August 29

The Cursed Torc

torcFor this idea, I was thinking about cursed items and that it might be interesting to create one that could be useful to a player. After all, if you know a cursed item’s secrets, it could still be useful, you just have to use it differently. After all, the most useful items at a DM’s disposal are things that have multiple applications in a story. Why should the DM have all the fun? This item could give a player the opportunity to mess with the NPCs a little bit. Adjust values for this item as appropriate to your game system and the quest level you’re playing at.

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August 15

The Immovable Sword 

1334623289724One of my favorite things to do when creating magical items is to take a familiar item out of the source books and re-purpose it while leaving the original function intact. The Immovable Sword in this case is exactly what it sounds like: a sword that also functions just like an immovable rod! Fun!

The utility of an immovable rod by itself is a thing of awesomeness, but imbue a different kind of object with that kind of power, and now you can start shaking up the formula.
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