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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6251156" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I'd say Frodo's mithril chain wasn't magical, just well made. The equivalent of masterwork. </p><p>I don't recall if all the short knives from the wight barrows were magical or just well-crafted. </p><p>Legolas also doesn't have <em>the</em> Bow of the Galadhrim but <em>a</em> Bow of the Galadhrim. They're the best bows in Middle Earth and reputed to be strung with elf-hair, but this could also equate with "masterwork" as easily as "magic".</p><p></p><p>Sam's box of earth was nice, but not a magical item just a rare and special tree. </p><p>Similarly, saying Galadriel's hair is magical is pushing it. It's special, being the hair of an immortal faerie creature, but magical... I'd say not. </p><p></p><p>You could argue the elven cloaks were no so much magical as made with unearthy skill of the elves. But "magic" isn't unfair, although the elves in the book do not echo that statement. Merry or Pippin (I forget which) comments that they're being given magic cloaks are I don't believe the elves echoed this.</p><p></p><p></p><p>LotR is a pretty good example of low magic though, because magic does exist but not everyone has magic and it seems to only find its way into the hands of the adventurers/ protagonists. And most of the magical items have a backstory or a name, such as Narsil, Glamdring, the Light of Eärendil, the One Ring, etc. They're not just random treasure but part of the world. </p><p></p><p>And it is 2-4 magic items at most per character. Which does seem pretty low to me given the average character in 4e will find 20-25 magic items and the average character in 3e will find 30-35. </p><p>In 4e, even if you handwave things and upgrade the big three items (neck, armour, and weapon) that still means 5-10 items per character. More if they take their 50,000 gold pieces and go shopping for low level but useful magic items to fill slots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6251156, member: 37579"] I'd say Frodo's mithril chain wasn't magical, just well made. The equivalent of masterwork. I don't recall if all the short knives from the wight barrows were magical or just well-crafted. Legolas also doesn't have [I]the[/I] Bow of the Galadhrim but [I]a[/I] Bow of the Galadhrim. They're the best bows in Middle Earth and reputed to be strung with elf-hair, but this could also equate with "masterwork" as easily as "magic". Sam's box of earth was nice, but not a magical item just a rare and special tree. Similarly, saying Galadriel's hair is magical is pushing it. It's special, being the hair of an immortal faerie creature, but magical... I'd say not. You could argue the elven cloaks were no so much magical as made with unearthy skill of the elves. But "magic" isn't unfair, although the elves in the book do not echo that statement. Merry or Pippin (I forget which) comments that they're being given magic cloaks are I don't believe the elves echoed this. LotR is a pretty good example of low magic though, because magic does exist but not everyone has magic and it seems to only find its way into the hands of the adventurers/ protagonists. And most of the magical items have a backstory or a name, such as Narsil, Glamdring, the Light of Eärendil, the One Ring, etc. They're not just random treasure but part of the world. And it is 2-4 magic items at most per character. Which does seem pretty low to me given the average character in 4e will find 20-25 magic items and the average character in 3e will find 30-35. In 4e, even if you handwave things and upgrade the big three items (neck, armour, and weapon) that still means 5-10 items per character. More if they take their 50,000 gold pieces and go shopping for low level but useful magic items to fill slots. [/QUOTE]
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