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<blockquote data-quote="dcollins" data-source="post: 1606783" data-attributes="member: 876">I chose &quot;characters are gadgetized&quot; but I could have as easily chosen &quot;magic items don't feel special&quot;, pretty similar.When I think of classic fantasy characters who have magic items, they generally have just a few, and they're immediately identifiable to that character. King Arthur: Excalibur and his magic scabbard. Frodo Baggins: his mithril shirt, magic ring and sword, and a potion. That's about it.One thing I've thought of was to establish a hard limit on permanent magic items stacking up (say, before a magic aura is corrupted and stops working or gets cursed). Maybe you could allow this to scale by campaign type. Low Magic: 3 items. Medium Magic: 5 items. High Magic: 10 items. This would include everything outside of potions and scrolls.I wouldn't allow new item invention that just gloms on all the abilities that they would otherwise trinketize. I'd use the existing by-the-book items, and force the PCs to choose which more powerful items they will take to define their character (whether that's bought or selected from party loot).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcollins, post: 1606783, member: 876"] I chose "characters are gadgetized" but I could have as easily chosen "magic items don't feel special", pretty similar. When I think of classic fantasy characters who have magic items, they generally have just a [i]few[/i], and they're immediately identifiable to that character. King Arthur: Excalibur and his magic scabbard. Frodo Baggins: his mithril shirt, magic ring and sword, and a potion. That's about it. One thing I've thought of was to establish a hard limit on permanent magic items stacking up (say, before a magic aura is corrupted and stops working or gets cursed). Maybe you could allow this to scale by campaign type. Low Magic: 3 items. Medium Magic: 5 items. High Magic: 10 items. This would include everything outside of potions and scrolls. I wouldn't allow new item invention that just gloms on all the abilities that they would otherwise trinketize. I'd use the existing by-the-book items, and force the PCs to choose which more powerful items they will take to define their character (whether that's bought or selected from party loot). [/QUOTE]

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