Thread:Transcendantviewer/@comment-26852465-20160304035846/@comment-25547106-20160305022335

I can see why. It's exactly that reason why I play characters that don't need gear to be awesome. Back in 3.5, I normally played monster PCs so I could just use their natural strengths and the bonuses granted from the Vow of Poverty Feat to become awesome on my own. In 5th edition, as you likely realized, magic items are a big deal now, and no character needs them to function. They make the characters more badass, certainly, but the items are never required, unless the DM sucks at balancing encounters.