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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1404859" data-attributes="member: 99">I'd say I probably lean a bit more toward option two but (speaking as a player) it somewhat depends on the character I'm playing.&nbsp; I've played a character who was a fairly unabashed rip off of Elric and he obviously had a lot invested in his Big Black Greatsword.But the last character I played was a Halfling Rogue who sported a &quot;bag of tricks&quot; (HHHaversack) and I packed it with every sort of minor magic item you could imagine.&nbsp; He was huge fun to play because he was constantly pulling some creative &quot;save the day&quot; type item from his bag of tricks.I dunno about other DM's but I'm strongly drawn to the &quot;Wonderous Items&quot; section of the DMG treasure lists when I'm putting together treasures for the bad guys.&nbsp; I find it far more interesting to imagine the tactics a troll would use if he had a Decanter of Endless Water rather than a +3 Breastplate.&nbsp; I don't consider this a virtue on my part really.&nbsp; But I find it hard to breathe an interesting backstory into a +2 Longsword.&nbsp; But an Immovable Rod?&nbsp; Thousands of stories I can come up with for that one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1404859, member: 99"] I'd say I probably lean a bit more toward option two but (speaking as a player) it somewhat depends on the character I'm playing. I've played a character who was a fairly unabashed rip off of Elric and he obviously had a lot invested in his Big Black Greatsword. But the last character I played was a Halfling Rogue who sported a "bag of tricks" (HHHaversack) and I packed it with every sort of minor magic item you could imagine. He was huge fun to play because he was constantly pulling some creative "save the day" type item from his bag of tricks. I dunno about other DM's but I'm strongly drawn to the "Wonderous Items" section of the DMG treasure lists when I'm putting together treasures for the bad guys. I find it far more interesting to imagine the tactics a troll would use if he had a Decanter of Endless Water rather than a +3 Breastplate. I don't consider this a virtue on my part really. But I find it hard to breathe an interesting backstory into a +2 Longsword. But an Immovable Rod? Thousands of stories I can come up with for that one. [/QUOTE]

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