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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 216297" data-attributes="member: 508">101.  And let's end with something really preposterous.  Imagine this, if you will:  Two gnomes have gotten hold of the amulet that controls a shield guardian.  They've adapted the construct by using sovereign glue to attach an immovable rod to the side of each foot.  Now, they each strap themselves onto one of the shield guardian's feet (using human-sized belts that encompass the construct's leg and the gnome's waist) and use it as a means of aerial locomotion.  Each gnome activates and deactivates his immovable rod in turn, so that the shield guardian walks ponderously through the air.  (The whole thing would probably look a lot fiercer without the gnomes' whoops of gleeful mirth.)  From their aerial platform, the gnomes can cast ranged spells, activate wands, and cause all kinds of mischief without too much fear of retaliation.- - - - - - - - - I was a little bummed initially when the article got rejected, but the editor was right: many of the 101 uses I came up with were slight variations of the same old things (putting stuff on an immovable rod, using an immovable rod as a locomotive device, gluing stuff to an immovable rod, etc.).  Still, maybe by posting my list somebody might get some benefit out of it.  Personally, the immovable rod is my absolute favorites of the new magic items that appeared in the 3E DMG (as anyone who read "Challenge of Champions IV" can attest).  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Johnathan</blockquote>

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