The Amulet of the Beating Heart appears as a beautifully ornate amulet or choaker, usually warn around the neck, with a large blood ruby set in the middle. While it appears to most to be naught more than an exquisite fashion piece, it is in actuality a powerful magic item that allows it’s wearer to [...]
Rings of Invisibility are great items all around. Any character can find countless ways to take advantage of it in any situation. While it’s ability to render you invisible knows no limit, the fact that it requires a standard action to activate greatly reduces it’s combat effectiveness beyond the first round. In addition to that, [...]
I’m a fan of old fantasy movies. One of my favorites is Jason and the Argonauts (circa 1963).
If you’re not familiar with the movie, the premise is simple - Jason has to adventure for the golden fleece and faces a number of challenges along the way. The guardian of the fleece is the fearsome hydra, [...]
Manticore Bracers are worn like normal bracers, fully covering the wrist and forearm. In their normal state they appear to be a pair of sturdy leather bracers offering no armor bonus.
As a standard action, each bracer has five 6-10″ spikes that extend from the arm. The spikes can be retracted in a similar manner. These [...]
During the age of the 5th great ruler of Olar, an elderly wizard isolated himself from the buzz and turmoil of the hot and overrun great cities of the time.
His name was Lohdi and he largely valued three things; his magic, his solitude and his pet cat Whisper. Not only was Whisper his pet, but [...]
One thing that I thought was a lot of fun in 2nd edition was the goofy sorts of weapons you could create. This was before 3.x introduced the stricter way of pricing and limiting weapons to a set +10 max for non-epic weapons. While I think this change was for the best, it also limits [...]