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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4814516" data-attributes="member: 22779">Re:&nbsp; The Encyclopedia Magica (2e).&nbsp; Something RavenCrowking has neglected to mention.&nbsp; While he did say that the EM does list the source of the magic items, he neglected to say what those sources were.&nbsp; The VAST majority of the &quot;interesting&quot; magical items come from Dragon magazines.&nbsp; The next largest source is modules.&nbsp; The final source is the various source books for D&amp;D.The problem is, while yes, there are literally hundreds of pages of interesting items, most of them were in obscure places that very few gamers ever saw.&nbsp; Unless you happened to have Dragon 58, you would never have heard of Item X or Y.&nbsp; Far and away more players used modules.&nbsp; And, guess what you find in modules?&nbsp; Hoards, and hoards of +1 swords.&nbsp; And they didn't all shed light actually.&nbsp; And, they certainly weren't listed as intelligent for the most part.The idea that magic at some mythical time in the history of D&amp;D was somehow more full of sensawunda is just that - a myth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4814516, member: 22779"] Re: The Encyclopedia Magica (2e). Something RavenCrowking has neglected to mention. While he did say that the EM does list the source of the magic items, he neglected to say what those sources were. The VAST majority of the "interesting" magical items come from Dragon magazines. The next largest source is modules. The final source is the various source books for D&D. The problem is, while yes, there are literally hundreds of pages of interesting items, most of them were in obscure places that very few gamers ever saw. Unless you happened to have Dragon 58, you would never have heard of Item X or Y. Far and away more players used modules. And, guess what you find in modules? Hoards, and hoards of +1 swords. And they didn't all shed light actually. And, they certainly weren't listed as intelligent for the most part. The idea that magic at some mythical time in the history of D&D was somehow more full of sensawunda is just that - a myth. [/QUOTE]

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