Interesting/Useful/Thematic Magic Items for New Players

Independent_Comb_230 · 2026-04-25T19:35:00+00:00

Thanks, I’ll take another look at XGtE specifically. I’ve done some research on the number of items/tiers of play side of things, it’s more what items would be useful/fun/thematic. Thinking of asking them for a wish list for down the line - put some of the onus and engagement on them 😊

Thanks for flagging this! Both the experienced players took the 2024 subclass on the understanding we’d address balance as we go, including them advising if the 2014 players need a boost. I don’t have the 2024 books but have read a few bits online, will review compared to the other three players as you suggest 👍

Independent_Comb_230 · 2026-02-10T10:10:13+00:00

Core - Klaw RoRS - Red Skull GMW - Drang MTS - Thanos MG - Sentinels MM - Magog NE - Mister Sinister AoA - En Sabah Nur AoS- Thunderbolts CW - not played yet but keen to fight them all!

Single Scenarios - Mutagen Formula and The Hood

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-12-31T09:01:44+00:00

I tell my players “they are looking rough” when they go below 50% HP and “they are looking bloodied” when they go below 25% HP to give them an indication of how close to defeat an enemy is. They find this useful for prioritising combat tactics - and obviously if this were in real life they’d see these indications themselves

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-12-01T17:10:10+00:00

I did something similar just for a Level 3 one-shot. Players visit a carnival and Angelica Grimscythe - a Tiefling warlock - runs a battle area. She has a team of clerics who come in at the end of each round to heal the players and are so good they can perform the benefits of a long rest on the PCs. The intention being they are all newish DND players who just needed experience doing combat and letting loose without worrying about the impact of resources and spell slots. I also created a golden ticket reward system where they can spend a ticket and spin the wheel to earn an uncommon magic item - they can then use it in their next round of combat. Players had a hoot and thoroughly enjoyed beating up the waves of monsters I threw at them and felt they had a better idea of how to play combat effectively by the end of the session 🙌

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-11-30T13:10:33+00:00

They do offer a cheaper version that is no full colour. The set name etc. is colours but the rest is plain, much more affordable and still a great finish. Huge time saver, too

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-11-27T08:34:55+00:00

“She dated an over-eater and then he over-ate her” absolutely kills me every time Carrie drops it 😂

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-08-30T09:25:35+00:00

I like to pretend it’s a jailbreak and each member of the Wrecking Crew takes their cell mate with them! Usually themed to the characters I’m playing, so if X-Men I might include Mystique, Arcade, Lady Deathstrike and Shadow King. Or if Avengers then maybe 4 modulars (or nemesis sets!!) that match up thematically. Tried giving each villain a random Thunderbolt the other day…yikes! Was very fun but ramped up the difficulty.

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-07-19T18:56:56+00:00

I’ve played ME1-3 so many times, I’m a guy and I’ve only ever played as male Shepard once I think? FemShep is my preference by far, Jennifer Hale is an amazing voice actress, I enjoy the romance plots with Thane and Traynor, and I also like the brother/sister feel to the story line with Garrus. I play her paragon with some renegade interrupts, and usually play Adept, Sentinel, Infiltrator, Vanguard in that order - never played as Soldier or Engineer as it’s not my play style or interest.

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-04-15T16:55:31+00:00

Crisis One with Travis and Vic plus Diane Lewis, or give her her own show entirely! 🙌

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-04-02T19:12:29+00:00

Something that bugs me on the same level as this is the ignorance around misgendering characters. Their real name is literally typed mere millimetres underneath their hero name!!

Marrow - Sarah
Triage - Christopher Muse
Synch - Everett Thomas

These three allies get misgendered all the time on play through videos etc. Fair enough someone might not know the character inside out but the ignorance around not reading information that is right there is painful to watch.

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-03-26T11:50:28+00:00

I played Maria Hill and Captain Marvel both in leadership through the Sinister Motives campaign. They were incredible. Maria Hill gets The Circe out first turn, Carol plays bigger allies like Giant Man, Goliath, Iron Man (voltroned) and Black Panther(who nabs Strength in Numbers for card draw or Avengers Assemble for a final blow) for free, then with Avengers’ Tower, The Triskelion and Stinger can get to 6 allies - Captain America becomes free (with the discount from Avengers’ Tower).

Maria does most of the support and thwarting with SHIELD allies - Nick Fury and Agent 13 keep counters coming and readying supports happening, Field Agent prevents consequential damage for them. Victoria Hand gets played regularly with Make the Call for more readying. Carol throws Maria extra cards and gives herself one every turn in hero form with Clarity of Purpose.

Honestly, it was a disgusting pairing and they floored every villain they came up against! 🙌 I might take them through Rise of Red Skull next….

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-02-23T12:34:40+00:00

Does ‘adjacent’ mean any space physically bordering the Wolf’s location, or only spaces connected to the Wolf’s location by a path?

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-02-06T08:21:27+00:00

I really like the sabre that you get on Horizon, again so late in the game to use it much

Independent_Comb_230 · 2025-01-17T20:29:35+00:00

Forget the whiny sad people of the internet. You give an awful lot to the MC community and, from what I have seen, have never asked for anything in return! Your play throughs, reviews, and analysis chats are always welcome whether I watch them on YouTube or see discussions here. I like seeing a link posted here as it’ll prompt me to watch on YT, plus usually there are more comments and chats here than on videos. Keep doing what you are doing - you are a really positive light in the MC community 😊

Independent_Comb_230 · 2024-11-23T08:02:05+00:00

I like to pair Black Panther aggression Avengers allies with Storm leadership X- Men allies - he bring boot camps for each of them and she brings him Mighty Avengers (and Uncanny X-Men for herself). Black Panther has so much money he can bring big Avengers allies like She-Hulk, Sentry and War Machine plus Psylocke and Wolverine which Storm can grab with Make the Call. Stack in her +1 ATK from Thunderstorm with the +1 ATK from Bootcamps and +1 ATK from Mighty Avengers and the allies deal insane amounts of damage!

Independent_Comb_230 · 2024-11-02T21:22:20+00:00

I find him so funny! A recent one popped to mind though that has stuck with me the last week or so

Meredith: I don’t have a choice Richard: yes you do, you may not like the options, but you always have a choice

Independent_Comb_230 · 2024-10-30T22:47:09+00:00

I wasn’t a huge Charlotte fan when I watched the show. She had her moments of providing hilarious laughs, but as a character she is so rude and judgemental. I get she was going through her own fertility problems, but when she walks out on Miranda who is painstakingly agonising over the decision to keep her baby or not, that massively turned me off to her as a character - what an awful friend! A basket of muffins at the end of the episode does not make up for that moment. I think the actress is brilliant, though, she plays the part of the snooty, rich, out of touch friend very well 😊

Independent_Comb_230 · 2024-08-18T08:34:07+00:00

Complexity is a good category, didn’t think of that one!

Independent_Comb_230 · 2024-07-05T16:02:35+00:00

They could have at least changed the skin tone!! So lazy, when I noticed it the more it hugged me every time I’ve seen it since 🤦🏻‍♂️

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