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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thundershield" data-source="post: 4012148" data-attributes="member: 55219">Well, the seperation of function by item slot does make sense. It's what we expect. Let me whip up a few examples:Goggles of Minute Seeing - Goggles go over your eyes, and you use your eyes to see, so a magic item that improves your sight would have something to do with your eyes. Makes sense.Boots of Speed - Boots go on your feet, and you use your feet for locomotion, which is a common interpretation of speed, even if the effect of this magic item also increased the number of attacks you get (in 3.5, anyway).Now, if we removed that and simply went with stuff on a whim (or even better, slapped the wholly random tables of 2nd Edition on this), we might end up with items like:Nylons of Giant Strength - Really masculine, ain't they? Nylons really isn't something one would associate with neither giants nor strength, so if the party's Wizard identified these, he'd likely get quite a shock. But, hey, they might match your Tooth Fairy Full Plate.Vorpal Potion - And this one does.. what? Cuts off your head if you drink it? Or can you knock peoples' heads off if you swing the potion vial at them?Magic items are categorized like that simply because it makes sense and gives whoever finds it an intuitive idea of what it can do and how to use it.The added benefit is, of course, that it ensures your character will at least be a little all-round and not solely have items that improve a single aspect, leaving him falling short in every other area. The variety of associated abilities for each item slot, however, means that you can still find something that will be relevant and useful for your character.</blockquote>

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