Ioun Stone question

[Machiavelli]

Ioun suppository, anyone?

 

[werk]

Ioun suppository, anyone?

No, thank you.

What happens when you try and stick yuor ioun stone encased head through a tight space?

I think somewhere they were described as orbiting your head, so imagine that you head is the sun, with all the planets orbiting around it.
Now shove the sun through a window.
What happens?
There's your answer.

 

[frankthedm]

Yeah, internal usage of ioun stones is just... odd. And not for my game. But hey, I'm all for alternative adventuring lifestyles.

I was 'inspired" by the KotD comic with the "emergency use" ring of invisibility. To me it was little worse than finding gem based treasure in the den of a large carnivore, one has to know where it had to have been. In fact, enchanted gizard stones for reptilian humaniods sound like a good idea.

But, yes, it is in bad taste, though perhaps humans are just too squeamish. It is so easy to say "i take 20 searching the bodies", but what does that really mean. Just what rangers do with that huge bonus to track is another off scene thing. Your character can know what your quarry has been eating, but do you really want to?

alternative adventuring lifestyles? Adventuring is more or less a no nonsense occupation ill suited for many types of folks. A willingness to treat one's body as a living machine is a definite plus. Any emotional baggage will likely get one killed, including an excess of anger. Hedonism is for when one cashes in their GP back in the city.

 

[mvincent]

Traditionally, you could have as many stones in use as you could acquire. The SRD is silent on the issue, one way or the other.

It actually does. The "Estimating Magic Item Gold Piece Values" table contains a row that says:
Special: No space limitation
Base Price Adjustment: Multiply entire cost by 2
Example: Ioun stone

 

[guardianfallenangel]

at one time i had a player that wanted to buy a bunch of dull grey ioun stones and use them as a deflection bonus to his ac.... while this might work, i wouldn't allow it.

 

[werk]

at one time i had a player that wanted to buy a bunch of dull grey ioun stones and use them as a deflection bonus to his ac.... while this might work, i wouldn't allow it.

While it may deflect gnats or mosquitos (infinitely useful at times), I don't think it would help his AC any more than wearing fish-net stockings under his plate mail would 'provide another layer of protection' and increase his armor class.


players... <shakeshead>

 

[Solarious]

players... <shakeshead>

Errr... can't play DnD without them?

 

[Piratecat]

While it may deflect gnats or mosquitos (infinitely useful at times), I don't think it would help his AC any more than wearing fish-net stockings under his plate mail would 'provide another layer of protection' and increase his armor class.

Protective and sexy!

 

[IamTheTest]

While it may deflect gnats or mosquitos (infinitely useful at times), I don't think it would help his AC any more than wearing fish-net stockings under his plate mail would 'provide another layer of protection' and increase his armor class.


players... <shakeshead>

Just because Steelshed Killgarth lvl 20 fighter wears +5 fullplate and likes to toast the blood of his enemies doesnt mean he doesnt like to feel pretty too.

 

[mcgeedis]

How hard is it to "disarm" an Ioun Stone via an unarmed grab attempt? Shouldn't you get more than a +4 in an attempt to grab a stone? It is just floating above their head. It's not even loosely attached to the opponent.


Or even a slight of hand attempt. Standing behind someone and snatching a floting stone out of the air seems to be rather easy if not being observed. And is the owner of the stone going to know if it's missing?