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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 4011397" data-attributes="member: 3424">Not trying to dredge up old arguments, but as far back as I can remember, we've always had magic cloaks, boots, gauntlets, belts and rings. What changed in 3e was essentially:1. The calling out of specific slots, e.g. the cloak slot, the boots slot, etc.2. The assumption that specific magic items can be easily obtained through purchase or creation.Now, the article confirmed that [1] will still be in 4e, and the argument that Christmas tree characters will still exist seems based around the idea that players will ask for magic cloaks because they know that there is a cloak slot. This to me does not seem very different from previous editions. There may not have been an explicit cloaks slot, but many players knew that magical cloaks existed.In my view, [2] was the greater contributor to the Christmas tree syndrome because of the relative ease that players could fill the empty slots on their characters. I don't think that WotC has addressed this issue yet.</blockquote>