Sorry to hear about the old group not being up for gaming. My group did go through that. But at the age we are now, with more free time, suddenly there has been a renaissance in the last few years. ^_^
Sorry to hear about the old group not being up for gaming. My group did go through that. But at the age we are now, with more free time, suddenly there has been a renaissance in the last few years. ^_^
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
It happens, people move on or have other things going on in their lives. It's not the first time.
I am a mighty wizard from magic lands
Speaking of games I’ve been having fun binging Seth Skorkowskys YouTube channel even though I don’t play anything lol
“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”
-Stephen McCranie
So, thinking about the magic item/legendary item/whatever.
The more I think about it, the more I'm edging (haha) toward 'just works better'. I mean, for something like a sword, not (for example) a Wizard's Orb, which I guess could have all kinds of stuff it does, Wizards being that kind of people.
A sword is a killing tool. If one needs to pull out a sword, it's for that purpose (even if you're protecting someone, you pull a sword it's to kill the attacker). 'Kills better' seems to be the only real thing I'd want on it, were it something I were to use. 'Ignores defenses', 'does more damage', 'shears though armor like cheesecloth', 'obliterates enemy weapons when it encounters them', 'capable of killing anything, even things that supposedly are unkillable', 'enhances my own fighting skills/powers somehow', 'suppresses enemy powers' (<-- this would be the only one I can think of that really isn't just a 'sword choppy better' power), whatever. Kills better. Finishes the fight faster.
It's a sword. This is what it's for. It doesn't need to make me fly, or play 'Ride of the Valkyries', or whatever. By the time any character I'm playing is level Epic whatever, I feel they're going to be sick of fighting and killing and such, and if they pull out their sword they're going to want this over fast. Without 'glory' or some other way of glitter-washing what happens in life-and-death struggles.
This really doesn't change a lot if I'm playing a rogue-type. If it's a weapon, I want it to do what a weapon does, only better.
Once played an epic D&D campaign (PbP, sadly it folded all-too-quickly) that was going to be a more intrigue-style game (with some action and stuff, of course, but not constant fighting). I ended up making up an old school Epic Iaijutsu Master who was the bodyguard for the group mage, whose swords were basically 'really good swords' with bonuses toward Iaijutsu stuff (because that's what got me fast wins in fights), and whose other equipment was more pedestrian 'traveler's magic items' and basic protection. No epic weapons, legendary artifacts, anything.
That...that was fun. Sad it didn't go for a long time, but that's PbP 99% of the time.
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Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
Government collapse now looks to be morphing into authoritarian coup.
So, that's happening.
Brace brace lads, it's going to get bumpy.
Oooh I DO like hearing "Whatever bullshit".
Template stacking for DAYS!
And/or prep time abuse, that's another fun one.
Esoteric effects are the obvious answer.
Maybe something like Amberite Trumps that let you Sending at will and whatever the bigger teleport spell is once per day.
Boats that sail the Astral Plane or between Stars like Spelljammer.
Of course you say not "more damage", I once cranked the math on something that stacked every type of defensive bonus, but only as high as other preexisting items that used that bonus. It weighed in at AC +43, Spell resistance 24, and +30 to all saves for only 336,300 GP.
The MunchKING is Back! And he is AWSOME!
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
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