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<blockquote data-quote="fuzzlewump" data-source="post: 5002348" data-attributes="member: 63214">Cool. I'm interested to know what players would think of this system, rather than wishlists. Personally, I don't even use wishlists, I randomly decide what level items each player will get for the level, they pick what item they want, then I give it out over the course of the adventure. I think the sense of 'wonder' certainly is gone, but it still remains as 'where is the item I picked going to show up?' The key isn't to just randomly place the item, &quot;You pick whatever you think is interesting, or flavorful given the scenario,&quot; as you advocate.I guess that's why I'm interested to see what players would think. One way is fitting the scenario around what the players want (wishlists), and the other is to fit the items around what scenario the DM wants(flavorful to the scenario and storyline that they made up.) Myself, I would find it harder to make up scenarios and items that only I want to see, and even if I did, I don't see how that would be more rewarding to the players.That said, I definitely think as long as this system ends up at the same place, with the players selling the random crap given to them and picking out what they want anyway, I don't see a problem in general, since the players end up with what they really wanted. Of course, the whole magic shop/department store was never immersive in my mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fuzzlewump, post: 5002348, member: 63214"] Cool. I'm interested to know what players would think of this system, rather than wishlists. Personally, I don't even use wishlists, I randomly decide what level items each player will get for the level, they pick what item they want, then I give it out over the course of the adventure. I think the sense of 'wonder' certainly is gone, but it still remains as 'where is the item I picked going to show up?' The key isn't to just randomly place the item, "You pick whatever you think is interesting, or flavorful given the scenario," as you advocate. I guess that's why I'm interested to see what players would think. One way is fitting the scenario around what [I]the players [/I]want (wishlists), and the other is to fit the items around what scenario the DM wants(flavorful to the scenario and storyline that [I]they made up.[/I]) Myself, I would find it harder to make up scenarios and items that only I want to see, and even if I did, I don't see how that would be more rewarding to the players. That said, I definitely think as long as this system ends up at the same place, with the players selling the random crap given to them and picking out what they want anyway, I don't see a problem in general, since the players end up with what they really wanted. Of course, the whole magic shop/department store was never immersive in my mind. [/QUOTE]

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