Post by ffilz on Jul 9, 2008 19:05:58 GMT -6
On my drive home from work today, I came up with an idea to make magic items more unique.
When you roll an item off the chart, if the item is something you want to be unique, cross it off. The next time you roll that item, create a new item that is similar in some way, but different.
My inclination would be to leave potions and scrolls as common items, as well as plain magic weapons and armor.
If a chart becomes too crossed off, you might decide to recirculate some of the items. Or you can always decide to repeat a crossed off item. This would be a good choice for say +x +y vs z weapons which perhaps should be uncommon, but you might want more than one of any given one.
This would be a cool way to use the Greyhawk additional miscellaneous magic items, just cycle them in as the original miscellaneous magic items get used. It might have a disadvantage that the first item of any particular type is sort of known.
This would be a great way to cycle in new items that came from later editions of the game, from other games, from magazines, or even your own imagination. It would also solve the problem that I sometimes feel exists in later editions with huge lists that no one will ever see half the items. With this idea, you may well see most of the items from Monsters & Treasure, and then other items will come into play as they make sense to you.
Frank
When you roll an item off the chart, if the item is something you want to be unique, cross it off. The next time you roll that item, create a new item that is similar in some way, but different.
My inclination would be to leave potions and scrolls as common items, as well as plain magic weapons and armor.
If a chart becomes too crossed off, you might decide to recirculate some of the items. Or you can always decide to repeat a crossed off item. This would be a good choice for say +x +y vs z weapons which perhaps should be uncommon, but you might want more than one of any given one.
This would be a cool way to use the Greyhawk additional miscellaneous magic items, just cycle them in as the original miscellaneous magic items get used. It might have a disadvantage that the first item of any particular type is sort of known.
This would be a great way to cycle in new items that came from later editions of the game, from other games, from magazines, or even your own imagination. It would also solve the problem that I sometimes feel exists in later editions with huge lists that no one will ever see half the items. With this idea, you may well see most of the items from Monsters & Treasure, and then other items will come into play as they make sense to you.
Frank
