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Magical Minds #3 – The Feather Boa of Beauty

4 February 2010 in Magical Minds by Iain M Norman

Over the past few days I’ve been turning my young daughter’s magic item suggestions into usable Dungeons & Dragons items. Earlier we had a Wedding Dress of Resurrection and Earrings of the Sidhe. Today I’ve skipped over the troublesome Necklace of Death, which I’m considering using for a competition, and moved onto the Feather Boa of Beauty.

Feather Boa of Beauty

The multitude of soft rose coloured feathers making up this flamboyant scarf enhance the wearer’s looks.

Level: 20
Price: 125,000 gp
Item Slot: Neck
Property: You gain a +2 item bonus to Charisma-based skill checks and ability checks.

Power (Daily): Free Action. Use this power when making a Charisma-based skill check or ability check. You can roll twice and take the better result.

You know, even though I was at first doubtful what to do with this, I think I like this one the best so far. I’ve got a character that might literally kill for one of these.

I should really do a post on how to make character portraits such as the one above, with no artistic skill required! What do you reckon?

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Magical Minds #2 – Earrings of the Sidhe

2 February 2010 in Magical Minds by Iain M Norman

As I mentioned in my last post my daughter wanted to help with D&D and so has invented some magic items. It falls to me to interpret her work into usable D&D stat blocks.

So today we present the some magical earrings. When I asked what they did she replied, “They turn you into a tiny fairy, with wings, and you can fly.”

The creator of today's item

After a bit of work, here’s the result.

Earrings of the Sidhe

These silver earrings capture the beauty of dew drops on a blade of grass, in their sparkling precious stones.

Level: 6
Price: 1,800 gp
Item Slot: Head

Power (Daily • Polymorph): Standard Action. You and your gear assume the form of a tiny fairy. While in this form:

  • You can’t attack.
  • Your size is Tiny.
  • Your gear is merged into your form and is unusable.
  • You gain a +5 bonus to Stealth Checks.
  • You have wings and gain a fly speed equal to your speed.
  • All your defences stay the same.

You can sustain this power as a standard action on your turn and end the power to return to your normal form as a free action. You resume normal form if knocked unconscious or dropped to 0 or fewer hit points.

Is it too weak or too powerful? Let us know in the comments.

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Magical Minds #1 – Wedding Dress of Resurrection

1 February 2010 in Magical Minds by Iain M Norman

Ever since my six year old daughter helped me with 100 post apocalyptic junk items, she’s wanted to do more lists of things with me. So this weekend, as she lay in bed suffering with chickenpox, she decided to create a small list of magic items for Dungeons & Dragons.

It’s from that list that I’m taking inspiration for a short series. She came up with names for items and a brief description of their powers. I’m trying to make balanced game sense of them one by one, and today I’d like to present the first of them.

Wedding Dress of Resurrection

When I asked my daughter why this even existed she said a powerful mage was due to be married to the love of his life, but she died on the morning or their wedding, so he created this powerful arcane item to raise her from the dead. The only problem is she had to wear it for the rest of her life.

Wedding Dress of Resurrection

This ornate wedding dress is embroidered with gold and inset with diamonds. It has the power to raise the dead temporarily.

Level: 8
Price: 3,400 gp
Item Slot: Waist

Power (Monthly • Healing):Donning the dress has the same effect as the ritual Raise Dead upon the wearer. Performance time is 1 hour instead of 8 hours. The effects only last as long as the dress remains worn.

This can be worn by either male or female characters. Even if worn under your armour it should still show a little at the cuffs and the long trailing dress. Drawing strange looks should be part and parcel of not being dead!

More from Magical Minds later, if I can work out how to make some of the more mental ideas even close to playable!

Please let us know what you think in the comments and I’ll make sure that I pass them on to the young creator.

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