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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3891357" data-attributes="member: 710">I think your predictions are mostly off. Paying XP for attuning magic items for example is pretty similar to paying xp for creating a magic item. If they don't want the latter, they won't do the former.Magic Items granting bonuses and penalties to compensate doesn't sound like something they would use as a standard. Espeically with the "per encounter" balance focus, they will probably want to avoid the possibility to use an item effectively in one encounter and balancing this with long-term penalties. I think balance will be more focused on "opportunity" cost. You can use power X, but you need to spend one of your precious actions (and everything other than a free action is precious), which you could have used for ability Y. Magic items slots worked on the same premise (yes, you can wear a Cloak of Charisma, but that means no Cloak of Resistance), but it fall flat because to many standard items were required for an effective character. This meant any interesting item useful only in less common situations would be sold at the first opportunity. (in other words<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The "Big Six" were a requirement for every character, and this meant that magic items that really added something interesting to the game would be ignored, because there was no way you could wear/use them without giving something critically important.The "Big Six" might be gone entirely, or considerably changed.Gauntlets of Ogre Power might still grant a +2 bonus to Strength, but it would only boost your up Strength to 18. A decent fighter will no longer need the item, but it might be useful for a Rogue or Cleric. This means the Fighter could wear "Gauntlets of Rust" or "Gloves of Arrow Snaring" instead.I don't know how you this mechanic could be translated for the other items (bonus to natural armor, deflection, armor, shield, saving throw), but I guess you might come up with things.</blockquote>

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