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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6497530" data-attributes="member: 6787650">This one didn't cause serious problems (so far), but it did surprise me:I started my current campaign off with the kingdom's main army getting wiped out, along with the royal wizard. The PCs took some items off his body to bring to the king, and the king let them keep the items when they signed on with him. Among those items was a Robe of the Neutral Archmagi, which (after some discussion) the barbarian donated to the wizard because he could actually use it, unlike the Death Cleric.A short time later, during combat, some enemies decided to target the squishy wizard. At this point I discovered that the wizard had best-in-party armor: AC 18! (Due to AC 15 base from the Robe, and DX 16 from being an elf.) As a result, this particular wizard has been meleeing it up all campaign with Vampiric Touch/Grim Reaper in addition to the ubiquitous necrozombies.So, that was a little bit of an unintended side-effect. It hasn't really caused a problem for the campaign, but it was something I hadn't fully thought through when I did it. At the time I was just thinking: 1.) It's logical that the court wizard would have powerful magic items inherited from his predecessors, and 2.) It will help them survive the first few levels. However, that particular item is going to remain highly relevant even at high levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6497530, member: 6787650"] This one didn't cause serious problems (so far), but it did surprise me: I started my current campaign off with the kingdom's main army getting wiped out, along with the royal wizard. The PCs took some items off his body to bring to the king, and the king let them keep the items when they signed on with him. Among those items was a Robe of the Neutral Archmagi, which (after some discussion) the barbarian donated to the wizard because he could actually use it, unlike the Death Cleric. A short time later, during combat, some enemies decided to target the squishy wizard. At this point I discovered that the wizard had best-in-party armor: AC 18! (Due to AC 15 base from the Robe, and DX 16 from being an elf.) As a result, this particular wizard has been meleeing it up all campaign with Vampiric Touch/Grim Reaper in addition to the ubiquitous necrozombies. So, that was a little bit of an unintended side-effect. It hasn't really caused a problem for the campaign, but it was something I hadn't fully thought through when I did it. At the time I was just thinking: 1.) It's logical that the court wizard would have powerful magic items inherited from his predecessors, and 2.) It will help them survive the first few levels. However, that particular item is going to remain highly relevant even at high levels. [/QUOTE]

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