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<blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 5503406" data-attributes="member: 762">Inherent bonuses the need for the big necessity magic items and therefore, while technically still wealth by level, really do go a long way to solving the problem (yes you could get the same result by modifying the monsters and situations, but to me doing the math once is better than me having to remember to do it all the time).As for the rest of the post, I mostly agree with one glaring exception:I love Item crafting in general, but I love the way 2e and prior edditions did it. Yes it was DM fiat, but it was magical mysterious and took some effort (basically it was an adventure or series of adventures unto itself). 3e + the caster essentially throws some gold in the air and viola - magic item.&nbsp; Further with 3e/3.5 with scroll/wand crafting - I believe this was the biggest culprit to the ridiculously versatile powerful wizard that could with proper scroll crafting usurp the role of anyone else in the party (except the cleric) and still have plenty of casting left over to do his own schtick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mort, post: 5503406, member: 762"] Inherent bonuses the need for the [b]big necessity[/b] magic items and therefore, while technically still wealth by level, really do go a long way to solving the problem (yes you could get the same result by modifying the monsters and situations, but to me doing the math once is better than me having to remember to do it all the time). As for the rest of the post, I mostly agree with one glaring exception: I love Item crafting in general, but I love the way 2e and prior edditions did it. Yes it was DM fiat, but it was magical mysterious and took some effort (basically it was an adventure or series of adventures unto itself). 3e + the caster essentially throws some gold in the air and viola - magic item. Further with 3e/3.5 with scroll/wand crafting - I believe this was the biggest culprit to the ridiculously versatile powerful wizard that could with proper scroll crafting usurp the role of anyone else in the party (except the cleric) and still have plenty of casting left over to do his own schtick. [/QUOTE]

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