Actually, yes, they do provide little 'extras' to compensate for the lack of special abilities on weapons. Divine boons (abilities granted by the Gods), Legendary Boons (abilities granted by ding something awesome) and Grandmaster Training (inherent bonuses due to training) to take their place. I'll bring the printout (along with the DMG2) on Saturday.
I'm not pushing for this. I just know that Casey wanted a low magic campaign, and this is an option to explore.
On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Diana Jakobs wrote:
Hmm, I'm of two minds on this one. On one hand, that would make things easier to run, on the other, while our bonus to damage & to hit ~may~ remain similar to normal characters, we would lose out on the associated properties & powers that some of the items bring. Plus, some people may want to rebuild their characters to match this setup if we went for that option. I'd really need to check out this DMG2 option in detail, see how it compensates for things. If it is just equivalent to what monsters intrinsically get, I think some tweaking would still need to be done with some of the monsters to keep the balance right, if the option gives other things... maybe extra powers or feat... it just depends. Optional house rules can be tricky, especially since this is a lot of people's first 4th edition game.My current (and initial) inclination is against it, but, I'm flexible.On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Steve Bartalamay <lanzlo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: While I was leveling up Assad, I came across the "Inherent" check box in the character builder. Curious, I looked into it further. Apparently, there's an option in the DMG2 (which I have) where you can gain an inherent bonus to Attack, Damage, and defenses instead of gaining magic items. I have copied off the relevant pages, and I'll give them to Casey next week.
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