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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 9584855" data-attributes="member: 83242">First I want to say I have not noticed a significant increase in PC power levels going from 2014 - 2024. I know others feel differently, but I haven't seen it.  However, I do want to point a flaw in your analysisThe item crafting debacle implies you view PC access to magic items as an unbalancing factor. However, magic items were always an unbalancing factor. Both the 2014 and the 2024 monsters are designed to face PCs without magic items, see below. So if a DM is giving PCs  magic items. they need to buff monsters to keep up if they want to maintain the balance.2024 DMG page 218:Are Magic Items Necessary?The D&D game assumes that magic items appear sporadically and that they are a boon unless an item bears a curse. Characters and monsters are built to face each other without the help of magic items, which means that having a magic item makes a character more powerful or versatile than a generic character of the same level. As DM, you never have to worry about awarding magic items just so the characters can keep up with the campaign’s threats. Magic items are truly prizes—desirable but not necessary.Was this the correct way to do it? For me yes; however, I feel they failed to not only make this clear throughout the book, but the also failed to provide guidance on how to buff monsters for PCs with magic items (at least I don't think it is in the 2024 DMG, I haven't gone through it completely). That is not guidance I personal need, but it should be there for those that do.</blockquote>

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