How do you use Quaal's Feather Token?

[shurai]

Conaill-

Are you in the Boston area? I live in Waltham. Hail to the Bostonians! Do you game at home or is there a store you like? Danger Planet in Waltham is my favorite store in the whole Boston area.

-S

 

[trimeulose]

Throw a feather anchor at someones chest.

 

[Conaill]

Throw a feather anchor at someones chest.

See, that one I don't think will work. If it's activated at will, you still need to hold it and spend a standard action to do so. Round 1: you activate the token and get a big friggin anchor. Round 2: you try to throw the big friggin anchor...

That's one of the reasons I asked about how to activate them. If it were command word activated, you could conceivably throw it and then say the command word. Or attach it to the tip of an arrow, shoot someone and then say the command word. (See the "Shrunk Alchemist's Fire on an arrow" thread).

 

[Xarlen]

I don't think it's an Anchor. I think it's a magical force that 'Stops' the ship from moving, ergo giving the effect of an anchor.

 

[Larcen]

See, that one I don't think will work. If it's activated at will, you still need to hold it and spend a standard action to do so. Round 1: you activate the token and get a big friggin anchor. Round 2: you try to throw the big friggin anchor...

That's one of the reasons I asked about how to activate them. If it were command word activated, you could conceivably throw it and then say the command word. Or attach it to the tip of an arrow, shoot someone and then say the command word. (See the "Shrunk Alchemist's Fire on an arrow" thread).

..or even if it WAS still in feather form when you threw it, ever try to throw a feather? Right. I goes NOWHERE. It will drift gently down to your feet. Hopefully, it won't then turn into an anchor THERE.

 

[Conaill]

I don't think it's an Anchor. I think it's a magical force that 'Stops' the ship from moving, ergo giving the effect of an anchor.

So back to my previous question: What if I send my bird familiar over to an enemy ship that's persuing us and have him activate the token there... Are our persuers hopelessly stuck until someone casts Dispel Magic?

Perhaps more importantly: how would you feel if the bad guys played this trick on you?

Considering the other tokens actually transform into an object, I think it's most logical to assume this one does too.

[Oh, and Larcen: just tie the token to a rock, and then throw the rock+token.]

 

[Larcen]

...[Oh, and Larcen: just tie the token to a rock, and then throw the rock+token.]

Well, you didn't SAY that....

 

[Dylan TheDisciple]

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Quaal's_feather_token