Endarire
2012-10-30, 01:57 AM
Greetings, all!
If you were retooling 3.5's item slot system, how would you do it?
I've seen two main philosophies:
1: Keep things as-is.
2: Use a certain number of flexible slots per person. For example, you have 8 slots, but can attune yourself to 6 magic cloaks at a time. (Frank & K (http://turing.bard.edu/~mk561/frank_k_0.5.1.pdf) inspired this, starting around page 261.)
I'm a fan scrapping the slot affinity system, so any enhancement can apply to any slot with no surcharge for breaking stereotypes. Thus, you can wear Underpants of CHA and not pay 50% more than a Cloak of CHA.
I'm also well aware of Magic Item Compendium which has the "no surcharge for boring but practical +stat/skill/save" rule.
A Plan!
I'm considering changing slots in my game to be granted by BAB. That way, the "fighter" types get more slots. The formula at present is 4 attunement slots + 1 attunement slot per 2 BAB you have.
(I'm aware that Clerics, Druids, and gishes often get at least a medium BAB. I plan to keep this. The attunement system rewards full BAB people.)
If you were retooling 3.5's item slot system, how would you do it?
I've seen two main philosophies:
1: Keep things as-is.
2: Use a certain number of flexible slots per person. For example, you have 8 slots, but can attune yourself to 6 magic cloaks at a time. (Frank & K (http://turing.bard.edu/~mk561/frank_k_0.5.1.pdf) inspired this, starting around page 261.)
I'm a fan scrapping the slot affinity system, so any enhancement can apply to any slot with no surcharge for breaking stereotypes. Thus, you can wear Underpants of CHA and not pay 50% more than a Cloak of CHA.
I'm also well aware of Magic Item Compendium which has the "no surcharge for boring but practical +stat/skill/save" rule.
A Plan!
I'm considering changing slots in my game to be granted by BAB. That way, the "fighter" types get more slots. The formula at present is 4 attunement slots + 1 attunement slot per 2 BAB you have.
(I'm aware that Clerics, Druids, and gishes often get at least a medium BAB. I plan to keep this. The attunement system rewards full BAB people.)