Greater-Greater Magic Items

[timm meyers]

The Unpierceable Shield or KeigumShide:
(This fabled armament was a gift from the Gods to Togo Liber the ancient hero to aid in vanquishing the Manticore Coven of Evigar.)

Tower Shield (-2DX to use) stops 3 hits.
This giant teardrop shaped shield shines with a lacquer of epicuticle creation secretion that makes the surface impenetrable.

Wielded like a normal shield except a 3/DX deflecting roll is made against any damaging attack to their front hexes during the turn.
If successful, the blow is deflected and causes no harm.
If failed, the shield is bypassed and provides no protection (not even the normal 3 hits for tower shield)

When the shield is used to block multiple blows/projectiles during a turn each strike beyond the 1st adds 1d6 to the DX roll. ex the 2nd strike is deflected on 4d6, 3rd on 5d6 and so on.

While the shield itself cannot be pierced the user can still suffer from the kinetic energy of heavy blows. Any 2handed weapon (except a spear) or strike from an enemy of 20+ ST will induce stun or knockdown results if the deflected hits were 5+ (-2DX next action) or 8+ (knockdown).

[JohnPaulB]

DewyaWare Yerjokalot:
Brief knickers used in violent sports to ensure the protection of the testes and penis. Any damage from a kick to the groin or similar situation is negated.

OK, so it's a lesser magic item.

[Shostak]

Originally Posted by JohnPaulB

DewyaWare Yerjokalot:

An extra 50XP to John Paul for referencing The Fugs.

[timm meyers]

Originally Posted by JohnPaulB

DewyaWare Yerjokalot:
Brief knickers used in violent sports to ensure the protection of the testes and penis. Any damage from a kick to the groin or similar situation is negated.

OK, so it's a lesser magic item.

Hey! no cross posting from the "Funny Character Names" thread in the general forum.....

[Bill_in_IN]

I had mentioned in another thread some time ago about magic items that are declared to be (arcane?) artifacts. Meaning that they have special magical qualities that may not normally found in the spells list or magic item table and could even be more powerful versions of the normal spells/items. These items, per the GM's call, could even be exempt from the Rule of 5. If any of these items had an IQ listed for it, the wielder would have to periodically role the difference of their IQ and the IQ of the item on either 2D6 or 3D6 as specified. If they lose the roll, the item takes some level of control.

We did that in our Classic TFT days. We had to come up with such stuff after 15+ years of playing it. Such things haven't been introduced in my game yet. More standard magic items still suffice.

[Steve Plambeck]

My group never saw any of the standard magic items; everything was simply made up by the GMs. Of course we started before Advanced Wizard or the first ITL ever came out. When the newer RAW included Lesser and Greater Magic Item creation we simply banned them from player characters, as well as several of the other "new" spells, lest they unbalance the world we had built. But we had magic swords, magic armor, magic scepters and other things turning up in our adventures as historical artifacts on a regular basis.

I love the revival of this thread because it awakens happy memories of playing Divine Right in those days. I should still have a copy but I can't find it! :(

[David Bofinger]

The Flying Yacht of Eldix Nin

The hull of the yacht is lightly built, 12 hexes long and 3 across. It floats in the air using a magical antigravity system derived from that of gargoyles but cannot rise more than a few hundred feet above the ground or carry more than about five tons of passengers and cargo.

It has two masts rigged with conventional sails, 45 degrees to port of vertical and 135 degrees starboard of straight up. Two other masts at 45 starboard and 135 port of straight up are rigged with magical sails which interact with the wind of another world. By making use of the difference in speed and direction of these two winds the yacht can typically travel 2 to 6 overland travel hexes an hour, depending on direction and strength of wind. During particularly stormy weather the yacht will need to land and enter a shelter.

Directing the boat requires Sky Sailing talent (IQ 10, cost 1), and to do so at competition standard requires Expert Sky Sailing (IQ 12, cost 2, prerequisite Sky Sailing). If the person in charge of the yacht doesn't have the talent then it will probably go somewhere but not where they intended.

The yacht has no weapons or defences, a fact Eldix Nin may have rued when gargoyles boarded his yacht in flight and killed him.

[timm meyers]

Glass Time Heart

This ancient relic has many origin stories and myths surrounding its creation. Some say it is a magical device from another world. Others say it is the celestial organ of a dead god. No matter the truth, the epic power contained in this item is immense.

A large irregular globe about the size of a basketball. The surface is like a translucent crystal showing a milky mist like interior infused with an ever changing kaleidoscope of lights.

The object requires 2 hands to hold and weighs a surprising 30lbs. Any player holding the Heart may invoke its power during their action phase with a 3/IQ roll.
If successful all time stops within the characters MH. The time stop may be extended for 1 ST per additional MH radius. This ST must come from the user and not from mana batteries or other storage devices.
Any and all things except the Heart and holder are stopped and frozen in the moment. The player may immediately take 1 full turn (5 seconds) conducting a movement phase followed by an action phase. Living creatures time frozen do not exert zones of control and due to their frozen state, any attack against them is at +6 DX modifier. Armor or defensive magic still protects (unless any aimed shots rules state otherwise).
This time freeze does not stop physical reaction to any interaction by the heart wielder. ie. water remains liquid but the river is stationary so a player could not walk on it but could swim without the effect of a current.
After the wielder finishes their free turn play will resume exactly when it was interrupted.
The heart if wielded as a weapon during the time stop does 2 handed club damage.
Any living creature not fully within the MH radius of the stop effect performs exactly as the weilder.

[Bill_in_IN]

Originally Posted by timm meyers

Glass Time Heart

This ancient relic has many origin stories and myths surrounding its creation. Some say it is a magical device from another world. Others say it is the celestial organ of a dead god. No matter the truth, the epic power contained in this item is immense.

A large irregular globe about the size of a basketball. The surface is like a translucent crystal showing a milky mist like interior infused with an ever changing kaleidoscope of lights.

The object requires 2 hands to hold and weighs a surprising 30lbs. Any player holding the Heart may invoke its power during their action phase with a 3/IQ roll.
If successful all time stops within the characters MH. The time stop may be extended for 1 ST per additional MH radius. This ST must come from the user and not from mana batteries or other storage devices.
Any and all things except the Heart and holder are stopped and frozen in the moment. The player may immediately take 1 full turn (5 seconds) conducting a movement phase followed by an action phase. Living creatures time frozen do not exert zones of control and due to their frozen state, any attack against them is at +6 DX modifier. Armor or defensive magic still protects (unless any aimed shots rules state otherwise).
This time freeze does not stop physical reaction to any interaction by the heart wielder. ie. water remains liquid but the river is stationary so a player could not walk on it but could swim without the effect of a current.
After the wielder finishes their free turn play will resume exactly when it was interrupted.
The heart if wielded as a weapon during the time stop does 2 handed club damage.
Any living creature not fully within the MH radius of the stop effect performs exactly as the weilder.

That's an interesting relic. It basically give the user a free turn to do what they want. Is there an initial ST cost? You mentioned the area extension of 1 ST per Megahex. Is there also a duration extension? Just asking.

However, the +6 DX modifier for the time frozen subjects could spawn it's own discussion. Is it needed? Certainly, it almost guarantees a hit for all but the lowest of DX which is OK with me. I would have to ask the question, is rolling DX to hit a stationary object required? I would say the answer is YES simply because of the possibility of rolling a 6 or less for crippling and multiple damage hits or the other extreme of automatic misses, dropping, or breaking a weapon.

I recently had to address this when I had a player that busted down a door. Did they even have to roll their DX? I forget what ITL says about it but I required the roll for the reasons that I stated above even if it is almost an automatic hit of a stationary object. Now, I have to check myself with ITL. LOL!

[timm meyers]

Originally Posted by Bill_in_IN

That's an interesting relic. It basically give the user a free turn to do what they want. Is there an initial ST cost? You mentioned the area extension of 1 ST per Megahex. Is there also a duration extension? Just asking.

However, the +6 DX modifier for the time frozen subjects could spawn it's own discussion. Is it needed? Certainly, it almost guarantees a hit for all but the lowest of DX which is OK with me. I would have to ask the question, is rolling DX to hit a stationary object required? I would say the answer is YES simply because of the possibility of rolling a 6 or less for crippling and multiple damage hits or the other extreme of automatic misses, dropping, or breaking a weapon.

I recently had to address this when I had a player that busted down a door. Did they even have to roll their DX? I forget what ITL says about it but I required the roll for the reasons that I stated above even if it is almost an automatic hit of a stationary object. Now, I have to check myself with ITL. LOL!

My main thought was one of balance because it has a potentially devastating effect.

1. Xtra duration could get pretty OP pretty fast, but certainly meshes with the general vibe of the item.
2. Being a 2hnd item means the user who stops time can either A- smack an enemy with it or B- drop it and if you had quick draw make an attack. (Of course, the players are going to do everything they can to try and get around such incumberances, like trying to make frontal baby carrier type harness etc.)
3. The DX bonus is for all the reasons you stated + without a to hit roll the effect becomes an insta-kill device. ie-auto head shot? or "I just slit their throat"? Neither of which is my idea of fun.