Anything But Normal, Sailing the Endless Falls... Characters Selected!

[Rystil Arden]

I need better item books

I only had the DMG (well, I had others, but most of them had items that were either too expensive (Sotrmwrack) or else priced for 3.0 (Arms and Equipment Guide), so I just used my imagination to pretend that the items were cooler than they actually were (also, I gave them all a bit of backstory, so if Nissa is chosen, you'll know why she loves her cloak so much and why she always pales a bit when she feels her circlet on her head, yet keeps wearing it regardless)

 

[Bront]

I did for a few of them, at least in naming and describing them. I figured they had histories of some kind.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I did for a few of them, at least in naming and describing them. I figured they had histories of some kind.

Cool. I actually threw a few plot hooks into the items, like thie circlet:

[SBLOCK=Circlet Info]Circlet of Understanding—Perhaps both the most hated and most dangerous piece of Ianissa's apparel, this circlet of pure solid platinum is etched with symbols representing the flow of time unto eternity. After convincing Nissa that she was worthless, terrible, and stupid, Ananke bestowed this circlet upon her charge, an item that undeniably made the little nereid even smarter and played a key role in learning her two divination spells. Despite Proteus's continual protestations against it, even today Nissa feels inadequate and stupid while not wearing the circlet, and she refuses to part with it despite the awful memories. After careful magical analysis, Proteus was able to determine that there is not a secret malefic enchantment on the circlet to let Ananke control Nissa or something worse, but he still covered the thing in wards immediately to prevent Ananke from using it as a focus for her divinations. Only time will tell if Proteus was successful, or if he was outmatched by the mistress of inevitability. The circlet grants Nissa a +2 bonus to Intelligence. 4000 gold value.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Bront]

Wow, nice discount (You're missing a 0)

 

[Rystil Arden]

Wow, nice discount (You're missing a 0)

Oops, I did pay full for it No discount for cruel time elemental teachers

 

[Erekose13]

I did my best to stay completely non core, but there were a few things that made it difficult - combat casting is a freebie from Duskblade and shocking grasp is the only touch range spell at 1st level on their list and they need a touch range spell for their abilities to work. I guess I could try to find a different one and see if Isida would let me replace it.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I did my best to stay completely non core, but there were a few things that made it difficult - combat casting is a freebie from Duskblade and shocking grasp is the only touch range spell at 1st level on their list and they need a touch range spell for their abilities to work. I guess I could try to find a different one and see if Isida would let me replace it.

You probably don't have to worry--I looked through feats and items (where they were selected), and it looks like most people took a decent amount from core. I'm impressed you managed to buy items without the DMG. I couldn't find anything in the right price range (except in A&EG, but that is priced for 3.0)

 

[Erekose13]

With Malhavoc stuff in the mix its pretty easy to find cheaper equipment. The 1/2 bonus stuff from BoEM3 was fun as I've never played with them before. The wings I have to admit I stole that idea from another poster over on the WotC boards, but as soon as I read that Vaukriel's background and personality fell into place.

 

[Rystil Arden]

With Malhavoc stuff in the mix its pretty easy to find cheaper equipment. The 1/2 bonus stuff from BoEM3 was fun as I've never played with them before. The wings I have to admit I stole that idea from another poster over on the WotC boards, but as soon as I read that Vaukriel's background and personality fell into place.

Ah, the BoEMs I forgot about that. My little brother has the CBoEM between us, so I wouldn't have had access to that anyways.

 

[Erekose13]

I've got that, plus a complete catalog of Malhavoc pdfs (and a number of other hardcovers from them too). I'm something of a Monte fan boy.