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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Marley" data-source="post: 6238372" data-attributes="member: 89537">First, at the levels where Greater Magic Weapon +5 becomes &quot;necessary&quot; (17-20), 3,000gp is also a fraction of your expected wealth gain, and an even smaller fraction of your average treasure per character from encounters (see DMG page 54). Second, a magic weapon (or lack thereof) is not the primary cause for whiffing on a secondary method of attack - the linear stat modifier progression is. 3.x incentivizes a player to build up their primary stat (4e does this as well to somewhat different results). A fighter who starts with an 18 Str will likely end with ~29 Str (+5 from leveling up, +6 for stat boosting item) for a +9 to-hit from their ability modifier. That same fighter who starts with a 12 Dex is likely to end with a 12 Dex. That's where the problem is, not on the magic item. For 50-3,000gp I can solve the magic item issue.This is one area where I prefer 1e's distribution; the adjustments and modifiers are considerably flatter. A fighter with an 18 Str and 12 Dex is likely to remain an 18 Str and 12 Dex. The difference in to-hit will remain +1 or +2 with +3 occurring 1% of the time. The cost to switch between melee and ranged is fairly low.This much I agree with. (Though I'd change &quot;terrible&quot; to &quot;challenging.&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jacob Marley, post: 6238372, member: 89537"] First, at the levels where Greater Magic Weapon +5 becomes "necessary" (17-20), 3,000gp is also a fraction of your expected wealth gain, and an even smaller fraction of your average treasure per character from encounters (see DMG page 54). Second, a magic weapon (or lack thereof) is not the primary cause for whiffing on a secondary method of attack - the linear stat modifier progression is. 3.x incentivizes a player to build up their primary stat (4e does this as well to somewhat different results). A fighter who starts with an 18 Str will likely end with ~29 Str (+5 from leveling up, +6 for stat boosting item) for a +9 to-hit from their ability modifier. That same fighter who starts with a 12 Dex is likely to end with a 12 Dex. That's where the problem is, not on the magic item. For 50-3,000gp I can solve the magic item issue. This is one area where I prefer 1e's distribution; the adjustments and modifiers are considerably flatter. A fighter with an 18 Str and 12 Dex is likely to remain an 18 Str and 12 Dex. The difference in to-hit will remain +1 or +2 with +3 occurring 1% of the time. The cost to switch between melee and ranged is fairly low. This much I agree with. (Though I'd change "terrible" to "challenging.") [/QUOTE]

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