05-04-2022, 04:52 AM | #151 |
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Trondheim, Norway
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Re: [Thaumatology] Magic Item Design Game
The Hookah of Infinite Wisdom is a waterpipe made of gold and glass. To fuel it, you need tobacco mixed with powdered diamonds. The smoke produced gives vivid hallucinations. During the hour while the effect lasts, the inhaler gains Quick Gadgeteer, Intuition and Versatile. Once the effect wears off, it is replaced by a literally blinding headache for 8 hours (1 point of damage, Terrible Pain and Blindness). The hangover effect can be postponed by inhaling another dose from the Hookah, but each time this is done, the eventual damage is doubled. E.g. if a user takes four doses in a row, they will take 8 points of damage (1, doubled 3 times) once the hangover kicks in.
Next: The Citrus-Scented Letters
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05-05-2022, 10:21 AM | #152 |
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Snoopy's basement
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Re: [Thaumatology] Magic Item Design Game
The Citrus-scented Letters were originally missives sent by the landless mage-prince Devraklin to woo the Widowed Empress (Healdra IV). It was said she was cursed, having buried seven husbands by the time she was 30 years old. Devralkin set himself the objective to become her 8th spouse, having calculated that the curse must have been discharged.
His courtship was more successful than his prognostication, as he died less that two years after their wedding. The Letters still exist, however, and still retain a distinct scent of citrus. Anyone who reads the Letters is afflicted by a mild case of Lecherousness (resist on 15 or less) focussed particularly on desire for a partner of lesser social status. During consummation of this impulse the person afflicted will also have +4 on Sex Appeal and Erotic Arts. Once consummated, all afflictions from the letters end and the subject will be immune to any further exposure to the Letters. Next: Turner's Pike |
05-06-2022, 09:38 PM | #153 |
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: [Thaumatology] Magic Item Design Game
Invented by an unscrupulous official or clever bandit, depending on who one asks, a Turner's Pike is a long pole on a swivel, painted red and white, which makes any road into a toll road. When one is laid across a road or path of any sort, any traveler on the road who sees it is compelled to pay a fee determined by the user or turn back. Clergy of any sort are exempt from the toll, and travelers who aren't on the road when they first see the Pike are unaffectesd.
Next: The Henway |
05-06-2022, 09:53 PM | #154 |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Re: [Thaumatology] Magic Item Design Game
The Henway is a magical path that one must be led down by a female chicken. The actual item associated with this appears to be a bag of feed for chickens. You select your hen and throw the feed int the direction you wish to go. Travel on the path is magically quick and users will normally reach their intended destination by the time the chicken is full.
Exactly what hapens if you attempt this with a rooster is not recorded but most sages agree that it is very bad. Also, the user will be cursed if they eat the chicken at the end of the trip. The chicken can be sold to someone else but the former owner should get out of sight befoe the chicken is slaughtered. Next: The Knot of Watt.
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