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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redbadge" data-source="post: 5598311" data-attributes="member: 61463">The system you described is a lot like the way my "4e" game is run.Also, though save-or-die is mostly absent, it can still be found. One of the WotC articles introduced an Arrow of Slaying consumable that is literally save-or-die. Some supported adventures have monsters that can do ridiculous, and unfair, things.And then there is this, which might be in the hands of the PCs:World-Rending Axe of TotalDevastationLevel 25+ RarePresaged in obscure prophecies and foretold byblind seers, this axe shatters along its handlewhen smashed into the ground, breaking apartthe very world from which it was made.Lvl 25 +5 625,000 gpLvl 30 +6 3,125,000 gpWeapon: AxeEnhancement: Attack and damage rollsCritical: +1d10 damage per plusProperty: You gain a +10 bonus toIntimidate checks.Power (Encounter): Standard Action.Plunge the world-rending axe of totaldevastation into the ground, sendingtremors rippling outward from where youstand. Destroy up to 10 squares of terrainyou can see. These squares do not have tobe contiguous.Power (Consumable): Standard Action.Hurl the axe into the ground. At the end ofyour next turn, the world you occupy, itsinhabitants, and the axe are utterlydestroyed. You and your allies areteleported to a random location in thenearest plane.This last item comes from <a href="http://slamdancr.com/wp/2011/05/fourthcore-armory-a-compendium-of-treasures-mythic-deadly/" target="_blank">Fourthcore Armory: A Compendium of Treasures Mythic & Deadly | Save Versus Death</a> a third-party site called "Fourthcore" whose motto is literally "save versus death."Some people previously said they liked some of the 4e items. If you like cool items of any kind, you should check out the (free) pdf in the link above. While these are intended for 4e, they could work well for any system with a little reworking.Some more of my favorites:The Sword That Shall Not BeDrawnLevel 2+ RareWhen the forces of creation measured whatwould and would not be, this weapon was thesignpost that read ‘you have gone too far.’ Yet itcould not be unmade, and so it has slumbered forall eternity. A symbol of the gods’ humility andthe wisdom of peace, whoever would defy itssacred history is surely damned by the heavens.Lvl 2 +1 520 gpLvl 7 +2 2,600 gpLvl 12 +3 13,000 gpLvl 17 +4 65,000 gpLvl 22 +5 325,000 gpLvl 27 +6 1,625,000 gpImplement (Holy Symbol)Enhancement: Attack and damage rollsCritical: The target cannot make attacksuntil the end of your next turnPower (At-Will): Minor Action. Draw thesword that shall not be drawn. Until the endof the encounter, you may use it as a +7longsword that deals an extra 1d8 radiantdamage per plus on a hit and an extra7d12 damage on a critical hit. At the endof the encounter, you and your allies areteleported before a council of celestialjusticiars to answer for your crime.Convincing them to spare your lives is acomplexity 5 skill challenge of your level(12 successes before 3 failures).RedeemerLevel 23+ RareCarved from a sprig of the world tree and boundin rings crafted by five different gods, thismighty quarterstaff has been passed downthrough the centuries to preserve existenceagainst the most ultimate of threats.Lvl 23 +5 425,000 gpLvl 28 +6 2,125,000 gpImplement (Rod, Staff, or Wand)Enhancement: Attack and damage rollsCritical: You or an ally within 10 squares ofyou may spend a healing surge or end oneeffect that a saving throw can end.Power (Encounter): Minor Action. End alleffects a save can end on each ally within10 squares.Power (Daily): Immediate Interrupt.Trigger: A world you occupy would bedestroyed. Effect: That world cannot bedestroyed for 24 hours.Celestial PocketwatchLevel 14 UncommonTwo dancing spirits – one radiant, one shadowy– swirl on the face of this gilded pocketwatch.When wound, the very planets themselves move.Wondrous Item 21,000 gpProperty: Gain resist 10 necrotic andradiant.Power (Daily): If it is day, it becomes night.If it is night, it becomes day.Ring of Arcane MemoryLevel 18 RareDozens of small gems line the outside of thissilver ring, each imbued with energy from adifferent school of magic.Item Slot: Ring 85,000 gpRequirement: You must draw energy fromthe Arcane power source. A creaturefrom any other power source thatwillingly puts on the ring of arcanememory is instantly killed and crumblesinto a pile of residuum equal to the onefifththe value of a magic item of thecreature’s level.Property: Gain a +5 bonus to Arcana checksmade as part of casting a ritual.Power (Healing Surge): Standard Action.Choose a ritual you have mastered withArcana as one of its key skills and acasting time of one hour or less. Youimmediately cast that ritual without spending itscomponent cost.</blockquote>

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