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Post by Q Man on Jul 20, 2018 16:09:32 GMT -5
What happens when a magical item breaks or fails? What happens to the magical energy stored, how hard are they to break? Is it somewhere between breaking the Staff of Power or the Staff of the Magi and nothing or is it something else entirely that happens.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Jul 20, 2018 16:50:28 GMT -5
My old Rolemaster Ref had them become unstable & eventually break causing an explosion if those caught in its blast & survived they got a magical mutation. The same occurred if you killed a Dragon & were soaked in its blood as it died, you then got a Dragon's gift (mutation) and other Dragons could sense a Drake Killer by the mystical taint. I am tempted to incorporate both into my future face-to-face campaigns.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 17:49:20 GMT -5
What happens when a magical item breaks or fails? What happens to the magical energy stored, how hard are they to break? Is it somewhere between breaking the Staff of Power or the Staff of the Magi and nothing or is it something else entirely that happens.
IMC with the exception of final strikes from those two staves, magic items broken simply lose their charge and become inert. Of course, there are always exceptions.
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Post by Q Man on Jul 21, 2018 10:31:19 GMT -5
I have thought about letting the maker of magical staves, rods and wands optionally building final strike capability into them. I have also thought about allowing line of sight remote detonation of a final strike by command word.
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Post by El Borak on Jul 21, 2018 18:01:06 GMT -5
I have thought about letting the maker of magical staves, rods and wands optionally building final strike capability into them. I have also thought about allowing line of sight remote detonation of a final strike by command word. Trojan horse tactic. |
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Post by True Black Raven on Jul 21, 2018 22:55:54 GMT -5
I could see making it cause a minimum of 2d6 under those circumstances.
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Post by ripx187 on Jul 22, 2018 13:02:55 GMT -5
IMC Magic items don't break without a reason. They get lost, stolen, or leave the person who they no longer agree with or to go with someone who needs them more, but they don't break. If one does break, such as Anduril in LOTR, it was a spiritual blow to the entire bloodline. Anduril represented the True King, and was treated with reverence. To break an item which defines a character is to spiritually kill that character.
A powerful enemy can break an item, but when this happens it means something. I say we go on a quest to fix it!
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Post by Q Man on Jul 25, 2018 18:29:57 GMT -5
I have thought about letting the maker of magical staves, rods and wands optionally building final strike capability into them. I have also thought about allowing line of sight remote detonation of a final strike by command word. Trojan horse tactic. Heh, yeah! |
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Post by Q Man on Jul 25, 2018 18:30:53 GMT -5
IMC Magic items don't break without a reason. They get lost, stolen, or leave the person who they no longer agree with or to go with someone who needs them more, but they don't break. If one does break, such as Anduril in LOTR, it was a spiritual blow to the entire bloodline. Anduril represented the True King, and was treated with reverence. To break an item which defines a character is to spiritually kill that character. A powerful enemy can break an item, but when this happens it means something. I say we go on a quest to fix it! Quest are a time honored trope and a lot of fun. |
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Post by Jakob Grimm on Aug 2, 2018 14:48:31 GMT -5
I like the idea that magic items could fail catastrophically.
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