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Why are all the magic items so boring?
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<blockquote data-quote="stonehead" data-source="post: 9588979" data-attributes="member: 7047885"><p>I've been DM'ing a game of P2E for a while now, and I'm really struggling to find any interesting items to reward my players with. In most systems, items that give flat bonuses are the boring option, but in P2E, a helmet that gives +1 to intimidate is something you want to find, because at least it does <em>something</em>. The alternatives give you a weak spell that a caster could have cast 2 levels ago.</p><p></p><p>In other systems, party members often argue about who gets to hold the cool new magic item they found. That's happened exactly once in this game, and it was the first striking weapon they found. A damage boost is the only item that could excite them.</p><p></p><p>I've heard complaints that most spells and skill feats are useless. There's some truth to that, but you can just take the medicine feats instead. With magic items... I'm struggling to find any. Did I just skip over all the cool ones on Archives of Nethys? Have you or your players been excited to find a specific item? Do I just need to start homebrewing something cool?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stonehead, post: 9588979, member: 7047885"] I've been DM'ing a game of P2E for a while now, and I'm really struggling to find any interesting items to reward my players with. In most systems, items that give flat bonuses are the boring option, but in P2E, a helmet that gives +1 to intimidate is something you want to find, because at least it does [I]something[/I]. The alternatives give you a weak spell that a caster could have cast 2 levels ago. In other systems, party members often argue about who gets to hold the cool new magic item they found. That's happened exactly once in this game, and it was the first striking weapon they found. A damage boost is the only item that could excite them. I've heard complaints that most spells and skill feats are useless. There's some truth to that, but you can just take the medicine feats instead. With magic items... I'm struggling to find any. Did I just skip over all the cool ones on Archives of Nethys? Have you or your players been excited to find a specific item? Do I just need to start homebrewing something cool? [/QUOTE]
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