TOPIC: Re: The Design Your Own Ultra Rare Contest

+2 Vorpal Bastardsword:    Fighter or Barbarian<br />                                In the Dungeon <br />      Must succeed at sliding a 19 or 20 on the first slide. After all combat coasters are on the table, then slide one more time and must slide a 20 for decapitation.  Second option would be put an icon on the wheel and get a crit. for the instant slay.<br /><br />                                For True Arena<br />      Slide a twenty on the first attempt then on the second slide completely cover any critical hit dot on the board for a bonus 15 hp damage. All the effects for covering a red dot stay the same except the one on the shield. It is cut in half rendering it useless.   

Ioun Stone of scintilating colors:<br /><br />    Creates a sphere around the user that absorbs a variable amount of spell damage. 

<br />There are already some REALLY AWESOME URs suggested by folks...I'm in awe of the thought put in.<br /><br />Time is going to be an issue for me - or I would try and compete this year...<br /><br />Good luck all!<br />

<br /><br />heh... Then I'll steal an earlier Idea of yours...Mwahahaha<br /><br />Quarterstaff of defense : Weapon strikes as normal but adds a +4 ac bonus

And now for a few [shadow=red,left]UBER-Rares[/shadow] (ie. ones that'll never actually be seen...)<br /><br />Shield of the Maker : (any) Target player may Hide behind Jeff for 2 rounds, 1/dungeon<br />Duck of Many Things : (any) user may activate and will be the victim of 1 of 20 random curses<br />Horn of Thirst : (any) user may teleport themselves to the nearest tavern<br />Token of Envy : (any)(only 1 produced) cause nearest Token Collector to salivate uncontrollably, and likely spark a fight...<br />Ring of the Blue Hand : (any) TD Backstage Pass<br />Wheel of Exploding Cheese : (Pixie) may be placed in the tavern for would be miscreants to "accidently discover"<br />Blank Token : (any) may be combined with "ink" to make any token currently available<br />Fake Clue : (any) may be left to throw off following parties  (how many Heroes can there be in that 1 small town anyway?)<br />Philosipher's Stone : (any) force the re-print of any 1 woody<br />DM's Wand of Natural Selection : (DM) allows instant kill of one of "those" players<br />Mental Health Day : (any) may be used to skip out on 1 shift at TD for "unspecified reasons"<br />"I still don't get it" : (any) may be used to get a pass on 1 room where your party just can't seem to put it together<br />Lazy Rouge's Ring of Cheap Victories : (Rouge) kill entire party, exit dungeon, good for 1 free t-shirt<br />Divine Insurance Policy (Cleric, paladin) can be used to nullify a Lazy Rouge's Ring of Cheap Victories<br />Dragon Falls from the Heavens : (monk) can be used to kill every monster in the dungeon...(yes his Kung-Fu IS that strong!)<br />+12 Ridiculously Large Warhammer : (any except wizard, druid, rouge) requires a strength of 75 to wield<br />+4 Vorpal, Life-Stealing, Holy, Poisoned, Flaming, Dancing Dagger of Nearly Certain Demise : (nay) +52 to hit, +86 to Damage, Monster has 5% chance of immunity<br /><br />I hope you Enjoy this interlude of Levity into the Sometimes Overly serious world of .........(well you  know...)<br /><br /> =D

To begin with, I wanted to think of clever ways to reinvent some of the rules used or how tokens are used in TD.  I just like the concept of using the treasure tokens in the dungeon in more ways than just sliding, and giving them to the DM for consumption.  Hence the Diamond Pole, Artful Dodger, and the Monk's Wad entries <br /><br />Gift of the Spider Queen (Necklace)    +4 to all Saves. Wearer can Read/Detect Magic at will.<br />This is self explanatory I hope<br /><br />Tim's Magical Hat    0 AC  Wizard  Each round, do 1 point of fire damage to target if damaged by wearer that round.<br />Look at the bones!<br /><br />Diamond Pole of Songoku (Quarterstaff +1 stats) + Once per combat as a free action, wielder may imbue staff with a memorized spell.  On a crit, the spell is cast by the staff on the melee target in addition to normal melee damage.<br />No spell boosts, any slide requirements can be considered a 20 since this was cast on a crit.  Basically the staff creates a crit ability to cast the imbued spell, can be some sick combos depending on which class is wielding this, or a heal stick if the cleric decides to use Cure Medium Wounds as the imbue and is a damn good slider.  Oh yeah, imbuing counts as a tick on your class card<br />Cookie to who can find the reference here both classical and pop <br /><br />The Artful Dodger (Item that is in the shape of a coin)    This item must be wielded in your main hand at all times.  Flip this token.  If heads (picture), wielder avoids incoming attack/spell/trap.  If tails, DM may declare up to 2 more targets to duplicate action towards using wielder's defense results.<br />I was thinking late at night that it would be cool to have an item that can be used like a true flip coin with dramatic effects/consequences for use.  The main hand requirement should defeat the idea of using a weapon in addition to The Artful Dodger.  The name is just a placeholder<br /><br />Monk's Wad (Item)    Once per combat, sacrifice X number of Rare Tokens to reduce incoming damage by X from one source.  <br />my homage to my tokenholic guru Smak ;> imagine the possibilities, I sacrifice 12 red tokens to reduce the incoming fireball in HC for....

Oh to add to the levity:<br /><br />Big Smak Attack (Scroll)  Do X points of damage where X is the total weight in metric tons of all the tokens you are carrying with you during the adventure.

Masterpiece Thieves Tools:  Allows a retry on a trap in every room.

Amulet of Health: +2 to Con, so +3 hp and +1 fort saves (I think most if not pretty much everyone would want this, and would force a choice between more loot or more survivable character for those with the horn. So, for those with a horn, they might use this on their first or hardcore run and use the horn for repeat runs)<br /><br />Mask of Tracking: would allow the character to see tracks, thus getting an automatic hint or two in the dungeon relevant to that room. This uses the face slot, which is not currently used by any other item.<br /><br />Gem of Tongues(Orcish or whatever is the right language): allows the wielder to read, write, and speak orcish, again giving some hints or possibly an additional choice in a room, but might only be useful for this year.<br /><br />Vest of Resistance +2: +2 to all saves, uses the chest not armor slot, so useable by everyone. Everyone would definitely want this, but it does amount to a smallish amount of power creep, as it would free up the shoulder slot for other uses, where now nearly everyone is using a +2 cloak of resistance.<br /><br />Ring of protection +2: the rings of protection were among the most popular rares, but were a little underpowered for a purple, so make it a purple-level of protection.<br /><br />Keoghoutom's(or however it's spelled) Ointment(or cleric in a box): One use per dungeon, so the people who don't like consumables will still like it. Will cure light(or medium??), return from stone, stop poisen, and remove paralysis on one character, at a specific moment in the dungeon. Only relevant things will work.<br /><br /><br /><br />

bag/pouch of pixie dust..........a twofold item. carrying on the tradition of tokens being named after much deserving patrons of TD (our resident pixie) and a nice little item for hardcore mode.  ;/<br /><br />must be thrown like alchemist fire or thunderstone for a hit.<br />if monster is hit, first round monster is bedazzled by the "oooo shineys" floating around its head. the second round, a save at 15? to break the mezmerizing effect. third round the effects wear off.<br /><br />

To tie into last year's dungeon ....<br /><br />Medusa's Head: monster must save DC 12 or be turned to stone<br /><br />keeping with that theme...<br /><br />Perseus' Shield (or Mirrored Shield): +3 AC and immune to gaze attacks<br /><br />Sceptre of Samedi: once per room, allows a dead character (ghost) to attack monster. Wielder suffers 5 points damage.<br /><br />

I haven't read through everyone else's so I might be repeating something, but here are some of mine.<br /><br />Bracers of Respite: Once per encounter, wearer can take one extra non-offensive action during his/her turn<br /><br />Ioun Stone of Negation: Once per encounter, negates one single targeted, range magical attack.

“After a few pints too many, the bards sometimes tell of a mysterious Traveler, who appears at the tavern long after the mangled bodies from the 2008-08-16 23:58:00 run have been swept away from the dungeon. It is said that if you can pay the price of admission, and are foolhardy or *ahem* "brave" enough to gamble with your very life, you’re allowed to take a single pull from the stranger’s Deck of Many Things. Those who have played report receiving great riches and unique items…  or utter ruin and damnation.”<br /><br />UR: One Pull from the Deck of Many Things<br /><br />This would be a mini-event that takes place at a set time in the tavern on Saturday evening, presided over by the mysterious traveler himself. Turning in this UR would allow the player a physical pull from the Traveler’s deck. Each card clearly states the effects, and all results are permanent and final. Great Risk, and Great Reward.<br /><br />EDIT: And everyone playing should definitely get a special "I pulled from the Deck of Many Things!" badge. <br />