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General Category => RPGs => : Order66 February 14, 2010, 01:35:59 AM
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In your opinion what is the coolest magic item in Dungeons and Dragons? :-\
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Flying carpet
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I think my personal favorite might be the portable hole. But I also feel like that is a bit of a stock answer and there is probably something else I like more but haven't remembered...
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The Amulet of Retributive Healing
I heal you and it heals me too!
Also there is another ring I don't remember the name but whenever someone hits you it forces a no save Shield Other affect between the two of you for that hit.
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Ring of sound, it turns metagaming into roleplaying!
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3.0 Ring of Jump.
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3.0 Ring of Jump.
Reminded me of two of my favorite items, Boots of Striding and Springing and Ring of Sustenance.
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3.0 Ring of Jump.
Reminded me of two of my favorite items, Boots of Striding and Springing and Ring of Sustenance.
We had a halfling sorcerer with that combo who used to like to pair it with Experius Retreat. Not sure if those are supposed to stack (I think not) but back then I was young and foolish.
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Apparatus of Kwalish
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4815/dx20070612tacticstipsits.jpg)
there can be no other
I will destroy anyone who disses the apparatus
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Apparatus of Kwalish
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4815/dx20070612tacticstipsits.jpg)
there can be no other
I will destroy anyone who disses the apparatus
I remember way back in the New World campaign where you started talking about a submersible device of some sort and I was really pleased that I instantly knew what you were talking about before you described it in heavy detail...
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Flying Carpet is still better! /Flex Lets see this destroying!!!!!!
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Apparatus of Kwalish
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4815/dx20070612tacticstipsits.jpg)
there can be no other
I will destroy anyone who disses the apparatus
You know one rust monster would sink Kwalish. That's a serious design flaw.
A rust monster that makes a successful touch attack with its antennae causes the target metal to corrode, falling to pieces and becoming useless immediately. The touch can destroy up to a 10-foot cube of metal instantly. Magic armor and weapons, and other magic items made of metal, must succeed on a DC 17 Reflex save or be dissolved. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +4 racial bonus.
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Flying Carpet is still better! /Flex Lets see this destroying!!!!!!
Couldn't you just put the carpet inside of the apparatus? Pimp the ride a little?
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Yes you could. And use it to escape the rust monster since its cloth. And thus better!
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Apparatus of Kwalish
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4815/dx20070612tacticstipsits.jpg)
there can be no other
I will destroy anyone who disses the apparatus
Kwalish supremecy
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OH MY GOD!
Cast "Reduce" on the Apparatus and then stuff it inside a dead Owl Bear.
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rust monsters can't breathe underwater
also they are instinctively afraid of giant crabs, enemy crabs (massive damage)
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rust monsters can't breathe underwater
also they are instinctively afraid of giant crabs, enemy crabs (massive damage)
I'll bet that there is a rust monster somewhere with the aquatic subtype.
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rust monsters can't breathe underwater
also they are instinctively afraid of giant crabs, enemy crabs (massive damage)
I can stuff a rust monster into a bag of holding and sneak it on board. And then, Bam! (Just give it a little blast with the spice weasel!)
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What if you transmute the apparatus? I mean, changing iron into bronze isn't even that high a spell level is it? Or plastic. Or bronze wood, if you feel like dipping in on Eberron. And why bother with a Rust Monster in the bag of holding? Fill a pill with those feather charms that turn into anchors. Or do both and fill the thing with rust anchors. Even if they have waterbreathing let's see then avoid tetanus then.
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What if you transmute the apparatus? I mean, changing iron into bronze isn't even that high a spell level is it? Or plastic. Or bronze wood, if you feel like dipping in on Eberron. And why bother with a Rust Monster in the bag of holding? Fill a pill with those feather charms that turn into anchors. Or do both and fill the thing with rust anchors. Even if they have waterbreathing let's see then avoid tetanus then.
What kind of anti-rust monster bigot are you?
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What if you transmute the apparatus? I mean, changing iron into bronze isn't even that high a spell level is it? Or plastic. Or bronze wood, if you feel like dipping in on Eberron. And why bother with a Rust Monster in the bag of holding? Fill a pill with those feather charms that turn into anchors. Or do both and fill the thing with rust anchors. Even if they have waterbreathing let's see then avoid tetanus then.
What kind of anti-rust monster bigot are you?
rust monsters are terrible
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And thats why Fying Carpets are so much better. No worries of rust monsters.
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And thats why Fying Carpets are so much better. No worries of rust monsters.
But you have moths. Far more common.
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Moth balls are easy to obtain compared to transmtation wizards.
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Fire? Angry Genies?
Aladdin? Gale Force winds?
My vote is for Kwalish.
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Fire? Angry Genies?
Aladdin? Gale Force winds?
And where are you going to find a decent rug shampoo in D&D, I'd like to know?
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rust monsters are terrible
Have you used the 4E Rust Monsters out of the Monster Manual 2? I like them alot better. They don't destory equipment but instead convert it into the basic magical material of the game: residuum.
In the one shot I can for D&D Game Day there are some Rust Monsters. One of the players wanted to feed his equipment to it, have the others kill it, then use the residuum they harvested to make new equipment tailor suited for the dungeon. Didn't work since the pregens didn't come with rituals, but a decent idea.
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What if you transmute the apparatus? I mean, changing iron into bronze isn't even that high a spell level is it? Or plastic. Or bronze wood, if you feel like dipping in on Eberron. And why bother with a Rust Monster in the bag of holding? Fill a pill with those feather charms that turn into anchors. Or do both and fill the thing with rust anchors. Even if they have waterbreathing let's see then avoid tetanus then.
What kind of anti-rust monster bigot are you?
rust monsters are terrible
You're dead to me.
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What if you transmute the apparatus? I mean, changing iron into bronze isn't even that high a spell level is it? Or plastic. Or bronze wood, if you feel like dipping in on Eberron. And why bother with a Rust Monster in the bag of holding? Fill a pill with those feather charms that turn into anchors. Or do both and fill the thing with rust anchors. Even if they have waterbreathing let's see then avoid tetanus then.
What kind of anti-rust monster bigot are you?
rust monsters are terrible
You're dead to me.
they are part and parcel of the old school "DM vs Player" adversarial playstyle that is terrible and dumb. They are products of metagaming on the part of the GM and add nothing interesting or unique to the game. In earlier editions they ruined PCs and in 4E they are speed bumps by themselves and TPK machines when added to other encounters.
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I used Rust monsters once so that the fighter Who dominated combat had to step back and let the wizard have a turn. They have their uses. On the not of the topic Apparatus and Sphere of anilation.
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Fire? Angry Genies?
Aladdin? Gale Force winds?
My vote is for Kwalish.
My god what type of boaring campain are you running? You just listed 4 great reasons to play dnd. Rug cleaner? It's magical self cleaning or level 0 wizard presadiatation. Impossible to spell with my phone.
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apparatus of kwalish > carpet of flying
rod of wonder > kwalish
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Ahh but The rod of wonder is only epic some of the time, The Apparatus of Kwalish is epic 24-7
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Ahh but The rod of wonder is only epic some of the time, The Apparatus of Kwalish is epic 24-7
your right
KWALISH ROCKS
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Immovable rod and decanter of endless water.
I > U
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Immovable rod and decanter of endless water.
I > U
Hmm... I bet there could be some really interesting combinations of those two...
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You can use them separately? (a whole new world of possibilities!!!!)
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Ahh but The rod of wonder is only epic some of the time, The Apparatus of Kwalish is epic 24-7
I still think that I proved that one rust monster negates the epicness of Kwalish.
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Ahh but The rod of wonder is only epic some of the time, The Apparatus of Kwalish is epic 24-7
I still think that I proved that one rust monster negates the epicness of Kwalish.
that is incredibly dumb logic
I mean
If a magic item can be destroyed by a monster then it isn't epic or awesome?
I mean
wow
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Ahh but The rod of wonder is only epic some of the time, The Apparatus of Kwalish is epic 24-7
I still think that I proved that one rust monster negates the epicness of Kwalish.
that is incredibly dumb logic
I mean
If a magic item can be destroyed by a monster then it isn't epic or awesome?
I mean
wow
i know right?
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Ahh but The rod of wonder is only epic some of the time, The Apparatus of Kwalish is epic 24-7
I still think that I proved that one rust monster negates the epicness of Kwalish.
that is incredibly dumb logic
I mean
If a magic item can be destroyed by a monster then it isn't epic or awesome?
I mean
wow
JUST LIKE I SAID FOR THE MOTHS!
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Hi Ben....
My favorite item is the simple bag of holding however add a bottle of air and climb in.
The wizard could then dim door or teleport the whole party around as they can share the bottle of air well at least up to six characters can.
So much fun
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Hi Ben....
My favorite item is the simple bag of holding however add a bottle of air and climb in.
The wizard could then dim door or teleport the whole party around as they can share the bottle of air well at least up to six characters can.
So much fun
great idea!
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Hi Ben....
My favorite item is the simple bag of holding however add a bottle of air and climb in.
The wizard could then dim door or teleport the whole party around as they can share the bottle of air well at least up to six characters can.
So much fun
great idea!
And then the wizard turns evil and drops it in a portable hole!
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That is a brilliant combination. I am going to give that out as loot and see if my players come up with the combination.
If they don't seem to be getting it, I may provide a situation that would help them think of it...
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Also consider ring gates one strapped to the fighters back and one carried by a cleric or rougue...
If its a cleric ranged healing really nice and the rougue could attack through it....
Or another fighter
Just a fascinating item...
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As long as we are talking about more common wondrous items, I always loved played shadow dancers and taking boots of spider climb (3.5E). This is more important in Ross' games where many (and I mean many) monsters attack from the ceiling.
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The correct answer is Sovereign Glue.
No one ever carries around universal solvent. Ever!
High level wizards should carry it around by the bucketful. Timestop + sovereign glue is always a winner. I can't tell you the things i've done with that combination.
I'll sovereign glue some moths to a rust monster, and then where will your precious apparatus and carpets be? hmmmm?
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Hi Ben....
My favorite item is the simple bag of holding however add a bottle of air and climb in.
The wizard could then dim door or teleport the whole party around as they can share the bottle of air well at least up to six characters can.
So much fun
Didn't something strange happen when you teleport a bag of holding? Or was that only when you take it into extradimensional spaces?
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It's the Bag of Holding / Portable Hole combination that gets alot of attention. There's two results for placing one into the other and I can never remember which is which.
One ends with the bag and hole destroying themselves and everything in them. The other has the bag and hole destory themselves and everything in them but also sucks everything within 10ft of "ground zero" through a portal to a random place in the multi-verse (or the Astral Plane, I can't remeber).
Needless to say, it makes for a good escape option to have on hand.
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The correct answer is Sovereign Glue.
No one ever carries around universal solvent. Ever!
High level wizards should carry it around by the bucketful. Timestop + sovereign glue is always a winner. I can't tell you the things i've done with that combination.
I'll sovereign glue some moths to a rust monster, and then where will your precious apparatus and carpets be? hmmmm?
I HAZ MOTH BALLS! I HAVE STATED THIS!
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I HAZ MOTH BALLS! I HAVE STATED THIS!
And i'll sovereign glue them to you. You and your moth testicles will never be apart again!
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So wait, if the moths are glued to the rust monster how will they reach the carpet? Not that a rust monster covered with moths isn't a fairly terrifying thought. Just, maybe they should be Dire Moths.
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No one said anything bout Dire moths!
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Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity
no no....Ring of Warmth!
But seriously, if you are going for "coolness" rather than functionality or what-not, then the Apparatus would be pretty cool. Rod of Lordly Might also is pretty cool, if not terribly tough.
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It's the Bag of Holding / Portable Hole combination that gets alot of attention. There's two results for placing one into the other and I can never remember which is which.
One ends with the bag and hole destroying themselves and everything in them. The other has the bag and hole destory themselves and everything in them but also sucks everything within 10ft of "ground zero" through a portal to a random place in the multi-verse (or the Astral Plane, I can't remeber).
Needless to say, it makes for a good escape option to have on hand.
It's like dividing by zero.
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You know, it must be the Astral Plane because the story I first heard that involved it was a Fighter and a Ranger stuck in the Nine Hells. The wizard and the cleric are dead so nobody can cast and the Fighter decides to throw the bag into the hole with everybody gathered around, they get sucked into the Astral Plane and eventually manage to barter their way onto a Gith skiff and get home.
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I've always been a pretty big fan of Immovable Rods. All you need it 2 and you got a ladder to anywhere.
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I've always been a pretty big fan of Immovable Rods. All you need it 2 and you got a ladder to anywhere.
That always struck me as a problem of ligistics. You don't have any footholds unless you use the rods right next to a wall and climbing without any weight support sucks.
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Why does everyone always want to use the rods for climbing? So many more interesting options...
I'm starting a new thread - this is worthy of its own.
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I've always been a pretty big fan of Immovable Rods. All you need it 2 and you got a ladder to anywhere.
That always struck me as a problem of ligistics. You don't have any footholds unless you use the rods right next to a wall and climbing without any weight support sucks.
That's only if you need your legs to climb. We're talking about badass rogues and warriors here. They should be more than capable of climbing with just their arms if they have a solid grip.
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I'm sure they could, I just can't imagine myself doing it. Be like doing dozens of one handed chin ups.
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I'm sure they could, I just can't imagine myself doing it. Be like doing dozens of one handed chin ups.
I could only imagine myself doing it...
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I'm sure they could, I just can't imagine myself doing it. Be like doing dozens of one handed chin ups.
I could only imagine myself doing it...
I am now imagining you doing it.
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How about the cube of force?
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I'm sure they could, I just can't imagine myself doing it. Be like doing dozens of one handed chin ups.
I could only imagine myself doing it...
I am now imagining you doing it.
Because of his avatar I am imagining Bruce Campbell doing it.
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Bruce Campbell could do it!
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Bruce Campbell as Ash would do it with his teeth.