tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post8755577462521162371..comments2022-04-01T16:46:42.462-05:00Comments on Board Enterprises: So what are the enchanters doing anyway?BoardEnthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15462361536278304286noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-78661460587804341982011-04-16T10:18:47.267-05:002011-04-16T10:18:47.267-05:00That is why you do not sell magic weapons to peopl...That is why you do not sell magic weapons to people you do not know or you use a middle man or . . .<br /><br />I entirely agree that there should be a lot of minor, non-weapon magic items out there in a standard D&Dish world. But many players do not give a fig about a wand of hair curling, an everfull sugar bowl or self-polishing silverware except for how much they can flog it for. So, unless you are playing with a group that in interested in such things, why bother?<br /><br />Just as in modern games, where tech often is reduced to the best gun possible, interesting 'cultural' magic often suffers from players' focus on combat effectiveness uber alles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-54808357850943476732011-04-11T06:11:35.584-05:002011-04-11T06:11:35.584-05:00I didn’t hit this in the posting, but it has alway...I didn’t hit this in the posting, but it has always occurred to me that if an enchanter were to make really powerful magical weapons, then some dishonest warrior type would show up to “buy” the weapon, then kill the enchanter and take his money back. Simply for this fear, why would enchanters make weapons they couldn’t themselves use? Sorry - probably beating a dead horse here.BoardEnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15462361536278304286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842087556081043371.post-61411779379168320662011-04-04T07:22:41.139-05:002011-04-04T07:22:41.139-05:00Well, one of the major issue in many fantasy games...Well, one of the major issue in many fantasy games is what I call magic item dilution. If you read enough modules, seems like even the stable boy has a magic dagger. Some would argue that this high fantasy. Personally, I'm not so sure. Still with that as a background, one can only assume that there is nothing but a bunch of people doing nothing but creating magic arms and armor. Which is something that just goes against common sense. I agree that most enchanter types would be creating other things. One of my favorite articles in the old Dragon magazine (sometime in the 80's) was one on non-violent magic item. Almost 99% of them were items of a luxury nature. Things like hair dryers, insect repellents, chairs that you can't fall asleep in, and make-up balls.Bonemasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179557302199193741noreply@blogger.com