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<blockquote data-quote="Tuft" data-source="post: 5374630" data-attributes="member: 60045">In previous editions, magical items went outside regular character abilities. Give a fighter a Cloak of the Manta Ray, a Decanter of Endless Water, or some Sovereign Glue, and he could do stuff he never would be able to do with his regular class features. You got new capabilities you never had before. 4E items (mostly) tie into the existing class features and enhance them slightly. They don't enable you to do anything you could not do before, you just get a little better at what you are already doing, and if they enhance something else than what you regularly do, they are kind of meaningless. Thus the items are (A) more predicable and (B) ties harder to your &quot;build&quot;. Both (A) and (B) makes the items, well, less exciting, and (B) is what makes wish-listing so attractive.Another possible suggestion: Dig up an old 1E Dungeon Master's Guide, look up some juicy &quot;outside-regular-character-abilities&quot; stuff to use, convert them, and call them &quot;unique artifacts&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tuft, post: 5374630, member: 60045"] In previous editions, magical items went [i]outside[/i] regular character abilities. Give a fighter a Cloak of the Manta Ray, a Decanter of Endless Water, or some Sovereign Glue, and he could do stuff he never would be able to do with his regular class features. You got new capabilities you never had before. 4E items (mostly) tie into the existing class features and enhance them slightly. They don't enable you to do anything you could not do before, you just get a little better at what you are already doing, and if they enhance something else than what you regularly do, they are kind of meaningless. Thus the items are (A) more predicable and (B) ties harder to your "build". Both (A) and (B) makes the items, well, less exciting, and (B) is what makes wish-listing so attractive. Another possible suggestion: Dig up an old 1E Dungeon Master's Guide, look up some juicy "outside-regular-character-abilities" stuff to use, convert them, and call them "unique artifacts". [/QUOTE]

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