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submitted 10 months ago by Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

What about the idea which at first looks pretty cool but end-up at worst not bringing anything to the game at worst being boring to play ?

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[-] DrakeRichards@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

As a GM, basically any artificer / inventor. They only fit into very specific settings, so they’re very out of place in most games. If the system has light rules for inventions, the player thinks they can create anything, and I have to constantly fight them to stop trying to one-up the other characters. If the system has robust invention rules, these characters don’t generally get to invent anything since so much downtime and resources are required.

[-] anlumo@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago

It's especially bad in D&D5e, where the artificer can create any common magical item, but it has to be selected at level up and can't be changed, and since the game is so focused on High Fantasy, all of the common magic items are completely worthless, since the interesting stuff happens at higher rarety. In the end the system makes the Artificer a reskinned magic user where everything is worse than a plain sourcerer.

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