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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5446417" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 220: August 1995part 6/8Bazaar of the Bizarre: A second article on elven-made magical items in the same year? Dear oh dear, they really are running out of original submissions. This kind of close repetition would never have got through under Roger's run. Arrows of Return come back a limited number of times. They get less effective each time. Really, who decided to make magical arrows limited use devices anyway? The Cloak of the Unicorn lets you get around the usual "virgins only" association policy, and also transform yourself into a unicorn as well. At last! Now that's an item I can really get behind. Faerie Stones have a whole bunch of minor powers. Infravision extension, telepathy, magic missiles. I fail to see the connection, but they're all pretty useful powers. People of any class would find these desirable. Elven Hounds are a rather unimaginatively named figurine. You call on them, they come to life. The usual deal, and not nearly as imaginative in abilities either as the set from issue 196. The Rod of Sylvan Prowess changes shape to become a whole bunch of weapons and utility devices. Much more useful than just a basic werebow <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Elven Blades reinforce the "elves are superior" meme by having the same stats as katanas. Superlame and unneeded, especially if you're already using the complete book of elves. Tents of Elvenkind apply the same concealing material used in their cloaks, and those for their horses. I suspect that this is applicable to nearly anything, including full-size buildings. Once again I yawn. Wands of Faerie Spheres have 7 powers, each based upon a different colour. All have rather unpleasant effects upon the person engulfed in them. Should be something to penetrate most resistances here if you choose wisely. So lots of cool stuff here, but another irritating reminder of people's elf fetish, and tendency to give them stuff better than other people. Tensions tensions. Sage advice: Can you cast spells through a peephole (no, you filthy pervert ) Can you raise a faerie dragon. (Why in the name of all that is serious would you do that! Only with resurrection.)I thought you couldn't cast walls of stone in the air to crush people, but Elminster did. I wanna do it too. How much damage does it do? ( YOU can't. Elminster can, because he's a genius gary-stu. Now stop hassling Skip. Skip answered this question years ago. )What's elven huntsmen's tracking penalty (only -3. It may not seem like much, but 15% is not to be sneezed at)The complete book of necromancers thinks wizards are 3 times as likely to become wild talents as everyone else ( Curse that incompetent freelancer! Skip hears he's been sneaking actual play reports from his own campaign into a generic splatbook and engaging in telling you about his characters without a licence as well. Fear not, skip is still The Sage! (oooh, ahh) Skip will hunt him down and put the pages in his mages and a broomstick between his legs most painfully.)  Why is detect life only printed once (because it's identical for both classes. We can't be bothered to write it twice. )Can gloves of missile snaring stop a magic missile (Nope. Aint nothin stoppin a magic missile short of a sphere of invulnerability dude. )Can a dustman protect others from undead by interposing themself. ( No. That's a definite act of hostility. But then, you've already broken into their home. Would you stand for that in their place?)Psionicists can't learn empower at level 10 because they don't get a slot. Do they have to wait another level (Yes. Oh woe. Surely you can wait that long. )Is a psionic item limited to using int based powers (no)How do psionic powers that involve transfer of stuff work for items (They transfer or drain the owner's stuff. Thankfully, they need consent to do this. ) How fast do psionic items regain PSP's (6 per hour) Does a ring of wizardry double all a specialist's spells ( No, only the general ones Multipliers go before additions, remember. )What does a druid see when looking at an illusory forest (Fakery! Flimflam! A risible attempt at deception! Mistletoe doesn't grow like that! The angles are all wrong. And look at those leaves. How could anyone believe in that for a second!)Which method do you use for a demihuman's method of surprise (recycled question. Best option, as ever)Can you teleport past an ottilukes resilient sphere (Sure. It's a higher level spell, so it has priority.)</blockquote>

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