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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4586327" data-attributes="member: 31465">I sort of know what the OP means, but it will be hard to give a concrete example without a book in front of me.&nbsp;Remember The Magister? &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zikadik.com/silverymoon/fr4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&nbsp;It was either 1e or 2e, i'm not sure. Anyway, it was a thin little book chock full of magic items and spells, but each one probably got half a page of description. A wand might have up to 5 different functions. Each magic item had an extensive backstory about who owned it (and sometimes their ill fate) &nbsp;The items were probably unbalanced (as were many things back in those days) but i think the OP is saying that IN that unbalance exists a lasting appeal. The good news is that you can take an item like that, adopt it to 4e, called it a Minor Artifact and slap on some drawbacks, presto, you're done. &nbsp;Heck, it would be more fun for me thinking up the bad sh** it will do the players than the good stuff!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4586327, member: 31465"] I sort of know what the OP means, but it will be hard to give a concrete example without a book in front of me. Remember The Magister? [img]http://www.zikadik.com/silverymoon/fr4.jpg[/img] It was either 1e or 2e, i'm not sure. Anyway, it was a thin little book chock full of magic items and spells, but each one probably got half a page of description. A wand might have up to 5 different functions. Each magic item had an extensive backstory about who owned it (and sometimes their ill fate) The items were probably unbalanced (as were many things back in those days) but i think the OP is saying that IN that unbalance exists a lasting appeal. The good news is that you can take an item like that, adopt it to 4e, called it a Minor Artifact and slap on some drawbacks, presto, you're done. Heck, it would be more fun for me thinking up the bad sh** it will do the players than the good stuff! [/QUOTE]

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