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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2518736" data-attributes="member: 3146">So far, only one person has posted the most serious answer in D&D: a magic item slot.More importantly, it's the kind of magic item slot that it is. In D&D 3.x, there are a few kinds of magic cloaks and capes. In order of frequency (in games I've played or DMed), they are as follows:Cloak of resistanceCloak of CharismaCape of the MontebankCloak of the arachnidaCape of Elemental Protection (Mini HB)Now, you might take off your cape of the montebank or cloak of the arachnida when you go inside the pub for a drink. After all, the odds that you'll want to dimension door away or walk through a web spell are pretty slim. However, the cloak of resistance is the kind of thing you wear all the time. Who knows when your enemy might scry on you or someone in the shadows might be detecting thoughts? And, if that weren't enough, simply wearing a cloak of resistance makes you noticably less likely to catch any kind of disease. Cold, flu, indigestion--a magic cloak protects against them all; wouldn't you wear it?A cloak of charisma would simply be addicting. If you had a black leather trenchcoat of charisma +6 that transformed you from a pimply faced geek into a cool, dark and menacing man of intrigue, wouldn't you wear it outside GenCon in August? (I submit that at least one person thinks he has such a trenchcoat and actually demonstrates that he does wear it in August). And if it also increased your confidence and presence and actually made people like you more as well, were you trolling a bar or going to a social event, wouldn't you be more likely to wear it rather than less? You might take the cloak of charisma off to sleap, but I would imagine people would wear them even in the most intimate of situations. (Suddenly being less charismatic when you strip has effects....)The cape of elemental protection is like the cloak of resistance but even more dramatically--it has to be worn for 24 hours prior to functioning. So, if you ever take it off, you have to not only be sure that you won't need it immediately, but also that you won't need it less than 24 hours after you put it on again.So, there you go. D&D magic cloaks are generally the kind of thing you'd wear all the time. It's not just a magic item slot; it's a magic item that you'd usually want to wear.</blockquote>

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