Looking for a magic item to improve Will saves

[Owen K.C. Stephens]

Off the top of my head, there are four things in offical WotC books that might help your party:


It’s expensive (+3 bonus), but the exalted special ability for armor gives you a permanent protection from evil. That would protect your fighter from any effort to possess him or exercise mental control over him (per the pro from evil spell description). (Book of Exalted Deeds).

Much cheaper is the Banner of Law, which puts protection from chaos on all allies in 1 30-ft. radius. (Again, no mental control on those protected). It’s noted that versions that cast pro from evil exist. However, it takes two hands to use, so you’d only want to whip it out after your fighter was charmed. (Heroes of Battle)

The very, very expensive cowl of warding provides a permanent mind blank (as well as freedom of movement and six levels of spell turning a day). (Magic of Faerun) It’s worth noting this item hasn’t been updated to 3.5 AFAICT.

And finally, the reasonably priced crystal mask of mindarmor grants the wearer a +4 insight bonus to all Will saves. (Expanded Psionics Handbook)

Owen K.C. Stephens
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[Pinotage]

Not an immediate solution, but the Paladin of Freedom variant in UA gains immunity to compulsions (Dominate Person is a compulsion) at 3rd level. He might want to multiclass.

Pinotage

 

[Khelvan]

Get him an Item with a Permanent Protection from Evil.
My Group had Saturday the same Problem.
Our Main Tank got Dominated by an Enemy was realy fun for me as DM for a short time until the Group Wizard took him out with a Feeblemind Spell since she got no better Idea what to do to neutralize him.

 

[TheGogmagog]

Get him an Item with a Permanent Protection from Evil.

Most games won't allow such an item, as the benefits would far outprice the third option of pricing by spell level.

The surefire way is Protection from Evil, or better yet the 3rd level version has 10 min per level duration.

Aside from that a cloak of resistance, is the next best thing.

 

[kenobi65]

Kenobi65 has an almost identical thread on this topic running here:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=160409

Yeah, the board was acting flaky last night, and the durn post went twice.

Thanks for the responses; I'm going to see if the moderators can merge these threads, or close this one.

 

[kenobi65]

Thanks for all the ideas, folks.

A few notes:

- It's a 3.5 game, so Owl's Wisdom won't be a great help.
- Tuttle is Lawful Good, and already committed to the Battleblade Scion PrC from The Game Mechanics' "Swords of our Fathers", so Holy Liberator or Paladin of Freedom aren't options (though those are interesting ideas...)
- None of us own the XPH, but I could always see if that psionic item is in the Psionic SRD.
- Actually, I'm the DM, so it's ultimately up to me to determine what's allowable.

A question, then, about Protection from Evil / Magic Circle Against Evil....will either of those spells, when cast, dispel (or temporarily suppress) an already-existing mind control effect? (Edit: Yes, it does. RTFM. )

 

[Cabral]

Owl's Wisdom would be of great help.

+4 wisdom = +2 wisdom modifier = +2 Will saves.

Protection from evil suppresses mind control for the duration ... It does not prevent or dispel it.

 

[Scion]

Owl's Wisdom would be of great help.

+4 wisdom = +2 wisdom modifier = +2 Will saves.

He is probably worried about the extremely short duration.. it isnt much good for long hauls

 

[Plane Sailing]

Yeah, the board was acting flaky last night, and the durn post went twice.

Thanks for the responses; I'm going to see if the moderators can merge these threads, or close this one.

Manic moderator manages magnificent merge

 

[GramercyRiff]

Don't know what levels you guys are on, but in Magic of Faerun, there is a Druid 5 spell called Owl's Insight that gives an enhancement bonus equal to half of the caster's level for one hour.

I'm thinking you're going to have to use Proterction from Evil/Magic Circle