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<blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 4832647" data-attributes="member: 51325">This is me as well. I think the OP needs to get more comfortable with the &quot;just say no&quot; aspect of being a DM.As well, I find the Char-Op boards to be a great resource for DMs as they actually are quite helpful in telling you &quot;these items will be a problem, we houserules/banned them in our campaigns&quot; -(I don't think many people realize this aspect of the char-op board. Many assume that the denizens of said board regularly abuse the system breaking faults but IME, most of the denizens are actually quite happy to use the banhammer)The most abusive items in AV for example Radiant, Reckless and Bloodclaw (From least to most-the last one especially) Staff of RuinThe specific combo of Orb of Ultimate Imposition, Cunning Weapon and the Phrenic Crown (this is more of a design issue as there should have been a &quot;no stacking of penalties&quot; rule a la the &quot;no stacking of bonuses&quot;)Iron Armbands of PowerSolitaires (- really, there's no reason NOT to have one if you have the cash - this is the only section of the AV which is flat out problematic/broken)evilbob, if you actually ban these things, you will probably see a lot more variation in character's stash of items....For example, if you actually ban radiant, reckless and bloodclaw, you still have over 100 weapon properties (and funny enough, the next most used weapon property would be from the PHB - Vorpal)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AllisterH, post: 4832647, member: 51325"] This is me as well. I think the OP needs to get more comfortable with the "just say no" aspect of being a DM. As well, I find the Char-Op boards to be a great resource for DMs as they actually are quite helpful in telling you "these items will be a problem, we houserules/banned them in our campaigns" -(I don't think many people realize this aspect of the char-op board. Many assume that the denizens of said board regularly abuse the system breaking faults but IME, most of the denizens are actually quite happy to use the banhammer) The most abusive items in AV for example Radiant, Reckless and Bloodclaw (From least to most-the last one especially) Staff of Ruin The specific combo of Orb of Ultimate Imposition, Cunning Weapon and the Phrenic Crown (this is more of a design issue as there should have been a "no stacking of penalties" rule a la the "no stacking of bonuses") Iron Armbands of Power Solitaires (- really, there's no reason NOT to have one if you have the cash - this is the only section of the AV which is flat out problematic/broken) evilbob, if you actually ban these things, you will probably see a lot more variation in character's stash of items....For example, if you actually ban radiant, reckless and bloodclaw, you still have over 100 weapon properties (and funny enough, the next most used weapon property would be from the PHB - Vorpal) [/QUOTE]

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