GURPS Powers and Enchanting

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Upgradable items in nearly every fantasy roleplaying game? You can usually add plusses to a mundane weapon or more plusses to your magic thingy. This is true in D&D since at least third edition, Pathfinder, and GURPS.

No, I'm sorry, you can't justify the inclusion of upgradable items in fantasy rpgs by pointing to the existence of upgradable items in fantasy rpgs. That's assuming what you set out to prove.