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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crass" data-source="post: 1426447" data-attributes="member: 13211">I play the fighter6/barb6 in Hong's campaign, and money is not necessarily an issue in the power-up stakes. I'd guess that the magic level would be more on the order of Greyhawk (if not a little lower), rather than the level found in the Forgotten Realms. Hong uses a system where little gold/treasure is doled out, and most "magic" items found are masterworked items that the previous owner imbued (at 1XP/10gp). In anybody else's hands, the item functions purely as a masterworked item. This has the effect of reducing the power LEVEL of the campaign, as you are not walking around with a fisftul of dollars looking for the nearest "Ye Olde Magic Shoppe" to spend your hard-earned. It does not reduce the flavour - or fun factor - of the campaign, unless you happen to be one of those perverse individuals whose main enjoyment of the game comes from the level-up process  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> I am an anomaly in the campaign in that I WANT my prime weapon to be magical, not imbued, and had been saving for about 6 sessions to afford to increase the enchantment on my glaive. I was only about 400gp short of my target, and then was forced to spend half my accumulated funds to pay for the short-term services of an trumpet archon... Fair enough, as it came in handy on a number of occasions and the party appreciated its help. I'm handicapping myself by delaying my acquisition of power. I'm not diminishing the enjoyment of the campaign, rather I'm lending it a little more flavour. To quote nemmerle again,"It jus ttakes longer to get there and it is harder and there are lessons to be learned and harsh consequeces for the lives of those who follow those paths. . ."Enough said.</blockquote>

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