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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5819122" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 265: November 1999part 6/7Bazaar of the Bizarre: Another bit of so-called savagery here, rather more optimistic about the capability of shamans and the like to make magical items than it's counterpart in issue 189. They may not be as scientific about it, but they certainly don't hesitate to assign special properties to things. Some of them might even work. Cha'chal Blowguns automatically add poison to darts, removing the danger of handling and loading nasty sticky icky substances. One of those definite convenience enhancers. Bones of Foretelling are not so convenient, being your basic cryptic vision provider. Yawn. We don't need those when we have more specific divinations.  The Censer of Guardians summons spirit animals to kick butt for you. Make sure it doesn't go out, for as usual, that removes the assistance from your party. Wailing Chimes are another guardian device that make an awful racket if anyone not keyed to them approaches. Meh. Even the most primitive of people have basic recognition skills. Spirit Cloaks give you animal based powers. Another very blah overused idea. The Council of Skulls, on the other hand, is pretty awesome, and gives a concrete benefit to having a load of ominous skulls on posts through your territory. They're watching you, and the shaman can consult them from the central circle. Like any security camera, smash them if you want to go dark. Rending Daggers have limited charges, which is unusual for weapons. Guess 16th level spellcasters are in short supply, so fitting them with a ton of animal teeth and using the sympathetic boost is another decent cost cutting method. Tribal Drums grant benefits to your side and penalise the other as long as they're being played. I'm sure I've seen this in the magazine before. Gourds of Concealment are the savage equivalent of the ninja flash bomb. Throw them to the ground and they let out a brief cloud of gas so you can escape. More tedious reskinning. Bear Gauntlets let you use claw attacks. Seen this before too. Is this going to make the record of most rehashed items in a single article? The Headdress of Sight is a near direct rip of eyes of the eagle. I really am running out of patience with this one. Horns of Wolf Summoning also do exactly what they say on the tin in ripped off legalese. Masks of Fear, Necklaces of animal communication, and Powder of Eternal Slumber are all also so tedious and predictable I can't even be bothered to give them their own entries. You really really aren't missing anything. Oil of Marking is used to make hard to erase territorial pissings. If you get it on you it's a right bitch to get off. Have fun messing up your opponents hair and watching them rage. Curse Rattles are another one that steals from movie portrayals liberally. Unga walla boggie balla. Yawn. Warding Skulls use the more subtle form of keeping people from coming in, that of making them believe they're going straight when actually they're going round. This obviously makes them less likely to try and see it as a challenge to penetrate just because and come back. PC Portraits: This column is always easy to fit into the theme. It's savage hero time. Which means animal hybrids, scantily clad people of all ethnic groups, bad teeth, and interesting headgear. Political correctness? Nah, we'd much rather look cool while facing the many challenges of the unpacified wilderness. And what kind of adventurers would we be if we can't get away with wearing way more or less than the cultural norm? Barely worth the name. Shop keep unites people the best way. In hate of others! Woo <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

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