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We have found consensus on 21 items and are deciding what to do with the final 50. Man, those 21 are amazing. And everyone of us greatly appreciates all the hard work, time, blood sweat and tears that everyone involved with this project has put in! And the mere opportunity to display our best creative efforts to such awsome evaluators!
I think it would depend on the item in question. Specific and rare items are usually more descriptive that just the 'wizard in the mill' type, like the ever popular Bag of Holding. Descriptive text MUST add feel to the item, in my humble opinion. After all, how many Pc's would be running around with silver swords, vorpaling everything they came across, if they didn't have legions of githyaki breathing down their necks, just waiting for the exact moment their guard is lowered? The background of the silver swords is what makes them special, different, cool, whatever. The same goes with wonderous items. Balance is the hard part. If we write too much fluff, people get bored. Not enough, and they go 'yes, so what?'. Finding that ground in the middle, that's what we as creator's must do. Now if you excuse me, I have a dwarf whose late for a date with the Lich Queen.
The biggest question with valuing wonderous items (in my opinion) is utility over cost. Sure you could fork out say 32,000 for amulet of natural armor +4, 36,000 for cloak of cha +6, and 98,280 for, say, a ring of spell storing (not a wond.item I know!). Or you could pay up around the 300,000 mark for a single item that does all of the above, freeing up two, possibly three extra slots for additional items. With the added bonus of a 'rare/cool' item, many a player will opt for the more expensive option. The old phrase 'better poor and prepared, than rich and dead' is something I like to drum into my players. Frequently. :D |
