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<blockquote data-quote="Neuroglyph" data-source="post: 7647599" data-attributes="member: 85633"><p>Windjammer, I think the misrepresentation is suggesting that AV2 was anything like MME. It wasn't, and there is definitely a new attitude at WotC concerning creating useful background information and hooks. I'm not sure how you possibly missed that EVERY magic item in MME, including magical ammo, potions, alchemy items, and other consumables has a "fluff" paragraph or two introducing it - and in some cases, a sidebar comment from Mordenkainen. I'm not sure how, if you bought MME, you could have missed that comparing it to the AV2 in your lap, which only has a few sidebars scattered throughout the book, and many items have no origin information at all.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't help but notice you inferring that I selected a specific sampling of the MME's pages which was not representative of the whole. Since you seem very concerned about clarifying the overall reprint ratio, I took the time to complete a full accounting of MME's items:</p><p></p><p>Mundane Armor - 7 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Magic Armor – 17 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Mundane & Superior Weapons – 6 new, 16 reprints* </p><p></p><p> Magic Weapons – 26 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Magical Ammunition – 7 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Superior Implements – 37 reprints**</p><p></p><p> Magic Implements – 39 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Magic Arm slots – 11 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Magic Feet slots – 7 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Magic Hand slots - 5 new, 1 reprints</p><p> Magic Head Slots – 14 new, 4 reprints</p><p> Magic Neck Slots – 11 new, 5 reprints</p><p> Magic Rings – 6 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Magic Waist slots - 3 new, 4 reprints</p><p> Wondrous Items – 18 new, 15 reprints</p><p> Consumable Items – 22 new, 7 reprints</p><p> Other Consumable – 14 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Artifacts – 7 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Cursed Items – 15 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Adventuring Gear - 36 new, 6 reprints</p><p> Buildings – 14 new, 0 reprints</p><p> Trade Goods – 16 new, 1 reprint</p><p> Alchemy Items – 16 new, 4 reprints</p><p></p><p></p><p>*Some reprints were needed to change some weapon categories or add new properties (like Small) </p><p> </p><p>** Some reprints added DDI only content (Dragon Magazine) items to an official supplement.</p><p></p><p>This gives a total of 317 new items and 100 reprints. Of the reprints, 60 are mundane weapons, adventuring gear, and superior weapons or implements, which took up around 5 pages in Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium. If you remove those 60 items from the tally, unless you really want to quibble over mundane items which covered a minuscule fraction of MME's pages, you have a ratio of 11% reprints out of a total of 357 items. So actually 1 in 6 was indeed an unfair sampling, when the total is more like 1 in 10.</p><p></p><p>I hope that this new data helps you and other D&D gamers to make the decision about buying your own copy of the MME or not, and to decide whether the information in MME is worth the added cost of a trip to the FLGS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neuroglyph, post: 7647599, member: 85633"] Windjammer, I think the misrepresentation is suggesting that AV2 was anything like MME. It wasn't, and there is definitely a new attitude at WotC concerning creating useful background information and hooks. I'm not sure how you possibly missed that EVERY magic item in MME, including magical ammo, potions, alchemy items, and other consumables has a "fluff" paragraph or two introducing it - and in some cases, a sidebar comment from Mordenkainen. I'm not sure how, if you bought MME, you could have missed that comparing it to the AV2 in your lap, which only has a few sidebars scattered throughout the book, and many items have no origin information at all. I can't help but notice you inferring that I selected a specific sampling of the MME's pages which was not representative of the whole. Since you seem very concerned about clarifying the overall reprint ratio, I took the time to complete a full accounting of MME's items: Mundane Armor - 7 new, 0 reprints Magic Armor – 17 new, 0 reprints Mundane & Superior Weapons – 6 new, 16 reprints* Magic Weapons – 26 new, 0 reprints Magical Ammunition – 7 new, 0 reprints Superior Implements – 37 reprints** Magic Implements – 39 new, 0 reprints Magic Arm slots – 11 new, 0 reprints Magic Feet slots – 7 new, 0 reprints Magic Hand slots - 5 new, 1 reprints Magic Head Slots – 14 new, 4 reprints Magic Neck Slots – 11 new, 5 reprints Magic Rings – 6 new, 0 reprints Magic Waist slots - 3 new, 4 reprints Wondrous Items – 18 new, 15 reprints Consumable Items – 22 new, 7 reprints Other Consumable – 14 new, 0 reprints Artifacts – 7 new, 0 reprints Cursed Items – 15 new, 0 reprints Adventuring Gear - 36 new, 6 reprints Buildings – 14 new, 0 reprints Trade Goods – 16 new, 1 reprint Alchemy Items – 16 new, 4 reprints *Some reprints were needed to change some weapon categories or add new properties (like Small) ** Some reprints added DDI only content (Dragon Magazine) items to an official supplement. This gives a total of 317 new items and 100 reprints. Of the reprints, 60 are mundane weapons, adventuring gear, and superior weapons or implements, which took up around 5 pages in Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium. If you remove those 60 items from the tally, unless you really want to quibble over mundane items which covered a minuscule fraction of MME's pages, you have a ratio of 11% reprints out of a total of 357 items. So actually 1 in 6 was indeed an unfair sampling, when the total is more like 1 in 10. I hope that this new data helps you and other D&D gamers to make the decision about buying your own copy of the MME or not, and to decide whether the information in MME is worth the added cost of a trip to the FLGS. [/QUOTE]
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