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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4953372" data-attributes="member: 66434">The major shift here is the treatment of magical items as standard gear. Once something becomes as expected and commonplace as a backpack or suit of normal armor it will be treated as a normal commodity and traded on the open market. The more common the commodity the widely available and cheaper it becomes. If a +1 sword is no longer an item of magic, instead being just a better quality blade then why not buy and sell them on the open market at normal prices?&nbsp;When a game system assumes that items that were once considered items of treasure are now merely pieces of gear, it changes the definition of magic item. Magic items remain those things that require effort and risk to obtain and should be more powerful than any gear. Even in computer MMO's the best stuff comes from facing the most dangerous opposition. In WOW you can't get the very best gear available on the public auction house. The good stuff has to be earned through play via instances/raids or arena combat. &nbsp;The dividing line between gear and magical items is determined by the DM and players. As far as wish lists go they are unnecessary. Any item of gear desired can be bought with enough gold and magic item acquisition should never be dictated by the players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 4953372, member: 66434"] The major shift here is the treatment of magical items as standard gear. Once something becomes as expected and commonplace as a backpack or suit of normal armor it will be treated as a normal commodity and traded on the open market. The more common the commodity the widely available and cheaper it becomes. If a +1 sword is no longer an item of magic, instead being just a better quality blade then why not buy and sell them on the open market at normal prices? When a game system assumes that items that were once considered items of treasure are now merely pieces of gear, it changes the definition of magic item. Magic items remain those things that require effort and risk to obtain and should be more powerful than any gear. Even in computer MMO's the best stuff comes from facing the most dangerous opposition. In WOW you can't get the very best gear available on the public auction house. The good stuff has to be earned through play via instances/raids or arena combat. The dividing line between gear and magical items is determined by the DM and players. As far as wish lists go they are unnecessary. Any item of gear desired can be bought with enough gold and magic item acquisition should never be dictated by the players. [/QUOTE]

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