Most original use of a magic item
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Caspian Moon Prince
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This isn't exactly a use of a magic item, but it was humerous.
A character in a campaign of mine several years ago had a figurine of wonderous power that was a bear(named Ursus I believe). Anyways, the character was fighting some drow and he called out the bear to help. It was attacking a powerful drow cleric who stabbed it with a dagger that had a sleep poison. The bear failed the saving throw(badly) and fell over. I decided to give a roll to determine which direction it fell and the bear fell right onto the drow cleric, pining her down for the rest of the encounter.
It may be one of those things where you had to be there, but when the fight was done, the character could hear the drow cursing as loudly as it could at the sleeping bear.
A character in a campaign of mine several years ago had a figurine of wonderous power that was a bear(named Ursus I believe). Anyways, the character was fighting some drow and he called out the bear to help. It was attacking a powerful drow cleric who stabbed it with a dagger that had a sleep poison. The bear failed the saving throw(badly) and fell over. I decided to give a roll to determine which direction it fell and the bear fell right onto the drow cleric, pining her down for the rest of the encounter.
It may be one of those things where you had to be there, but when the fight was done, the character could hear the drow cursing as loudly as it could at the sleeping bear.
Inventive Trap Use
Had some PCs fall prey to a Sleep-Gas Trap... Everyone survived, and when they found the next one, they disarmed it, and took the gas (in a large ceramic jar) with'em. Listening at doors, they later discovered a barracks full of Orcs waiting for them... Using the pitch from the end of a torch, they gooped-up the area around the keyhole, then quickly removed the lid (while holding their breath), and applied the ceramic jar to the pitched-up keyhole...
After a short time, the Orcs quit making noise. A few minutes later, the PCs entered the barracks.
Had some PCs fall prey to a Sleep-Gas Trap... Everyone survived, and when they found the next one, they disarmed it, and took the gas (in a large ceramic jar) with'em. Listening at doors, they later discovered a barracks full of Orcs waiting for them... Using the pitch from the end of a torch, they gooped-up the area around the keyhole, then quickly removed the lid (while holding their breath), and applied the ceramic jar to the pitched-up keyhole...
After a short time, the Orcs quit making noise. A few minutes later, the PCs entered the barracks.
A Wand You Won't Want!
I had a Mage who made a wand. Nice! Pretty gem on the end, and everything!
Problem is, he didn't see the point of building a weapon that someone could use against him, so he trapped it! If you weren't holding it by the gemmed end, then you were pointing the "barrel" towards yourself, and when it went off, you were the target!![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
I had a Mage who made a wand. Nice! Pretty gem on the end, and everything!
Problem is, he didn't see the point of building a weapon that someone could use against him, so he trapped it! If you weren't holding it by the gemmed end, then you were pointing the "barrel" towards yourself, and when it went off, you were the target!
Wombat
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My players were once in a real bind. They were facing a horde of undead being created by a powerful necromancer; essentially there were waves of skeletons between them and the creator. Due to a series of very bad rolls, the prime tank of the group went down; they pulled him back before he reached -10, but now the group was truly freaking out.
The sorceror in the group, in a combined moment of desperation and brilliance, fitted a Want of Magic Missiles into his crossbow (he had created it out of the same wood he used for his crossbow bolts). In a grand tense moment, he fired it at the necromancer.
As GM I gave it all sorts of negatives, but he the sorcerer rolled a 20. He followed it by another 20.
Given the circumstances, we allowed that it to break, blowing out all the charges at a single go.
**POOF**
Down went the necromancer, down went most of the skeletons.
And later they were able to heal the fighter as well, who still felt bad that the sorcerer did more damage than he did
The sorceror in the group, in a combined moment of desperation and brilliance, fitted a Want of Magic Missiles into his crossbow (he had created it out of the same wood he used for his crossbow bolts). In a grand tense moment, he fired it at the necromancer.
As GM I gave it all sorts of negatives, but he the sorcerer rolled a 20. He followed it by another 20.
Given the circumstances, we allowed that it to break, blowing out all the charges at a single go.
**POOF**
Down went the necromancer, down went most of the skeletons.
And later they were able to heal the fighter as well, who still felt bad that the sorcerer did more damage than he did
Savage Wombat
Hero
A player in my game had successfully recovered a key magical relic from one bad guy... only to be accosted by the other bad guys, who demanded the relic.
The PC in question was outnumbered, and from a previous run-in knew how unstoppable these guys were.
So, without warning, he whips the Bag of Holding off his belt, shoves the relic into it, and punctures the bag with his dagger.
*Poof* - relic gone. Villains go away unfulfilled.
The PC in question was outnumbered, and from a previous run-in knew how unstoppable these guys were.
So, without warning, he whips the Bag of Holding off his belt, shoves the relic into it, and punctures the bag with his dagger.
*Poof* - relic gone. Villains go away unfulfilled.
Paladin
Explorer
In a 2e campaign we were in an underground complex and looked inside a large room to see this thing at the far end (about 200' away). It was standing in a pile of bodies and dropped the leg it was chewing when it saw us, and charged the door. The DM told us we had one round to prepare before this 20' tall, 6-armed monstrosity (an aberration creature our DM made up) hit the doors. I shut the door and asked how tall the ceiling was here. The DM said, "Twenty feet, why?" *Insert evil smile here* I said, "I take something out of my belt pouch and sit on the ground about 10 feet outside the door," then I said, "Everyone stand about 20 feet back from the door and when this thing comes out just shake your weapons at it and scream." Everyone just stared for a second, including the DM, so I said, "Trust me."
Well, the BBEG bursts through the doors and steps over the object I laid down. The DM says, "What do you do?" The party did as they were instructed, as the creature stopped and stared at the apparently crazed adventurers. Then I said the command word for my Daern's Instant Fortress. It did 10d10 damage, crushing it against the 20' high ceiling. Not that it needed it after that, but I did it 4 more times for fun. Twenty foot tall creature vs. a 20' adamantine tower and solid bedrock. Ouch. The DM nearly cried. I suggested "Pancake Demon" as a name for the monster. He was not amused.
Well, the BBEG bursts through the doors and steps over the object I laid down. The DM says, "What do you do?" The party did as they were instructed, as the creature stopped and stared at the apparently crazed adventurers. Then I said the command word for my Daern's Instant Fortress. It did 10d10 damage, crushing it against the 20' high ceiling. Not that it needed it after that, but I did it 4 more times for fun. Twenty foot tall creature vs. a 20' adamantine tower and solid bedrock. Ouch. The DM nearly cried. I suggested "Pancake Demon" as a name for the monster. He was not amused.
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Paladin said:In a 2e campaign we were in an underground complex and looked inside a large room to see this thing at the far end (about 200' away). It was standing in a pile of bodies and dropped the leg it was chewing when it saw us, and charged the door. The DM told us we had one round to prepare before this 20' tall, 6-armed monstrosity (an aberration creature our DM made up) hit the doors. I shut the door and asked how tall the ceiling was here. The DM said, "Twenty feet, why?" *Insert evil smile here* I said, "I take something out of my belt pouch and sit on the ground about 10 feet outside the door," then I said, "Everyone stand about 20 feet back from the door and when this thing comes out just shake your weapons at it and scream." Everyone just stared for a second, including the DM, so I said, "Trust me."
Well, the BBEG bursts through the doors and steps over the object I laid down. The DM says, "What do you do?" The party did as they were instructed, as the creature stopped and stared at the apparently crazed adventurers. Then I said the command word for my Daern's Instant Fortress. It did 10d10 damage, crushing it against the 20' high ceiling. Not that it needed it after that, but I did it 4 more times for fun. Twenty foot tall creature vs. a 20' adamantine tower and solid bedrock. Ouch. The DM nearly cried. I suggested "Pancake Demon" as a name for the monster. He was not amused.
Now that is a work of art!
-Eraslin
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