Magic Item Compendium

[Edheldur]

Did they provide clarification/guidance/updated rules for magic item creation so things are less nebulous?

Follow up question: Were the pricing guidelines for the "big six" changed at all? (I recall reading somewhere that it's now cheaper to add the big six enhancements to existing magic items than it was before).

 

[Arnwyn]

Well yeah. Multiple small items are usually far more effective than a few big ones. If you shell out for the more expensive items, it's usually only going to be more problematic for you, with a few exceptions - like a ring of blinking for rogues, since it enables their other abilities. All of the pretty effective, cheap items for every slot creates additional incentives to spread the money out.

There is no "well yeah", on ENWorld at least. I have yet to see anyone even suggest that no character should have an item worth more than about 1/8 of a character's total wealth at a particular level (which is exactly what the MIC is saying).

I wonder how many people here think that no character lower than about 9th-11th (11th specifically, 9th as a "small exception") should have a +2 weapon...

 

[Vocenoctum]

Did they provide clarification/guidance/updated rules for magic item creation so things are less nebulous?

They went into adding effects, but really they didn't discuss crafting magical items much at all.

 

[Nightfall]

Arn,

It depends on the campaign setting if you ask me. In FR, I think between 7th and 9th works, GH maybe there but dunno until I actually GET there in say Age of Worms. Scarred Lands, no way. Potions and oils maybe, but not actual +2 unless they are SPECIFICALLY relics, have a great back story and/or are legacy items/weapons.

 

[Ulric]

I just wanted to take a miniute to give kudos to WotC for this book. It is absolutely full of great ideas, from the magic item sets, to crystals and rune staves.

+1

I just got my copy. I'm likin' it a lot.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Follow up question: Were the pricing guidelines for the "big six" changed at all? (I recall reading somewhere that it's now cheaper to add the big six enhancements to existing magic items than it was before).

Well, the big six are primarily items from the DMG. The "bix six" items are these:

-Magic weapon
-Magic armor & shield
-Ring of protection
-Cloak of resistance
-Amulet of natural armor
-Ability-score boosters​

These are what items were measured against. The pricing on everything from the DMG was left unchanged. In fact, as far as I can tell--in spite of major candidates for redesign, like the chaos diamond--nothing from the DMG is listed in the book (except in the random item table at the end.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

There is no "well yeah", on ENWorld at least. I have yet to see anyone even suggest that no character should have an item worth more than about 1/8 of a character's total wealth at a particular level (which is exactly what the MIC is saying).

I have a character in Living Greyhawk who definately has an item worth far more than 1/8 his wealth. A 15th level character bought a belt of magnificence +4. Oh dear, I sold nearly everything I had except armor and my shield to get it. 100,000gp for a +4 stat bump in all abilities, and only taking up a single body slot. The character has some amount of dependency on 5 of his 6 stats, Str (damage, attack, and various shield feat DCs), Dex (AC and Init), Con (hit points), Wis (bonus spells), Cha (smite and divine grace).

Yeah, that's an item worth more than 1/8 his wealth and I'm happy to pay it.

Hmm, I wonder if the 1/8 guideline actually means 1/8 excluding weapons and armor and shield...

 

[VirgilCaine]

There is no "well yeah", on ENWorld at least. I have yet to see anyone even suggest that no character should have an item worth more than about 1/8 of a character's total wealth at a particular level (which is exactly what the MIC is saying).

I wonder how many people here think that no character lower than about 9th-11th (11th specifically, 9th as a "small exception") should have a +2 weapon...

Personally, a RESTRICTION like that is distasteful to me. More, smaller items being more effective, well, that's up to the PCs to decide. I go with 1/2 wealth.

 

[borble]

hey,
are the weapon enchantments from dragon mag. described in this book?

ben

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

are the weapon enchantments from dragon mag. described in this book?

Which issue(s)?