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<blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 3429764" data-attributes="member: 4722">That's exactly what I meant, thank you.&quot;Body slots&quot; weren't formally introduced until the advent of d20. Before that, there were just guidelines as to what you could wear and where, and how many (one ring/hand, e.g.). I agree, though, that using ability affinities with the slots makes a bit more sense.The MIC made them obsolete because the designers pretty much ignored them and made their own. Case in point: adding multiple abilities to an item is now 1.5 times the lower ability cost, instead of 2 times the higher one. This rule in particular is the largest part of my problem with the stacking abilities system - a smart player who wants an ability-boosting item will get himself something cheap, like boots of levitation, and add in a Dex bonus at cost, instead of the price of the entire item x1.5 (or the lower price x1.5, depending on which system you use). But... this book is encouraging the latter, by making everything cheaper, and making combining abilities cheaper also. Which is my second major gripe with the book - players were limited in the number of items they could have by the number of slots they had and, to a lesser degree, by their wealth, if they're made from scratch). You're still limited by slots now, but with the cheaper costs for combining things, you free up slots for other things - more magic items.4,500 gp. Ability bonuses added to an item don't incur the x1.5 cost, but everything else does.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kerrick, post: 3429764, member: 4722"] That's exactly what I meant, thank you. "Body slots" weren't formally introduced until the advent of d20. Before that, there were just guidelines as to what you could wear and where, and how many (one ring/hand, e.g.). I agree, though, that using ability affinities with the slots makes a bit more sense. The MIC made them obsolete because the designers pretty much ignored them and made their own. Case in point: adding multiple abilities to an item is now 1.5 times the lower ability cost, instead of 2 times the higher one. This rule in particular is the largest part of my problem with the stacking abilities system - a smart player who wants an ability-boosting item will get himself something cheap, like boots of levitation, and add in a Dex bonus at cost, instead of the price of the entire item x1.5 (or the lower price x1.5, depending on which system you use). But... this book is encouraging the latter, by making everything cheaper, and making combining abilities cheaper also. Which is my second major gripe with the book - players were limited in the number of items they could have by the number of slots they had and, to a lesser degree, by their wealth, if they're made from scratch). You're still limited by slots now, but with the cheaper costs for combining things, you free up slots for other things - more magic items. 4,500 gp. Ability bonuses added to an item don't incur the x1.5 cost, but everything else does. [/QUOTE]

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