An Earring goes in which slot?

[Herremann the Wise]

Hello Everyone,

Just curious as I would have thought magical earrings quite common - but in fact they are not. And so... which slot on the body would a magical earring go?

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

[Benchak the Nightstalker]

I'd say either Head, or count it as a Ring, depending on what it is/does.

[seekerofshadowlight]

Head, it is worn on the head so I would say head slot.

[thepuregamer]

now that that is clarified, what slot does a magical prince albert take up?

[ItoSaithWebb]

I would say it takes a ring slot. There are main types of rings and they don't always have to go on the finger.

[Axl]

I don't recall seeing any magical earrings (or magical Prince Alberts). Are there any published Paizo or third party products with a magical earring? Or is this pure houserule?

[seekerofshadowlight]

thepuregamer wrote:

now that that is clarified, what slot does a magical prince albert take up?

Belt slot.

[Asteldian Caliskan]

thepuregamer wrote:

now that that is clarified, what slot does a magical prince albert take up?

The same of course! Head or ring slot! Or both...can it have combined magical properties of a ring and head item?

[Diego Rossi]

there have been a few earrings magic items in WOTC products. From what I recall they were slotless and priced as such.

[mdt]

Diego Rossi wrote:

there have been a few earrings magic items in WOTC products. From what I recall they were slotless and priced as such.

I don't often agree with Diego. :) But today, we do. Earrings are slotless items in every book I've seen them in.

[DeathQuaker]

FWIW, I was writing up some Pathfinder versions of magic items from Planescape: Torment, an AD&D based video game which had an "earring slot" for several of its characters. I used the headBAND slot (where decorative items near the face and forehead go, not the head slot, where hats and helmets go) for them.

[Abraham spalding]

I typically go with the face slot.

[John Templeton]

An AP has earrings in it and lists them as Slotless.

[Bigger Club]

I say it depends on who made it, meaning with that it's the crafter's choice. And that is only in relation to how I would rule it if someone wanted to make one.

1) Slotless
2) Ring
3) Neck
4) Head

[Tacticslion]

Backing up both Diego and mdt on this one (Hi, guys, how're you? ... Also, kind of worrisome when we all three agree on something.), at least as far as 3.5 D&D goes.

For your own games, you can, of course, rule something else. I can easily see DQ's design working, or perhaps even something like the way rings on a hand work being applied to rings on an ear (one each ear); this could be part of a greater "whole" (i.e. rings count as rings whether on ears or hands or toes, or... elsewhere), or it could be it's own new body slot (the "ear" slot).

For game balance, though (and lack of both complication and unfortunate implications) I'd go with the slotless thing.

John Templeton wrote:

An AP has earrings in it and lists them as Slotless.

I'm very curious as to which AP, as I haven't run across it yet in Pathfinder. Is it from the 3.5-Era PF (Legacy of Fire and earlier) or from the actual PF-game era (Council of Thieves and beyond)?

[Weirdo]

Mutineer's Bane Earring - slotless.

[Aelryinth]

It slots in the slot you want it to.

If you want a Ring worn on the ear, it's Ring slot regardless of where you wear it.

If you want it a slotted wondrous item worn on the ear, it's the head slot.

If you want it a slotless item, it's a slotless item and you can hang it from your nose if you like, wear it on your wrist or ankle, etc, all for just doubling the price.

==Aelryinth

[Tacticslion]

Weirdo wrote:

Mutineer's Bane Earring - slotless.

Nice! Thanks!

EDIT 2: this also means that "officially" in PF rules, they're slotless now. You may still rule in your own game as you wish, however.

Makes sense that it would be part of the Skull and Shackles, too. :)

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