Originally posted by Djeta Thernadier
As a woman, the very thought of giving birth to a +3 battle axe or something sort of makes me cringe, but whatever floats yer boat...
Avarice said:Interesting. I've been looking for new and disturbing ways to arm the fey hosts of my campaign world, (something to really press home their alien nature), and living bio-weapons would certainly fit the bill. Perhaps the fey scour the countryside, hunting for suitable hosts to use as magic item incubators? All sorts of unpleasant adventuring opportunities could arise from that...
Avarice said:I think my game's been getting a little too predictable lately, to be honest. The players may be starting to doubt my lack of sanity. Can't have that, can we?
Avarice said:Perhaps the fey scour the countryside, hunting for suitable hosts to use as magic item incubators? All sorts of unpleasant adventuring opportunities could arise from that...
I can hear it now. "Honey, did you milk the cow of cure light wounds yet?"DMH said:2) You have whole creatures that act like typical magical items. Cats that are wands, dogs that cast dig, hawks with vorpal claws, etc. This is how Goodman's rules work.
KaeYoss said:I would never use your described method for magic item creation. For one thing, the players would flatly refuse to use potions any more.
domino said:Polymorphing the pregnant person into, say a storm giant would make it a LOT easier to birth a suit of armor.
Heck, it would probably be required.
Bran Blackbyrd said:The strange thing is that just before I started reading this thread I had this idea... I was thinking that one of the barbarian-type cultures in my campaign world would have a tradition that every child has a weapon forged for them at birth and that the afterbirth is used in the forging process.
In what way? Hell, I don't know. But it sounds like powerful juju to me! And after reading this thread, my idea doesn't seem so strange.
This is what happens when magic, and stem cell research collide in a pseudo-medieval culture.
Hehe.
Bran Blackbyrd said:The strange thing is that just before I started reading this thread I had this idea... I was thinking that one of the barbarian-type cultures in my campaign world would have a tradition that every child has a weapon forged for them at birth and that the afterbirth is used in the forging process.