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<blockquote data-quote="Deep Blue 9000" data-source="post: 4010422" data-attributes="member: 20729">Heh, well, actually I would say this rule is not arbitrary from a gamist perspective but is arbitrary from a RP perspective (is that the opposite of gamist?) Arbitrary means unsupported. But there is a good gamist reason for this change: we don't want low level characters with high level items.The problem is that in character, there is no reason you can't use the item. You don't need more magical knowledge or martial skill or whatever. You need a purely artificial construct, levels, which your character has no conception of.I'm going to bold that part because I agree 100%. However, it is not the issue, and that's why people defending this rule are wrong. There are methods of making rings special without printing &quot;requires 11th character level to equip&quot; on them. I like rings being special but hate the clumsy way they are doing it. What's wrong with making rings legacy items? Now everyone is happy.As for your point about not having all the information, how about I just claim that what they have presented is definitely arbitrary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deep Blue 9000, post: 4010422, member: 20729"] Heh, well, actually I would say this rule is not arbitrary from a gamist perspective but is arbitrary from a RP perspective (is that the opposite of gamist?) Arbitrary means unsupported. But there is a good gamist reason for this change: we don't want low level characters with high level items. The problem is that in character, there is no reason you can't use the item. You don't need more magical knowledge or martial skill or whatever. You need a purely artificial construct, levels, which your character has no conception of. I'm going to bold that part because I agree 100%. However, it is not the issue, and that's why people defending this rule are wrong. There are methods of making rings special without printing "requires 11th character level to equip" on them. I like rings being special but hate the clumsy way they are doing it. What's wrong with making rings legacy items? Now everyone is happy. As for your point about not having all the information, how about I just claim that what they have presented is definitely arbitrary. [/QUOTE]

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