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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4594136" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thanks for the link!(For the record: I have much less of a problem with a site such as CM. After all, it's free to register. Not that I needed to. And oh, I don't &quot;hate&quot; DDI. Wizards are perfectly free to turn their support into a for-pay service. What I would like to see is for ENWorld to pro-actively work towards a situation where the temptations of DDI are minimized. Considering how relatively little work a filter would be, I consider doing nothing at least implicit support for Wizards marketing schemes. But enough of that. In this thread, at least <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />So the conclusion seems to be: No, the claim is false. The DMG does not contain any section discussing how to rework the game into a magic item free world?Page 187 &quot;NPC Design Steps&quot; does provide a &quot;level bonus&quot; (to attack and defenses) but this is a generic number to act as a quick stand-in number, simulating how you aren't building the NPC character using the detailed PC rules.And the &quot;magic threshold&quot; is an expression of the fact that this level bonus already to some extent factors in that a PC of the corresponding level would have bonuses from magic items. This number is provided for the specific purpose to be deducted from any &quot;real&quot; magic items you give the NPC, so that he or she doesn't enjoy the bonus twice (once from having a real, specific, item that the heroes presumably can loot; once from the generic &quot;quick-build&quot; rules set)While giving pieces of the puzzle I wouldn't say this is anything near a dedicated section on &quot;how to remove magic items from my campaign&quot;. Not from where I'm standing, that is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 4594136, member: 12731"] Thanks for the link! [I](For the record: I have much less of a problem with a site such as CM. After all, it's free to register. Not that I needed to. And oh, I don't "hate" DDI. Wizards are perfectly free to turn their support into a for-pay service. What I would like to see is for ENWorld to pro-actively work towards a situation where the temptations of DDI are minimized. Considering how relatively little work a filter would be, I consider doing nothing at least implicit support for Wizards marketing schemes. But enough of that. In this thread, at least :-)[/I] So the conclusion seems to be: [B][COLOR="Red"]No, the claim is false.[/COLOR][/B] The DMG does not contain any section discussing how to rework the game into a magic item free world? Page 187 "NPC Design Steps" does provide a "level bonus" (to attack and defenses) but this is a generic number to act as a quick stand-in number, simulating how you aren't building the NPC character using the detailed PC rules. And the "magic threshold" is an expression of the fact that this level bonus already to some extent factors in that a PC of the corresponding level would have bonuses from magic items. This number is provided for the specific purpose to be deducted from any "real" magic items you give the NPC, so that he or she doesn't enjoy the bonus twice (once from having a real, specific, item that the heroes presumably can loot; once from the generic "quick-build" rules set) While giving pieces of the puzzle I wouldn't say this is anything near a dedicated section on "how to remove magic items from my campaign". Not from where I'm standing, that is. [/QUOTE]

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