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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5461542" data-attributes="member: 63">In 3e, you couldn't survive without your items, and often non-spellcasters couldn't do anything &quot;unusual&quot; without magic items. So with 4e they decided we will change this!So they got rid of unusual stuff. Like, y'know, I thought they'd maybe take cool magic item powers and give them as PC options. Like hey, I'm a druid, so I have a &quot;bag of tricks&quot; to summon minor critters really easily. Or instead of having a ring of blinking, a rogue would learn on his own how to flicker between realities. Or a fighter might develop &quot;giant strength&quot; so he could throw barrels and stuff like Donkey Kong.But no. They just removed the unusual stuff altogether. Maybe the most famous magic item in fantasy literature is Bilbo's ring, and now it's just impossible to be invisible for more than a couple rounds at a time.Also, I miss weird flaming thundering vicious dancing swords with three minor magical powers that get recharged whenever you eat poultry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 5461542, member: 63"] In 3e, you couldn't survive without your items, and often non-spellcasters couldn't do anything "unusual" without magic items. So with 4e they decided [b]we will change this![/b] So they got rid of unusual stuff. Like, y'know, I thought they'd maybe take cool magic item powers and give them as PC options. Like hey, I'm a druid, so I have a "bag of tricks" to summon minor critters really easily. Or instead of having a ring of blinking, a rogue would learn on his own how to flicker between realities. Or a fighter might develop "giant strength" so he could throw barrels and stuff like Donkey Kong. But no. They just removed the unusual stuff altogether. Maybe [i]the[/i] most famous magic item in fantasy literature is Bilbo's ring, and now it's just impossible to be invisible for more than a couple rounds at a time. Also, I miss weird flaming thundering vicious dancing swords with three minor magical powers that get recharged whenever you eat poultry. [/QUOTE]

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