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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DeusExMachina" data-source="post: 4791040" data-attributes="member: 61405">The magical weapon or armor that is more damaging or super protecting is a staple of fantasy stories, however the +X bonus just doesn't cut it for me.I am seriously thinking of throwing them out in my next campaign. Magic weapons will only have special abilities that are either specific (like a flaming weapon), so at times it will be more useful than others or it will have abilities that last for a short while (bonus to AC for only one encounter per day for example). That way the magical abilities provide one with tactical choices, evocative ideas about the weapons rather than bland static bonuses that always apply and you eliminate the math surrounding it.Also I feel that in 4e the magic item dependance has become greather than in 3.5.  The math is so ingrained in the system and the +X bonus is part of that math to keep the balance that it is impossible to do without it. It is one of the thins in 4e that was a bit of a let down...</blockquote>