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<blockquote data-quote="Marshall" data-source="post: 5023786" data-attributes="member: 765">No. The real problem is that they have so badly screwed up the values of the intervening levels that they have no meaning anymore. When you have several occurrences of items with exactly the same bonus, property and power yet having 'levels' differing by up to 4 you've lost the design space to further expand the system. If the ability to add 1/2 of the items enhancement bonus to damage a second time to all powers with an elemental keyword is a +4 level ability, but the ability to add the entire bonus a second time to all powers regardless of keyword is a +3 ability you have Zero design space available to design an ability to add the entire bonus a second time to fire keyword powers. The only problem I can see with that necklace in the current design mix is that its a necklace doing an implement job. In that case, He's right, there isn't and shouldn't be design space available for it.Its there all right. But before they put this new book out they have to go back and fix all the ones that came before. That's why they &quot;can't&quot; publish it.Even tho its the perfect idea for a Dragon article and a CB update.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 5023786, member: 765"] No. The [b]real[/b] problem is that they have so badly screwed up the values of the intervening levels that they have no meaning anymore. When you have several occurrences of items with [u]exactly[/u] the same bonus, property and power yet having 'levels' differing by up to 4 you've lost the design space to further expand the system. If the ability to add 1/2 of the items enhancement bonus to damage a second time to all powers with an elemental keyword is a +4 level ability, but the ability to add the [b]entire[/b] bonus a second time to [b]all[/b] powers regardless of keyword is a +3 ability you have [u][b]Zero[/b][/u][b][/b] design space available to design an ability to add the entire bonus a second time to fire keyword powers. The only problem I can see with that necklace in the current design mix is that its a [i]necklace[/i] doing an implement job. In that case, He's right, there isn't and [i]shouldn't be[/i] design space available for it. Its there all right. But before they put this new book out they have to go back and fix all the ones that came before. That's why they "can't" publish it. Even tho its the perfect idea for a Dragon article and a CB update. [/QUOTE]

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