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Magic items have a really weird effect
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on character optimization in Dn D. If
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you don't know me, I'm Tyler. I write
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RPGbot.net. I've been talking about
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character optimization for about 15
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years now. Check out the website. I've
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got class guides for every D&D class for
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a bunch of stuff from Pathfinder.
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Anyway, but one of the things I don't
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talk a lot about in the character
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optimization guides is magic items. And
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there's a reason for that. I do use
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magic items in my D and D games, but
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they're unpredictable. And that is part
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of how 5P works. Magic items, they're
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assumed to be part of the game really,
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but they are technically an optional
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rule, and there's no really easy way to
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craft them or buy them. So, there's no
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way to guarantee that any given magic
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item is available to you. Generally in
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5e, it's more about making do with what
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you can find or what the DM decides is
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available to you. In some games, you can
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just ask your DM like, "Hey, I need a
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suit of mythal armor. Can you make that
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happen for me?" And a lot of DMs will be
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perfectly fine with that. But if you're
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running a published adventure and your
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DM doesn't want to stray from what's
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written in the book, your options are
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going to be limited. So, I very
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intentionally avoid talking about magic
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items in my character optimization
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discussions because I can't assume that
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any given magic item is available to
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you. If I hand you a build and say like
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this build works great, but it needs
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this item, this item, and this item to
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function, that's useless for almost
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everybody. So, when I'm writing, I'll
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instead just ignore magic items for the
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most part. Sometimes I'll call out where
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they're specifically useful for some
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combo, but generally I want my builds to
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be available and useful to everyone. So
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I have to assume the like most bare
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bones basic assumptions of the game. And
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that means that I don't get to assume
