Comments on: The Magic Item Wish List http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/05/the-magic-item-wish-list/ Inspired 4e Design Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: gamefiend http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/05/the-magic-item-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 gamefiend Wed, 27 May 2009 02:05:55 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=651#comment-1808 I do a bit of everything in my games. I usually pick out what I think the player's will like, and I also let the players shop around, and enchant if they feel the need. I've been encouraging them to fill out a wishlist, but I think I've gone too good a job of picking the items because there's not a huge sense of urgency to fill them out :) I do a bit of everything in my games. I usually pick out what I think the player’s will like, and I also let the players shop around, and enchant if they feel the need.

I’ve been encouraging them to fill out a wishlist, but I think I’ve gone too good a job of picking the items because there’s not a huge sense of urgency to fill them out :)

]]> By: TMan http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/05/the-magic-item-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 TMan Tue, 26 May 2009 20:54:58 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=651#comment-1805 I kinda did something similar in my campaign. My group of 3rd level characters has a mixed bag so far. They beat up a band of brigands with +1 Short Swords, so everybody had a +1 Short Sword. Most sold theirs and turned the money into something else. In the last game session, the party met a Fey spirit who gave them a Lightning +1 weapon of their choice. So, they got a magic weapon but the precise weapon was their choice. I kinda did something similar in my campaign. My group of 3rd level characters has a mixed bag so far. They beat up a band of brigands with +1 Short Swords, so everybody had a +1 Short Sword. Most sold theirs and turned the money into something else.

In the last game session, the party met a Fey spirit who gave them a Lightning +1 weapon of their choice. So, they got a magic weapon but the precise weapon was their choice.

]]> By: jonathan http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/05/the-magic-item-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 jonathan Tue, 26 May 2009 19:56:38 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=651#comment-1804 In our games; there's a divide. Either the campaign setting is one where magic is relatively common (FRCS, for example). In that case, items are random. Always. Want something else? Go to a major city and try to find a merchant that has the item you are looking for. Or better - hire a wizard to make one for you. The other side of this coin are campaigns where there's no magic, or little magic. +1 Butter Knives are awesome! But that rarely happens - as players are encouraged, at the game's start, to suggest or otherwise make it clear what sort of items they want. "My barbarian loves table legs, large clubs, and things that smash other things" "My wizard has a softspot for kewl bracers, amulets, and other fineries". Nothing specific -- but clear recommendations in game terms - not gamespeak - of what the players are hoping to find or looking for. In our games; there’s a divide. Either the campaign setting is one where magic is relatively common (FRCS, for example). In that case, items are random. Always. Want something else? Go to a major city and try to find a merchant that has the item you are looking for. Or better – hire a wizard to make one for you. The other side of this coin are campaigns where there’s no magic, or little magic. +1 Butter Knives are awesome! But that rarely happens – as players are encouraged, at the game’s start, to suggest or otherwise make it clear what sort of items they want. “My barbarian loves table legs, large clubs, and things that smash other things” “My wizard has a softspot for kewl bracers, amulets, and other fineries”. Nothing specific — but clear recommendations in game terms – not gamespeak – of what the players are hoping to find or looking for.

]]> By: ethan http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/05/the-magic-item-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 ethan Tue, 26 May 2009 17:48:09 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=651#comment-1802 I wonder how many other groups have come to the same conclusion. Are dungeons the sole source of magical goods in your campaign, or can they be purchased as well? I wonder how many other groups have come to the same conclusion. Are dungeons the sole source of magical goods in your campaign, or can they be purchased as well?

]]> By: Ameron http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/05/the-magic-item-wish-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Ameron Tue, 26 May 2009 17:07:56 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=651#comment-1801 This is exactly what we've been doing in our current campaign. We have a <a href="http://riseotphoenix.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Campaign Blog</a> and one of the sidebars is each PC's Magic Item Wish List. The DM already told us that if we don't update it every 4-5 levels that he'll just use "random" treasure. Some of us keep the list up to date, others don't care. The DM commented more than once that it makes his job much easier. This is exactly what we’ve been doing in our current campaign. We have a Campaign Blog and one of the sidebars is each PC’s Magic Item Wish List. The DM already told us that if we don’t update it every 4-5 levels that he’ll just use “random” treasure. Some of us keep the list up to date, others don’t care. The DM commented more than once that it makes his job much easier.

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