I don't want D&D to turn into making a "Lightning build" or a "Momentum build" to get a crazy movement rate by stacking similar items. I prefer just wearing Boots of Speed which are powerful and special and wielding a Staff of Thunder and Lightning.
Building sets from an abundance of magical junk is entirely different from a Necromancer Wizard collecting a set of legendary Vecna artifacts. Or a Fighter collecting Balduran's items.
The more magic items there will be, the weirder, more gimmicky and less impressive they become.
And the names are getting too ridiculous when these gimmicky items are being mass produced.
Been like that since 3.5, my group used to power build back in the day trying to tailor there character as far as they could go. It's not "mmo" its just a style of game play.
This is true to the spirit of BG if not DnD.
These are not humble
+1 swords or
Boots of Elvenkind; these are the kinds of items you'd get in
World of Warcraft or
Everquest. With the exception of Fourth Edition, D&D does not ape MMORPGs.
Maybe I'm missing something but both those are known d&d items
used to go from basic gear, masterwork, +1 to +5 from what I understand now since 5e nerfs everything is basic gear & +1 to +3
Edit* actually ill do some digging after I get off work.
