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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6559873" data-attributes="member: 1465">I think it's a neat idea, although your specific names suggested are too fancy for my tastes. I would prefer to use more &quot;mundane&quot; names, either based on the materials or the manufacturing process or cultural origin.The two things can coexist.The downside of naming the weapon IMHO is that it tends to be over the top. In a setting where magic items are scarce, it makes more sense they carry individual names. On the other hand if magic items are common, it sounds nice to have more interesting names for the enhancement type. But for me the main benefit of this idea would be to make them sound less magical.Maybe, but (real) people don't say &quot;I love hunting with this rifle, it's a +2 rifle&quot;, or &quot;I just bought a +2 fishing pole / guitar / golf club&quot; even if there probably are items that make you 10% more successful at those.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6559873, member: 1465"] I think it's a neat idea, although your specific names suggested are too fancy for my tastes. I would prefer to use more "mundane" names, either based on the materials or the manufacturing process or cultural origin. The two things can coexist. The downside of naming the weapon IMHO is that it tends to be over the top. In a setting where magic items are scarce, it makes more sense they carry individual names. On the other hand if magic items are common, it sounds nice to have more interesting names for the enhancement type. But for me the main benefit of this idea would be to make them sound [I]less[/I] magical. Maybe, but (real) people don't say "I love hunting with this rifle, it's a +2 rifle", or "I just bought a +2 fishing pole / guitar / golf club" even if there probably are items that make you 10% more successful at those. [/QUOTE]

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