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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4586072" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p>I mostly agree with Jack7 as well. Magic in 4e lost something in the balancing act. I'm particularly displeased with spellcasting, but his post was focused mainly on magic items themselves so i'll stick with that.</p><p></p><p>Granted, although magic items in 2e did seem more "magical" it might be nostaligia tainting my opinion. </p><p></p><p><strong>The Bag of Tricks </strong>in the AV really bothered me and some of my players when we first read it. That was our favorite magic item from 2nd edition (along with the Deck of Many Things). The 4e BoT is so bland and balanced that none of them would actually <u>enjoy</u> using it. So i made up my own with my own rules and my own animals. After some playtesting i'll post it here eventually if anyone wants to use it. It does not follow the 4e magic item paradigm at all and should probably be considered a Minor Artifact, OR, just take up multiple parcels because anyone in the group can use it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4586072, member: 31465"] I mostly agree with Jack7 as well. Magic in 4e lost something in the balancing act. I'm particularly displeased with spellcasting, but his post was focused mainly on magic items themselves so i'll stick with that. Granted, although magic items in 2e did seem more "magical" it might be nostaligia tainting my opinion. [B]The Bag of Tricks [/B]in the AV really bothered me and some of my players when we first read it. That was our favorite magic item from 2nd edition (along with the Deck of Many Things). The 4e BoT is so bland and balanced that none of them would actually [U]enjoy[/U] using it. So i made up my own with my own rules and my own animals. After some playtesting i'll post it here eventually if anyone wants to use it. It does not follow the 4e magic item paradigm at all and should probably be considered a Minor Artifact, OR, just take up multiple parcels because anyone in the group can use it. [/QUOTE]
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