Originally Posted by CJMPinger
Originally Posted by Saito Hikari
Originally Posted by dwig
Furthermore, its not even a Larianism. The circlet is "uncommon loot" in the Dungeom Masters guide, which means that it is appropriate for character levels 1rst or higher.

(Its also supposed to take an attunement, so once they add that feature the circlet will acquire an opportunity cost).

Yeah, this kind of gear exists in regular DnD, and I'm not all too concerned about them. They're really a non-issue.

Solasta has them, but they require attunement there. There's another similar item called the Belt of Dwarvenkind that sets your CON to 19, though you end up with a 50% chance to grow a beard after you take a long rest, which stopped a lot of people from using it in Solasta (and it'll probably do the same thing in BG3).

The utility of such items falls off a cliff as you progress and find better accessories, and building around their existence is basically shooting yourself in the foot.

Not necessarily shooting yourself in the foot IF you are trying to build a character who will have a bit MAD of a stat sppread, an Item like that can free stats up and make it easier to make a weird mix. A Barbarian and Wizard mix would be more than a bit MAD with how both classes focus on the other class's dump stat, but with the Circlet, one can easily make a Barbarian/Wizard multiclass without sacrificing effectiveness in both BUT with the tradeoff that they will not be able to use "better" or more interesting head slot items, if it gets removed their Wizardry is instantly reduced, and it takes up an attunement slot. Overall though to me it feels like a fair trade and can be a rewarding thing to build around IF you are aware of what you are giving up to do so.
And givi9ng it to Laezel actually would be good for making her an EK or a Fighter/Wizard multiclass to fit the Githyanki fighting style.

My point is that its not broken good. You can fit it into a few niche builds that aren't bad, but mostly you would do that to fit a role playing concept, not a min-max power build.