Low-level PCs with Artifacts & Major Magic Items(D&D 5/3.5)
I've been thinking that I've rarely if ever played a campaign long enough to actually get my hands on an artifact (Or any other cool magic item). Folding boats, wings of the manta ray, flying carpets, holy avengers, flame tongues, all of them are considered too cool for you while you are low level, yet by the time you are tall enough to play with them, the game falls under its own weight.
So I've been thinking, why not ask for a game where magic items aren't the sole province of kings and demigods? Why not play in a game where artifacts are the start of the road instead of the finish line?
So basically can a DM out there run a game where each low level PC starts play with an artifact or very rare magic item?. One where the goal isn't to acquire the items but to keep them safe and out of the wrong hands?
I know there are potential pitfalls but possible ideas:
-start low-level and don't level up ever?
-keep stuff to core-only (3.5)?
-tier 2- only?(3.5)
-no feats no multiclassing? (5e)
-PHB+1 only?(5e)
-PHB only? (5e)
-srd only? (5e)
-Basic Only? (5e)
In general I'm also looking for a small party from day 1 game. In my experience when there are over five PCs game play becomes a soliloquy when everybody acts like they are in a solo game and ignore each other.
Thank you
This message was last edited by the user at 10:55, Thu 05 Apr 2018.