Orcish Wand of Wonder (please read Olgar, Stormrunner, Chimera and CL)

[Rel]

Important Note

I was contacted recently by a publisher who is putting together a pdf for Katrina Relief. I offered to contribute my Orcish Wand of Wonder table as part of that pdf. But I don't want to do this without the blessing of those who gave ideas for this table. If you contributed your ideas to this thread, please indicate if you object to them being used in this way. Thanks.

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ENWorld, I once again call upon your powers of creativity to aid me in making my game great.

Last year I came up with a one-shot adventure to run for some friends and then to run at the NC Game Day. This adventure had a twist in that the PC's were all Orcs. Among them was the Orcish Wizard, Mugnutz the Blue. Mugnuts was "the Blue" thanks to a mishap with his prized possession, a Wand of Wonder (basically like the Rod but with charges). This item saw much use every time I ran this adventure.

Now it is time for the sequal to that adventure and I have decided that Mugnutz has used up all the charges in his previous Wand of Wonder and has fashioned a new one. But I would like for the new one to have effects that feel more "orcish". So I'd like to collect your ideas as to what sorts of weird and nasty kinds of things I could roll randomly for as Mugnutz whips out his wand when I run this sequal game at the upcoming NC Game Day V.

The only guideline I have for your ideas is that they should be somewhat similar in power level to the usual effects of the "off the rack" version of the Rod of Wonder in the DMG. In other words, "Chunks of rotting meat fall from the sky, precisely duplicating the effects of Meteor Swarm" would be a bit over the top. "A blast of caustic boogers shoots from the wand at the target doing damage as an Acid Arrow (Caster Level 5)" is right on target.

Let em' rip!

 

[Rel]

Morning bump

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

For true orcish fun, pick up Ork: The RPG by Green Ronin. More fun than a barrel of orcs!

How about:

*change skin color
* hair grows
*whiskers sprout from unusual parts of body
*body parts enlarge
*effect of bull's strength spell
*releases smell of rotting meat
*a mythic orc warrior appears and fights for one round
*trumpets sound an orcish battle cry
*a high-pitched voice screams "Bree yark!"
*an illusion of a human maiden appears, waiting to be despoiled
*effects of a reduce person spell
*There is a whispered prayer to Gruumsh, and the character loses an eye
*Enemies are transformed into orcs
*Allies are transformed into humans
*Allies all receive effects of a bull's strength spell, but suffer from a slow spell as well
*Allies all fly into a rage (per the barbarian class feature)

 

[Rel]

Excellent, Olgar! I'll definately be using some of those.

And I'll have to look into picking up Ork!

 

[Rel]

One more bump hoping that folks will be back from Labor Day with lots of ideas.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

A flaming pie shoots out of the wand, functioning in all respects as a Magic Missle of 5th caster level.

 

[Chimera]

*sigh* Answered this once and it got eaten.

* Wielder's clothing and armor replaced with an elven lace neglige'.
* Scorching Ray (as the spell).
* 30' stream of urine for one round.
* Wielder sucked into wand and shot like a ray to point of focus, where he reappears. Wand however, stays where it is and falls to the ground.
* A single Magic Missile.
* Ray of Enfeeblement.
* Target's bowels violently evacuate, target is nauseated (as condition).
* Sound Burst (as spell) centered on wielder.
* Balloon appears on end of wand, fully inflates and then bursts. No effect.

 

[Rel]

*sigh* Answered this once and it got eaten.

* Wielder's clothing and armor replaced with an elven lace neglige'.
* Scorching Ray (as the spell).
* 30' stream of urine for one round.
* Wielder sucked into wand and shot like a ray to point of focus, where he reappears. Wand however, stays where it is and falls to the ground.
* A single Magic Missile.
* Ray of Enfeeblement.
* Target's bowels violently evacuate, target is nauseated (as condition).
* Sound Burst (as spell) centered on wielder.
* Balloon appears on end of wand, fully inflates and then bursts. No effect.

These are awesome! Very much in the spirit and power level that I was looking for. I think that for:

* 30' stream of urine for one round.

I'll add an effect similar to the Geyser from the Decanter of Endless Water.

 

[Templetroll]

In other words, "Chunks of rotting meat fall from the sky, precisely duplicating the effects of Meteor Swarm" would be a bit over the top. ......Let em' rip!

dood of doods, please view this video.... It may not help with the design but it fits your phrasing perfectly.

http://www.perp.com/whale/video.html

on topic, for the wikkiestick of wonder, see my .sig and add: "Caster lays a platinum egg. It has a dent in it." Totally pointless but some orc might have a use for it.

 

[Stormrunner]

Target burps loudly and repeatedly for one full round - game-effect identical to the Hideous Laughter spell.

Wielder produces a thunderous "posterior breeze" - all within 30' radius must make Fort save (10+1/2 wielder's level+Con mod) or be deafened for 1d6 rounds. In addition, a stinking cloud effect (15'x15', centered on wielder's square) persists for 1d4 rounds. Wielder is not immune to either effect.

Target produces "posterior breeze", as above.

Swarm of buzzing horseflies pours forth and surrounds target. Target is distracted (DC 15 Concentration check to cast spells, -2 circumstance penalty on all attack and skill rolls) for duration of effect (2d4 rounds). (replaces stream of butterflies from original)

Grass in 40'x40' area before the rod withers and dies.

Bones, rotting meat, and offal spew forth in a 30' stream (same game effect as stream of gems from the original).