You know, I just don't understand why they created more work for themselves.
I think the answer is pretty simple; as Swen stated ,their intention was to use the D&D/BG IP to reach a bigger audience and to put their own slant on the BG saga. They could have referenced or even used the source material but they haven't, so we can only assume they no interest in doing so and will continue to do what they are already familiar with. I used to love getting rare items in the original games with the wonderful little bits of background blurb. Even the parchment style interface was a nice touch of immersion. Larian's colour coded weapons just feel like they are from a MMO.
Given Swen's insistence that players want fireworks and explosions, does he also think that a plain +1 weapon or armour is boring? I'd have to hazard a guess at yes.
OMG. Is that people's answer for everything? I'm tired of hearing it.
My point was they had a SLEW of magic items they could use so it could have been easier on them. Instead, they are reinventing the wheel at every turn and often it isn't working.
Look at this list. Tell me these weapons are boring:
https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_Magical_WeaponsWhy waste money and time inventing weapons to see if they work when you have so many at your disposal to choose from?
Boring, no. Too powerful for tier 1 D&D play... most of them. Also, you're complaining about Larian homebrewing things and then you link a 5e homebrew page. That makes ZERO sense.
Lol. Wrong page, dang it. The point is, lots of already made magic weapons and such. Don't need to make more.
And Ragz, why you being all technical? Yes. Larian can do whatever they want. Of course they CAN. They also CAN do other things and I was saying that it would have made their lives easier if they had just used what's already out there, at least for lower level magic items. Save the custom crazy homebrew stuff for later. Don't have it sold at vendors at the beginning.
The point is they're creating more work for themselves than they need to.
