As I mentioned previously, I've been musing about aligned, intelligent magic items. Now this is more of a thought experiment that anything I'm planning on using in any of my regular games, but would be awesome for a Rientsian/Arduin/Encounter Critical gonzo one-shot!
And the more I think about intelligent, aligned magic potions the more I like the idea!
Anyways, here's two such items I randomly generated using the magic item & intelligent sword procedures from the Expert & Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules...
Basic/Expert Item:
Potion of Speed
Intelligence: 12
Powers: Read Magic, Detect Magic(1/round), Detect Metal(1/round), Detect Sloping Passages (1/round), Levitation (3/day)
Method of Communication: Speech
Languages: Lawful + 2 more
Alignment: Lawful
Advanced Item
A Potion of Extra-Healing was the first roll; although I dig intelligent potions, I'm going to re-roll until something else comes up. 3 more potions and a scroll come up before I hit:
Chain Mail +3
Intelligence: 12
Abilities: Detect precious metal, kind and amount, in 20' radius.
Communication: semi-empathy
Alignment: Neutral good
There's a lot of potential for humor here...intelligent armor that can detect gold and silver, but is good aligned and would not cotton with robbery, burglary and the like. It's too bad it can't talk, "Sorry Darth Conan, I refuse to detect precious metal an account of your unscrupulous behavior!"
I also dig the super-powered Potion of Speed...that's some serious booster-juice!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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Intelligent potions are brilliant! Reminds me of that emperor Fry accidentally drank in Futurama.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that episode, but these wacky, intelligent magic potions & items would well suit a gonzo Futurama-esque game!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm going to have to have an Emperor potion in my game...
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