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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7267191" data-attributes="member: 996">It was pretty crazy-broken, really.  But, you can't be broken if you're not trying to be whole in the first place, so in that sense, 3e was at least trying for coherent or remotely balanced wealth/level & make/buy, so it was 'better' at that than 5e (in the same sense that going to a medieval surgeon for your headache was better than going to a medieval headsman - the former's skill at healing may have been worse than useless, but he wasn't trying to kill you with a huge ax).  5e design assumes that +1 pinking shears break the game, so use at your own risk.  Also, it assumes the game is already broken, so whatever... it's a starting point, just have fun... etc...  making up your own wealth/level & make/buy rules is a fine idea, but you might want to make up your own, more balancable items, to go with 'em.</blockquote>