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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6029991" data-attributes="member: 42582">Not quite - per page 2, one permanent item corresponds to 1d2+2 consumables of the same rarity.There are some other weird things too. Why would anyone make magic ringmail if magic chainmail is no rarer (and hence, by implication, no harder to make)? Ringmail makes sense on the mundane gear chart (it's a cheaper starting option than chain) but not as a magic item.Also, the Glamoured Studded Leather has the same rarity as simple +1 armour. Shouldn't it be rarer? Or, alternatively, have the glamour power but give no bonus (like Plate Mail of Etherealness)?I don't think you need to worry about the greater effect on an 8 STR - that's not mucking up bounded accuracy, because it's not taking anything outside the bounds, it's just making low ability scores not matter (so may be unbalancing for another reason).The overall numbers are OK too, aren't they? A Belt of Cloud Giant strength has the same rarity as a Vorpal Sword (both legendary), and it turns 20 STR into 27 - which is +3 to hit and damage, plus some improved STR abilities - which, to me, seems comparable to the vorpal sword.As per your post just above this one, the real issue is stacking. It would be a pity if the Belt, together with a +1 weapon (let alone the very rare +3 defender) was better than the Vorpal sword in combo with some comparably synergistic item.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6029991, member: 42582"] Not quite - per page 2, one permanent item corresponds to 1d2+2 consumables of the same rarity. There are some other weird things too. Why would anyone make magic ringmail if magic chainmail is no rarer (and hence, by implication, no harder to make)? Ringmail makes sense on the mundane gear chart (it's a cheaper starting option than chain) but not as a magic item. Also, the Glamoured Studded Leather has the same rarity as simple +1 armour. Shouldn't it be rarer? Or, alternatively, have the glamour power but give no bonus (like Plate Mail of Etherealness)? I don't think you need to worry about the greater effect on an 8 STR - that's not mucking up bounded accuracy, because it's not taking anything outside the bounds, it's just making low ability scores not matter (so may be unbalancing for another reason). The overall numbers are OK too, aren't they? A Belt of Cloud Giant strength has the same rarity as a Vorpal Sword (both legendary), and it turns 20 STR into 27 - which is +3 to hit and damage, plus some improved STR abilities - which, to me, seems comparable to the vorpal sword. As per your post just above this one, the real issue is [I]stacking[/I]. It would be a pity if the Belt, together with a +1 weapon (let alone the very rare +3 defender) was better than the Vorpal sword in combo with some comparably synergistic item. [/QUOTE]

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