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<blockquote data-quote="LordAO" data-source="post: 873318" data-attributes="member: 6010">Good points Grazzt. One thing I like to do with magical items is require exotic components. For example, to make a staff of fire, perhaps you need the tooth of a red dragon, wood from a fire tree, etc. This makes item creation fun and interesting because then the players need to quest for special items, perform special rituals, etc to make powerful items. Of course I also reward their extra effort, I usually deduct the exp cost of the item for all their hard work, and will often allow special properties that are cool and unique. Perhaps the staff of fire can be recharged by placing it in fire of some sort, for example. It seems a whole lot cooler than the player simply popping out yet another fire staff, deducting a few thousand gold, some exp, and a few weeks of time (cha ching). It makes magical items more personable and sentimental to the caster, and less of a commodity.I also allow the creation of artifacts. Though it is quite difficult, the reawrds are well worth the effort. I think it works out really well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LordAO, post: 873318, member: 6010"] Good points Grazzt. One thing I like to do with magical items is require exotic components. For example, to make a staff of fire, perhaps you need the tooth of a red dragon, wood from a fire tree, etc. This makes item creation fun and interesting because then the players need to quest for special items, perform special rituals, etc to make powerful items. Of course I also reward their extra effort, I usually deduct the exp cost of the item for all their hard work, and will often allow special properties that are cool and unique. Perhaps the staff of fire can be recharged by placing it in fire of some sort, for example. It seems a whole lot cooler than the player simply popping out yet another fire staff, deducting a few thousand gold, some exp, and a few weeks of time (cha ching). It makes magical items more personable and sentimental to the caster, and less of a commodity. I also allow the creation of artifacts. Though it is quite difficult, the reawrds are well worth the effort. I think it works out really well. [/QUOTE]

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