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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6856775" data-attributes="member: 19675">Anybody here ever heard of a Jester's Bauble or Marotte?&nbsp; AKA &quot;that funny looking stick fools carry&quot;?&nbsp; Potentially solves a lot of issues, here.1) Historically, a jester could use a Marotte a lot like a ventriloquist would use a puppet.&nbsp; So that element of the concept is preserved in altered form.&nbsp; Playing off the suggestion upthread, perhaps the actual head is removable- carved by the Bard himself, perhaps- so he has a bag of little heads that resemble a wide variety of people.&nbsp; (Creepy enough?)2) As noted, old baubles have bells (or rattles or other noisemakers) attached, and modern ones have mechanical musical devices within them.&nbsp; Either option works in a FRPG as a musical instrument.&nbsp; Don't like that?&nbsp; Have the staff of the bauble be some kind of simple flute.&nbsp; Or make it a rain stick.&nbsp; Or a rhythm stick.&nbsp; (The rhythm stick idea would require a second stick- smaller or even of equal size- with which to strike or rasp.)3) The bauble is a stick, remember?&nbsp; Well, wooden sticks of a certain size are also called clubs (or batons, or nightsticks, or escrima sticks, etc.).&nbsp; Or they can conceal spikes or blades, either flick/spring/twist deployed or as disguised sheaths.&nbsp; And a metal bauble- <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=42952&amp;partId=1" target="_blank">and yes, they do exist</a>- could be constructed to be used as a mace, just like those some nobles would model on their scepters.&nbsp; Being whacked in the head by someone with a (weighted) wooden or all-metal bauble would really define &quot;getting clowned&quot;.&nbsp; Ditto being stabbed by the spike or blade that popped up through the bauble's head.&nbsp; Bonus points for style if you can get the thing enchanted to laugh or fart if you do enough damage to someone with it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; So there's your weapon covered.[ATTACH]75744[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6856775, member: 19675"] Anybody here ever heard of a Jester's Bauble or Marotte? AKA "that funny looking stick fools carry"? Potentially solves a lot of issues, here. 1) Historically, a jester could use a Marotte a lot like a ventriloquist would use a puppet. So [I]that[/I] element of the concept is preserved in altered form. Playing off the suggestion upthread, perhaps the actual head is removable- carved by the Bard himself, perhaps- so he has a [I]bag of little heads[/I] that resemble a wide variety of people. (Creepy enough?) 2) As noted, old baubles have bells (or rattles or other noisemakers) attached, and modern ones have mechanical musical devices within them. [I]Either[/I] option works in a FRPG as a musical instrument. Don't like that? Have the staff of the bauble be some kind of simple flute. Or make it a rain stick. Or a rhythm stick. (The rhythm stick idea would require a second stick- smaller or even of equal size- with which to strike or rasp.) 3) The bauble is a stick, remember? Well, wooden sticks of a certain size are also called clubs (or batons, or nightsticks, or escrima sticks, etc.). Or they can conceal spikes or blades, either flick/spring/twist deployed or as disguised sheaths. And a [I]metal[/I] bauble- [URL="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=42952&partId=1"]and yes, they do exist[/URL]- could be constructed to be used as a mace, just like those some nobles would model on their scepters. Being whacked in the head by someone with a (weighted) wooden or all-metal bauble would really define "getting clowned". Ditto being stabbed by the spike or blade that popped up through the bauble's head. Bonus points for style if you can get the thing enchanted to laugh or fart if you do enough damage to someone with it. ;) So there's your weapon covered. [ATTACH=CONFIG]75744._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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