D&D Magic

Need help with a magic item cost

feeds@yuku.com (Dan C Davis) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:51:12 GMT

I'm trying to figure out the cost for a magic item but can't find anything similar. Maybe someone else will have an idea. The item is this:

Crimson Bone Fleet insignia
This swatch of fabric marks you as a pirate in good standing of the Crimson Bone Fleet. In addition to functioning as a masterwork intimidation tool you are considered to be a demon for all effects that specifically exclude demons, such as a vrock's dance of ruin or a hezrou's...

House rule, or am I just reading it wrong: Spell Turning

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:57:47 GMT

As written, Spell Turning works on "spells that have you as a target. Effect and area spells are not affected. Spell turning also fails to stop touch range spells."

Spells like Disintegrate or even Scorching Ray don't have an entry for "Target", they produce an Effect of a Ray. Ditto for the Orb spells. So Spell Turning won't stop them?

This bugs me, because those spells clearly do target a creature....

Double Wand Wielding

feeds@yuku.com (SolissVL) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:56:52 GMT

Ok, the gnome wizard in my party has this feat along with TWF, Create Wand, Battle Caster (and he needs to send me the rest of his feat tree). He's level 7 and we're using BoXM rules on 1 feat/level.

The feat (Complete Arcane 77) states- As a full round action you can use 2 wands. One in each hand. Doing so takes 2 charges designated from the wand in the secondary hand.
Prereqs: TWF, Create Wand

Ok, I'm a novice with arcane magic and Mr. Wizard was...

Domain Lists

feeds@yuku.com (Manofdusk) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:42:38 GMT

I've recently decided to rework a small portion of my cosmology (this particular part was never known to the PCs so it's not something that will drastically change anything). However, now I need an idea of what spells to include in certain Domain lists.

The Deity in question has the following domains:

Death, Destruction, Fate, Rebirth, and Supreme

However, I want to be careful with the Rebirth domain in this instance. The deity itself is not one who...

Vampiric Sword

feeds@yuku.com (Manofdusk) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:34:20 GMT

I've been thinking about a weapon similar to this for a while now and would like some input on it.

Vampiric: This sword is engulfed in crimson light and leaves behind painful bruising around any wound it makes, transferring life energy to its wielder.
Effect: A weapon enchanted with this property converts the extra damage from a weapon's enhancement bonus into negative energy damage and the wielder is healed for an amount of damage equal to the weapon's enhancement...

Underpriced, but not necessarily broken? (MIC help/perspective needed)

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:08:53 GMT

So my players have discovered the Magic Item Compendium, which means I've had to discover the MIC as well.

There are several items built on a similar framework of "3 charges per day, 1 charge does X, two charges does 1.5X, three charges does 2x", where X might be healing hit points, or healing ability score damage, or adding energy damage to spells of the appropriate kind.

These items seem really...

How much would it cost to put Grave Strike 3/day on a weapon?

feeds@yuku.com (phindar) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:24:59 GMT

I've read through the DMG on this, but magical item creation is one area of the rules that eludes me. Grave Strike is a Cleric 1, Paladin 1 spell from CAd. It's a swift action to cast, and allows a sneak attack vs Undead for 1 round. I want to put a limited number of uses (3/day) on a +1 or +2 weapon.

Tinkering with the Alienist (3.5)

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:18:17 GMT

One of my players has the Alienist PrC. I actually looked at how the Pseudonatural Summoning ability works, and well, frankly, it blows.

For those not informed, the Alienst casts summon monster spells, but instead of the Fiendish or Celestial template, gets to apply the Pseudonatural template. The Pseu-template grants a 1/day, free action True Strike (versus the Fiendish/Celestial Smite), but otherwise follows the same progression for DR & energy resistances....

Magic weapon special abilities scaling with enhancment bonus

feeds@yuku.com (dok) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:12:19 GMT

I know there was a thread about this at some point, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. I've been thinking about the idea, and looking at some of the content in the DMG2, and I wanted to put this up for folks to kick around:

Magic Weapon Templates
Each of the listed templates represents a specific, special type of power that can be added to a magic weapon. The benefits granted are determined by the enhancement bonus of the weapon. The template...

Wall of Force and Invisibility

feeds@yuku.com (canggar) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:43:37 GMT

If a player tries to create a wall of force in a room, and the wall of force would cut right through a big monster (e.g., a huge dragon), but the player doesn't know it (e.g., because the monster is invisible), what happens?

Rope Trick and collapsing tunnels

feeds@yuku.com (Manofdusk) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:32:55 GMT

In the game I'm DMing, the party is currently in a volcano. Unfortunately for them, it is now erupting (or, more accurately, a powerful entity within is awakening and going to destroy the volcano in the process).

The players are hiding in a rope trick at the moment and, from the spell description, it does seem to be safe from the explosion that the awakening is going to create (a 10 mile radius Flesh to Salt spell). However, the volcano itself is going to collapse.

I...

Different Wild Magic Charts

feeds@yuku.com (Azrael) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:08:50 GMT

Ok I know that on page 150 of the 3.5 DMG there is a wild magic chart and I know there is one in a second edition book. But I was wondering if anyone out there in the community has a very detailed wild magic chart, to where each number on the percential die will give a different result. If anyone knows of something please feel free to send me a pm.

Thanks!!

anti-scrying items?

feeds@yuku.com (varianor) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:15:10 GMT

Spells, items, whatnot? What do you have, what do you recommend? WotC books only please. I know about the ones in Malhavoc Press books and those aren't allowed in the campaign. Thanks!

Force weapon pricing

feeds@yuku.com (Finniss) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:23:31 GMT

I'd like a sword made out of force energy. What modifier would you say that is worth?

I would think having a weapon made of force energy would mean it would deal force damage instead of normal damage. This should allow it to act on incorporeal and ethereal creatures and bypass damage reduction. I cannot think of any other side effects. Can you?

Demonic special materials?

feeds@yuku.com (Dan C Davis) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:22:13 GMT

Devils can make weapons out of baatorian green steel and yugoloths can make items out of gehennan morghuth-iron. Do demons have any special materials native to their plane? I can't find any in Fiendish Codex I or Book of Vile Darkness, and I'm not sure where else to look.

Idea. Using 4E Keywords on 3E spells

feeds@yuku.com (Manofdusk) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:02:55 GMT

I was reading a thread on a specific spell and people got to talking about the difference in 3E mechanics and 4E mechanics. It got me to thinking, why not simply reclassify the existing spells using the Keyword method?

Many spells are badly worded and the categories of magic became blurry. This could make for interesting effects.

Use the standary subtypes of spells (energy, alignment, and the illusion/mind affecting/fear/ect subtypes). In addition, make the schools into...

Wizards spell casting and Mage Slayer feat?

feeds@yuku.com (Kylearanon) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:00:34 GMT

Hi all,

I got some trouble with seeing through the working mechanism of a reduced caster level. Maybe somebody can clear it up.
Let´s assume I had a 7th level mage who takes the mage slayer feat. According to the feat this reduces his caster level by 4. So it´s a mage who already has 4th level spells on his spell list but his effective caster level is 3. Now would that mean, he can still cast spells from spell levels 3 and 4, albeit with reduced power? Like a fireball spell...

Weapon size change property?

feeds@yuku.com (Dan C Davis) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:29:25 GMT

I've got a huge-sized pit fiend that killed a large-sized PC and took his weapon. The pit fiend will eventually face the PC again, and he wants to use the PC's own weapon against him. But the size is wrong for him (unless he uses it one-handed, which I don't really want). Is there a feat, spell, or weapon enhancement out there that can make a weapon a size larger?

Magic-repellent Tower Shield

feeds@yuku.com (Pizza Lord) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:53:05 GMT

Decided to try and make the world a better place for the seven people that use tower shields.

Magic-repellent: This property can only be placed on a tower shield. Whenever this shield (not the wearer) is directly targeted by a spell or magical effect, the shield makes a caster level check (1d20 +5 vs. DC 11 + caster level) as though countering or dispelling. If successful, the effect is negated. The...

Gloves of the Mage Grappler

feeds@yuku.com (Pizza Lord) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:17:26 GMT

Gloves of the Mage Grappler
These heavy-leather gloves are a boon to those trying to tackle and hold on to opponents who can teleport or who might have freedom of movement or similar protections upon themselves. Up to 3 times per day, when the wearer succeeds on a touch attack to grab a target, the gloves activate an effect similar to antimagic field which covers...