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<blockquote data-quote="Amaroq" data-source="post: 5106154" data-attributes="member: 15470"><p>Right - this is certainly an area that requires some thought.</p><p></p><p>Is the Shield of Silver Light an item which you want to imbue with some sort of divine power-against-darkness and a history which perhaps indicates that it is a Shield of Legend .. or is it just a cool little light-from-my-shield-so-I-don't-have-to-carry-a-torch utility item?</p><p></p><p>If the former, maybe it retains the torch-in-the-form-of-a-shield power as an At-Will .. but hints at having additional powers by granting this power during this encounter only ... or you could consider making "beats darkness auras" an explicit Daily power of your Shield of Silver Light, which is now well on its way to being a unique, non-RAW item that your players will love ... </p><p></p><p>.. in that case, you'll probably want to limit it a little bit, or you'll need to remember that Darkness powers are going to be nerfed against your group when building encounters. Of course, you'll need to build plenty of encounters with darkness so that the players get the bang for their buck.. just remember to buff the encounter with maybe one extra creature or something.</p><p></p><p>If its just a utility-item in your mind, I'd almost say don't do anything special for it, beyond maybe the "adjacent is bright" rule, and leave that an encounter rule: maybe specified in the Darkness Aura rather than in the shield?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amaroq, post: 5106154, member: 15470"] Right - this is certainly an area that requires some thought. Is the Shield of Silver Light an item which you want to imbue with some sort of divine power-against-darkness and a history which perhaps indicates that it is a Shield of Legend .. or is it just a cool little light-from-my-shield-so-I-don't-have-to-carry-a-torch utility item? If the former, maybe it retains the torch-in-the-form-of-a-shield power as an At-Will .. but hints at having additional powers by granting this power during this encounter only ... or you could consider making "beats darkness auras" an explicit Daily power of your Shield of Silver Light, which is now well on its way to being a unique, non-RAW item that your players will love ... .. in that case, you'll probably want to limit it a little bit, or you'll need to remember that Darkness powers are going to be nerfed against your group when building encounters. Of course, you'll need to build plenty of encounters with darkness so that the players get the bang for their buck.. just remember to buff the encounter with maybe one extra creature or something. If its just a utility-item in your mind, I'd almost say don't do anything special for it, beyond maybe the "adjacent is bright" rule, and leave that an encounter rule: maybe specified in the Darkness Aura rather than in the shield? [/QUOTE]
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