Looking for neat magical items for a bard

[domino]

I'm working up a bard type for my own amusement. And combat is NOT going to be his forte. Talking, bargaining, lying, performing, is.

So, I want to give him some magical items that fit the bill. Right now, the only two that I can really think about are the Hat of Disguise, maybe stacked with a circlet of persuasion, and a lyre of building. Can anyone else suggest similar, noncombat related stuff? So a horn of blasting wouldn't really work, for example.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I'm working up a bard type for my own amusement. And combat is NOT going to be his forte. Talking, bargaining, lying, performing, is.

So, I want to give him some magical items that fit the bill. Right now, the only two that I can really think about are the Hat of Disguise, maybe stacked with a circlet of persuasion, and a lyre of building. Can anyone else suggest similar, noncombat related stuff? So a horn of blasting wouldn't really work, for example.

Some of the bard instruments from Complete Arcane are pretty cool. Also, there's some crazy skill-based items in Complete Adventurer.

 

[smootrk]

A hand of the Mage is always nice for an entertainer.

 

[Rystil Arden]

A hand of the Mage is always nice for an entertainer.

Mage Hand at will is very fun, but I think a mummified elf hand around the neck is a bit icky for a social performing bard

 

[smootrk]

I don't know, you ever been to Las Vegas? I used to live there.... seen it all.

 

[domino]

Mage Hand at will is very fun, but I think a mummified elf hand around the neck is a bit icky for a social performing bard

That's just what I was thinking, myself.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I don't know, you ever been to Las Vegas? I used to live there.... seen it all.

Heh, I've been to Las Vegas. But Sigfried and Roy would have freaked me out if they worked with mummified body parts instead of big white tigers

 

[smootrk]

They freaked me out... with or without the tigers. Blue Man group.... now thats a weird set of bards.

 

[kenobi65]

Some of the bard instruments from Complete Arcane are pretty cool.

Yup, I like those. They're re-workings of the original "Instruments of the Bards" from 1E (though, 3E versions had also appeared in Magic of Faerun). Magic of Faerun also has a couple of other magical harps.

 

[domino]

Unfortunately, I don't actually OWN CA. So, "instruments from the book" doesn't do me much good, without at least a description.

Maybe I'll see about making a ring of cleanliness, but that would fall under House Rules, and isn't much subject for this thread.