Glove of Storing

[RuminDange]

From the SRD:Let's say a fighter has a single Glove of Storing and begins his round with a sword in his (gloved) hand, and an axe stored within the glove. Could he instantly call out the axe while at the same time simultaneously storing the sword?

Personally IMC I would have no problem actually allowing something like this happen, of course ignoring the stupid Sage Ruling of Move Action to switch an item from one hand to the other. Too much nerfing of a players/creatures action to me.
The glove offers the wearer the ability to store or unstore an item as a Free Action. So since you can do any number of free actions up to what is allowed by the DM, I would say it could be done. But I wouldn't say to try juggle both weapons in one hand. Wear the glove on the opposite hand. Recall, switch, Store. Done deal. Rinse and Repeat as needed.
Now if it was a Swift action I would say it wouldn't be possible.


YMMV,
RD

 

[LeifVignirsson]

I think the problem is that there is a mixing of "D&D" and "Real World" logistics. If it were a real world issue where I had to move my sword to my off hand to get an axe from anywhere, we are talking about a long, sharp pointed bit o' steel that is rather top heavy. In the real world, it takes SOME concentration to not drop the sword (of course, this is not considering how experienced the weilder is) or kill themselves if something were to go wrong.

If it were an issue of nothing was going on, fighter out in the field and he yawns in boredom; in order to break this boredom he whips out his axe from the Glove of Storing just to make sure it is there? Yeah, it is a free action.

In battle, even before hand? No, sorry... That requires a bit more concentration especially if we are talking about the difference between a skirmish (say 4 or more pcs against 4 or more monsters) vs. an all out war prep (massive battle). The mind is a strange thing and even under great stress the most simpliest things can become very tough to do, even for someone who has done it for 20 years.

As far as the Gloves go, I love them... but then they are more tailored for the rogue based PC's or someone who is more of a spy... In a battle hardened fighter who is all sweaty and greasy like Conan (not saying that anyone here is, just getting an analogy), I would think they would be worthless because it is something that wouldn't serve the fighter any good.

*Again, this all an opinion and I can hear my DM's voice berating me here and there for these statements... hope this helps*

 

[Gez]

I've a character with a kimono of storing (see OA, basically it's a vestment with two gloves of storing effects included, one in each sleeve) and a portable hole.

The left sleeve holds the portable hole (remember a G-o-S is not an extradimensional effect, contrarily to a bag of holding, so it's safe).

When my character needs to retrieve an item, he retrieves the hole with the left hand inside the sleeve, and with the right hand, forages to find the item. So it looks just like a stage magician pulling clothes and rabbits out of his sleeves, except in his case, it could be things like a ten-foot pole or ladder, a shovel, a portable ram, etc.

 

[Trainz]

And I take offense at your suggestion that because I didn't want to muddy the waters with specifics, I must have a "scheme" in mind.

If offense was perceived, I deeply apologize.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

If offense was perceived, I deeply apologize.

Thank you.

Perhaps I was being overly sensitive. I suppose I may have been reading the WotC Character Optimization boards too much recently. They're a great place for learning obscure rules, but when I think "scheme," I think the sorts of crazy, broken things I read over there. Nar Demonbinder1/Ur-Priest1/Warmage1/etc./etc. dual-wielding shields and such.

 

[Lamoni]

I know that the cost of two gloves of storing is too high. The price of one glove of storing and a feat is also most likely too high, but if you take the quick draw feat I see no reason why anyone would not let you store the lance, then quick draw the axe.

Well, I guess it depends on what actions have been switched to swift actions. I like the idea of swift actions, but it can get difficult sometimes to determine whether some actions that used to be free should become swift or if you should still allow more than one of them in a round. I need to re-read that entry from Complete Arcane.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

I know that the cost of two gloves of storing is too high. The price of one glove of storing and a feat is also most likely too high, but if you take the quick draw feat I see no reason why anyone would not let you store the lance, then quick draw the axe.

Yeah, either of those options is definitely too expensive for this character. If I were playing a fighter, I might not balk at spending a feat on it, but as it is I'll just have to deal with it.

 

[brehobit]

Yeah, either of those options is definitely too expensive for this character. If I were playing a fighter, I might not balk at spending a feat on it, but as it is I'll just have to deal with it.

Don't know if the lance is high $$$ or not, but why not just drop the lance (free action) and go with the sword from the glove? If you aren't using a magic lance, it should work. If you are, well, think about using a non-magic one