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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMH" data-source="post: 2011874" data-attributes="member: 24945">Arms & Armor v3.5 is an update and expansion of one of Bastion's earliest books. Unlike the older version, A&A 3.5 has much more than weapons, armor and magical qualities. There are rules for artifacts at various power levels, armor as damage resistance, possessed items by ousiders, intelligent weapons, shield parries and cursed items as well as new golems and other constructs, Scion PrCs, magical masks and new materials. I have the pdf, not the print book.The main chapters, 1, 2, 4 and 5, are the listings of weapons, armor and qualities for both. There are enough weapons and armor of all types to customize almost any culture a DM has in mind. Many of the weapons are Asian in theme but that doesn't mean they couldn't be adopted by orc or goblin tribes. One of the things I was looking for was non-lethal weapons and I found a few. The bola, sandsling and stun stones allow slingers to blind and batter opponents into submission; blowgun needles can be covered in paralytic poisons; and nets can be used to immoblize targets. Among the armors there are several that are organic in origin such as oak wood, leaves, webbing, bark (yes, bark), bone and the hides of animals and monsters. All could be used for cultures without metal working. There are very heavy armors such as beetle plate and dwarven plate for those who want the best (and most expensive) non-magical protection. There are even a couple that provide no protection at all and are meant to be enchanted.The magical qualities of the weapons cover almost any circumstance the DM desires. Spawning creates zombies out of those slain by the weapon, Mire causes the target to stick to the ground, Rending doesn't do any damage to the flesh, but rather to the armor, Balm gives fast healing and a bonus to saves versus disease for its weilder, and Dread is a double strength Bane that can disentegrate on a critial hit. For those who like weapons that use the different types of energy, there are several burst and blast qualities that increase both base and critical damage. There are epic level qualities among the seletcion (such as Dread). As for the armor qualities, they range from those that heal their wearer to providing almost immunity to projectiles. A couple of the more interesting qualities are Firm Faith weapons and armor which are ghostly objects that only divine casters can use and only exist for them, to others it is as if the object is made of air and Phoenix which burns up and brings its wearer back to life.Before I seriously start to ramble, here are the pros and cons:Pros- enough weapons and armor for just about anyone, interesting magical qualities, rules for cursed items, armor as DR (something I use), intelligent weapons and new materialsCons- the art, the quotes found spread about that take up too much space (but not a lot of space), and the chart on page 62 which is not complete by far (I think it was pasted from the old book).Now you are asking why with those cons, am I giving it a 5. Other than the chart, the quality of art doesn't mean much to me as long as the book is useful. And, if the rating system gave tenths, I would give it a 4.7.</blockquote>

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