that, and we have no word at all to confirm it one way or the other. To put it another way - maybe your ranger can use a mage scroll, but a mage can get more use out of the mage scroll than your ranger (the spell on the scroll will work better for the mage than it will for the ranger because the mage knows how to get the most out of the spell, but it will work for both). In that way, the class system can accomplish a useful goal of enhancing classes, without denying use of magic items to classes outside of that goal. [/QUOTE]

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