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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harmon" data-source="post: 2919487" data-attributes="member: 24357">Oh, I am all down with the respect.  Problem is that Players that come in feeling that they are owed something generally show none of the respect they demand.  Its just a thing that annoys the hell out of me- Players that think about their characters and the situation they are in for a few minutes a week, and think that that is working on the campaign, while the GM spends hours working out plots, getting the monsters worked out, figuring the magic items, treasure, and such then a Player comes in and thinks he is owed something for just showing up.  Grr- it annoys the hell out of me, and to say that it annoys me is going mild.Back on the subject however- the idea of a weapon, or item with a back story is more appealing to me then a magic item.Example- Grayson (Ftr/Rngr/DeepwoodSniper) carried a sword- Flint, from 7th lvl ‘til now at 11th when he picked up an adamantine sword (to many golem fights and not enough arrows).  Now he carried Flint because it belonged to a friend, which died in the Greyhawk War.  He plans to give the sword up to his friend’s family but the only name he knew this friend by is not a Dwarf anyone knows, so he can’t return it.  The sword was not magical, just Master Worked, its now a +1 blade.Another example- same character carries a MW Mighty (+4) Long Composite Bow that was given to him by the Elves that trained him in his youth.  The bow’s name is Thunder.  When Thunder was Sundered he wrapped the bow in a blanket, which he carried it around in for a brief time, finally he asked a cleric friend- “I need a favor, my bow was broken in the fight on the island, could you fix it?”  Grayson did not get a magic weapon until he was 9th level, why- he passed up magic weapons, because he had two that he liked, that meant something to him.  To me that is a role playing element that makes the character more turn to himself.Peace all.</blockquote>

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