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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 216275" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>51. An immovable rod hung in midair also makes a handy fulcrum, for use with a board or pole.</p><p></p><p>52. With enough practice, you might even use an immovable rod as an off-hand weapon. It would be serviceable at deflecting weapon blows as-is (and would do damage as a club), but with a quick touch of a button it'll stop even the mightiest of hammer blows. (Imagine the look on the stone giant's face!)</p><p></p><p>53. Moving an immovable rod could be used as a "test of strength" similar to the one Odysseus' wife placed upon her suitors when everyone thought her husband was dead. In that case, the test was to string Odysseus' powerful bow, but moving an activated immovable rod could be used for the same purpose.</p><p></p><p>54. Here's an immobilizing trick for the daring: Sneak up to a sleeping creature that has a tail, slam an immovable rod onto the tail and activate it while pressing down with all of your might, then back away quickly. The creature should then be pinned in place, allowing you and your party to bypass it without harm. (Watch out for ranged attacks, though!) This works better against mammals (dire tigers, hell hounds) than it does against reptiles, who often have hard scales that prevent a really good tail-squishing. Also note that this isn't effective against intelligent creatures, like sphinxes, that can simply reach over and deactivate the immovable rod.</p><p></p><p>55. On a small boat, an immovable rod can be used as an above-water anchor.</p><p></p><p>56. With a long rope tied to an immovable rod and a flying familiar, homunculus, or similar ally (maybe a pixie or mephit) to activate it, you've got an improved grappling hook that can be placed directly on target without making a sound.</p><p></p><p>57. An immovable rod can be used to steady a crossbow or blowgun when accuracy is really paramount.</p><p></p><p>58. Unlike Heward's handy haversack, which sends required items to the top of the extradimensional space at will, anything placed in a portable hole falls to the bottom and retrieving it quickly isn't always easy. However, you can use an immovable rod to hang important items (like a magic sword) inside a portable hole, toward the top where they're easily accessible. Since a portable hole's interior is its own little mini-universe, the immovable rod remains in position with regards to the extradimensional space but doesn't prevent the hole from being moved around.</p><p></p><p>59. If you've just polymorphed an enemy into a slug or snail, placing the gastropod onto an immovable rod hovering in midair ensures that it can't crawl away while you're sleeping. (Where could it go?)</p><p></p><p>60. Balancing a shield on top of an immovable rod while in the desert during the daylight hours provides you with a bit of shade during rest breaks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 216275, member: 508"] 51. An immovable rod hung in midair also makes a handy fulcrum, for use with a board or pole. 52. With enough practice, you might even use an immovable rod as an off-hand weapon. It would be serviceable at deflecting weapon blows as-is (and would do damage as a club), but with a quick touch of a button it'll stop even the mightiest of hammer blows. (Imagine the look on the stone giant's face!) 53. Moving an immovable rod could be used as a "test of strength" similar to the one Odysseus' wife placed upon her suitors when everyone thought her husband was dead. In that case, the test was to string Odysseus' powerful bow, but moving an activated immovable rod could be used for the same purpose. 54. Here's an immobilizing trick for the daring: Sneak up to a sleeping creature that has a tail, slam an immovable rod onto the tail and activate it while pressing down with all of your might, then back away quickly. The creature should then be pinned in place, allowing you and your party to bypass it without harm. (Watch out for ranged attacks, though!) This works better against mammals (dire tigers, hell hounds) than it does against reptiles, who often have hard scales that prevent a really good tail-squishing. Also note that this isn't effective against intelligent creatures, like sphinxes, that can simply reach over and deactivate the immovable rod. 55. On a small boat, an immovable rod can be used as an above-water anchor. 56. With a long rope tied to an immovable rod and a flying familiar, homunculus, or similar ally (maybe a pixie or mephit) to activate it, you've got an improved grappling hook that can be placed directly on target without making a sound. 57. An immovable rod can be used to steady a crossbow or blowgun when accuracy is really paramount. 58. Unlike Heward's handy haversack, which sends required items to the top of the extradimensional space at will, anything placed in a portable hole falls to the bottom and retrieving it quickly isn't always easy. However, you can use an immovable rod to hang important items (like a magic sword) inside a portable hole, toward the top where they're easily accessible. Since a portable hole's interior is its own little mini-universe, the immovable rod remains in position with regards to the extradimensional space but doesn't prevent the hole from being moved around. 59. If you've just polymorphed an enemy into a slug or snail, placing the gastropod onto an immovable rod hovering in midair ensures that it can't crawl away while you're sleeping. (Where could it go?) 60. Balancing a shield on top of an immovable rod while in the desert during the daylight hours provides you with a bit of shade during rest breaks. [/QUOTE]
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