So far I've seen....

[GeneticDrift]

Maurice de Mare wrote:

Marathon status = check

Item seen = nope

Come on, show me my item!

Same boat :(

[Brigg]

Jeff Lee wrote:

Brigg wrote:

Jeff Lee wrote:

Here, Brigg, have a Snickers...

*Eats Snickers*

num num num num num! ^.^!

Good. You get crankypants when you're a hungry Marathon voter.

Now I am a regular Marathon voter in a much better mood than I was earlier today! ^.^!

[James Raine]

quibblemuch wrote:

mamaursula wrote:

That's when you really need dimension door.

Believe me, if there was a way to always, for all classes, at all levels, in all circumstances have at least one dimension door, I would.

It'd be nice in-game too.

You could forward-port panic buttons from Complete Scoundrel.

[Eric Morton]

Marathon!

So far, I've seen 732 unique items and I've seen my own item thrice.

[Eric Morton]

quibblemuch wrote:

...aspergilliophiles.

Woody Eliot wrote:

Aspergilliophiles is my new favorite word.

dien wrote:

A ramble about pluralizing aspergillum:

quibblemuch wrote:

Move that we call warriors who wield exclusively aspergillis, "aspergilloons." Seconded?

Oceanshieldwolf wrote:

Perhaps if they are mounted. I think I prefer aspergillites for light armor aspergillium wielders, aspergillista for monk or brawler derived PrCs, and aspergillic for constantly drunk wielders of aspergilliums. Aspergerillium for theses who have aspergers and wield an aspergillium, and then there is the great As-per-gilliam for a very funny wielder of an aspergillium.

Woody Elliot wrote:

Next year I shall make a aspergillum that when wielded by a aspergilloon causes the disease aspergillosis when filled with aspergillus spores. It could be cursed and cause the user to have aspergers while being used. I shall name it "Aspergilliophile".

All of this aspergillum talk from the previous page in this thread has convinced me that I ought to make a PDF of magic aspergillums and put it up in the Paizo store sometime before voting ends. I don't know that I actually will, but I ought to...

[Anthony Adam]

Feros wrote:

Armors: 125 (120 - 5 to find)

Shields: 61 (56 - 5 to find)
Weapons: 327 (290 - 37 to find)
Rings: 139 (127 - 12 to find)
Rods: 65 (56 - 9 to find)
Staves: 79 (78 - 1 to find)
Wondrous items (DQ): 4
Total: 800

Thanks for this, I've seen 727, so that's 69 non DQ items to find then!

My numbers are in brackets above so I can see which item types and how many I have yet to find.

[Dana Huber]

I have a witch whose only melee weapon, at level nine, is an aspergillum. (She MIGHT have a dagger, I'd have to check.)

*

WOW that word was not what I originally read it as, [Item]. Woo that was... momentarily awkward.

*

Do we have any idea when the cull traditionally comes? :( I am still seeing new (and many decent!) items, but I'm also seeing soooo many that I've consistently downvoted, and it's painful when those ones face off, even if I know that that is part of the process...

[R D Ramsey]

I'm at maybe 1100 votes. New items are rare these days. Seen mine 4 times, though.

Slowing down a bit til the cull, probably.

[R D Ramsey]

I say that, then get new item.

Too bad it's essentially an artifact. :-(

[Jaragil]

Ah, armor. You have some problems and you're getting dangerously close to SAK, but you're such a cool visual and I could totally see my character wearing you. I like you. Have my upvote yet again.

[Jaragil]

Finally saw a staff that I'd consider a strong keep. What a beautiful item, full of lore and backstory.

[Feros]

You know ring, this is like the third time I have seen you...and you STILL don't make any sense whatsoever.

[KalEl el Vigilante]

One of the words this year is "mirrored". Another one is "liquid".

[pH unbalanced]

mplindustries wrote:

Jeff Lee wrote:

That's an interesting weapon concept. I wish there had been more mechanical detail. There was word count enough for specificity.

Uh-oh, there's a pretty good chance that's mine. I actually thought simplicity and brevity was a good thing when I submitted, but reading this forum has made me question that belief.

I suspect I'm in the same boat. After submitting an overly-fiddly item last time, this year I really tried to go for a clean and clear exemplar of the class.

Or in other words, I was striving for creme brûlée, but it may very well have been perceived as vanilla pudding.

[Feros]

pH unbalanced wrote:

mplindustries wrote:

Jeff Lee wrote:

That's an interesting weapon concept. I wish there had been more mechanical detail. There was word count enough for specificity.

Uh-oh, there's a pretty good chance that's mine. I actually thought simplicity and brevity was a good thing when I submitted, but reading this forum has made me question that belief.

I suspect I'm in the same boat. After submitting an overly-fiddly item last time, this year I really tried to go for a clean and clear exemplar of the class.

Or in other words, I was striving for creme brûlée, but it may very well have been perceived as vanilla pudding.

...I like vanilla pudding...

I mean, c'mon: it's pudding! :)

[Dana Huber]

....WHAT.

What does that item-- why would-- okay, wow, your design flaws with this were sort of impressive and your price is ludicrously high, but, dear god, I almost want to upvote you just for the (possibly unintentional?) humor value of the scene I envision playing out if my characters had this item.

I. Gah. If you meant this as a joke item, and I knew that, I would upvote it even as a joke item. But I'm not sure you did, I think you were submitting this straight and didn't realize the inherent absurdity but...

Ahhhhhh *flail*

[pH unbalanced]

Drejk wrote:

Who is a wovely-cutie wing?! You awe!

I've voted for that every time I've seen it. It just makes me happy.

[Dana Huber]

Seen a lot of silence/silencing items so far.

[Brigg]

How do you fit a simply awesome item in less than 90 words? Perfect template, no less.

I'm not sure either, but this guy managed to do it! *Upvoted*

I also want to apologize if I was out of line yesterday. I went back over some of my posts, and I kinda wish I could delete them x.x

[Brigg]

For the first time in a long while, I got the infamous:

"Here's two items; vote."

"Okay. Now here's the same two items, just flipped. Now vote for the same item again!"

[cameronst]

quibblemuch wrote:

(aspergilloo?)

Aspergilloo!

[Allana Sliwinski]

Ah, there's my item! Long time no see.

[quibblemuch]

Eric Morton wrote:

All of this aspergillum talk from the previous page in this thread has convinced me that I ought to make a PDF of magic aspergillums and put it up in the Paizo store sometime before voting ends. I don't know that I actually will, but I ought to...

Don't forget the aspergolem! Its head is filled with holy water and as a standard action, it can shake and splash undead within a 10 foot radius...

[James Casey]

quibblemuch wrote:

Eric Morton wrote:

All of this aspergillum talk from the previous page in this thread has convinced me that I ought to make a PDF of magic aspergillums and put it up in the Paizo store sometime before voting ends. I don't know that I actually will, but I ought to...

Don't forget the aspergolem! Its head is filled with holy water and as a standard action, it can shake and splash undead within a 10 foot radius...

Don't forget that it sings "Twist & Shout" while doing so (Perform check DC 12)

[James Casey]

So I just saw two rods that are perfectly formatted, have decent descriptive text, have the right spells and actually have decent effects... The problem... neither really should be a rod.

I am seeing that trend a lot with the rods. If your rod's primary ability mimics the primary ability of another item (regardless of type), then it probably shouldn't be a rod, it should probably be that other item.

Ex:
Generic Rod of Thrashiness
blah blah blah

Description
This rod acts as a +1 holy light mace. When in combat it allows the wielder to bypass the armor bonus from all light Armor.

As a free action the wielder may change the type of damage the rod deals from bludgeoning to piercing or slashing.

Three times per day the rod may cast x spell....

This obviously could and should be a weapon, but I have seen several entries that follow this formula for their rod. I am not complaining, I am just making a note of it and hope that some of the rod designers out there take notice.

I myself did not design a rod and that is because I think the space is a very challenging one to fill adequately in the short amount of time we had. If I had tried to create a rod, I may have also fallen into the trap described above.

[R Pickard]

I've seen the same thing with rods... rods that should have been weapons, staves, even shields or rings.... and yet I've also seen a couple staves and weapons that should have been rods.

In other news, I just had to choose between two items that would wind up in the nursing home together.

[Tripp Elliott]

Feros wrote:

"Beam Blade": 1

I still have yet to see this item.

[James Raine]

James Casey wrote:

So I just saw two rods that are perfectly formatted, have decent descriptive text, have the right spells and actually have decent effects... The problem... neither really should be a rod.

I am seeing that trend a lot with the rods. If your rod's primary ability mimics the primary ability of another item (regardless of type), then it probably shouldn't be a rod, it should probably be that other item.

Ex:
Generic Rod of Thrashiness
blah blah blah

Description
This rod acts as a +1 holy light mace. When in combat it allows the wielder to bypass the armor bonus from all light Armor.

As a free action the wielder may change the type of damage the rod deals from bludgeoning to piercing or slashing.

Three times per day the rod may cast x spell....

This obviously could and should be a weapon, but I have seen several entries that follow this formula for their rod. I am not complaining, I am just making a note of it and hope that some of the rod designers out there take notice.

I myself did not design a rod and that is because I think the space is a very challenging one to fill adequately in the short amount of time we had. If I had tried to create a rod, I may have also fallen into the trap described above.

Are you aware of the following?

PRD wrote:

Physical Description: Rods weigh approximately 5 pounds. They range from 2 feet to 3 feet long and are usually made of iron or some other metal. (Many, as noted in their descriptions, can function as light maces or clubs because of their hardy construction.) These sturdy items have AC 9, 10 hit points, hardness 10, and a break DC of 27.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/rods

[Monica Marlowe]

Eric Morton wrote:

All of this aspergillum talk from the previous page in this thread has convinced me that I ought to make a PDF of magic aspergillums and put it up in the Paizo store sometime before voting ends. I don't know that I actually will, but I ought to...

All this talk of aspergillum makes my inner microbiologist twitch and think of aspergillus. I wish my inner microbiologist would go back to sleep.

[Thomas LeBlanc]

Cool backstory on your item, too bad it doesn't fit in with Golarion lore.

[Feros]

EEP. Data update: Upon closer reading, one of the armors had it's definition hidden later in the text, and I didn't make note of it on my first read through! Dang! So modify the list as follows:

Chain Shirt: 19
Undefined: 1

My bad! Got to take better notes next year...

[Tripp Elliott]

Feros wrote:

My bad! Got to take better notes next year...

We'll give you a pass on this one, but please be more careful in the future.

[Constantine]

quibblemuch wrote:

dien wrote:

A ramble about pluralizing aspergillum:

Move that we call warriors who wield exclusively aspergillis, "aspergilloons." Seconded?

Maybe a prestige class...

Or "apergilligoons"

[quibblemuch]

Constantine wrote:

Or "apergilligoons"

I'm assuming that would be a rogue-based "church collections" prestige class.

"Quick! Out the back! There's a couple aspergilligoons from the Church of Abadar at the door, here to collect the IOU I gave the bishop for the last restoration!"

[quibblemuch]

mamaursula wrote:

All this talk of aspergillum makes my inner microbiologist twitch and think of aspergillus. I wish my inner microbiologist would go back to sleep.

All this talk of inner microbiologists makes me twitch and think of Fantastic Voyage.

[KalEl el Vigilante]

dien wrote:

....WHAT.

What does that item-- why would-- okay, wow, your design flaws with this were sort of impressive and your price is ludicrously high, but, dear god, I almost want to upvote you just for the (possibly unintentional?) humor value of the scene I envision playing out if my characters had this item.

I. Gah. If you meant this as a joke item, and I knew that, I would upvote it even as a joke item. But I'm not sure you did, I think you were submitting this straight and didn't realize the inherent absurdity but...

Ahhhhhh *flail*

Uh-oh, there's a pretty good chance that's mine :)

Middle ground between joke and straight. We can say it was a "fun" item.

[Brigg]

Just when you thought comparing two items side by side couldn't get any funnier, I get...

Bladed weapon of darkety-dark blood-guts-blood, gore, maim, eviscerate, fountains of blood death-kill...

vs.

Ring of kawaii-uguu ploo-ploo puppy-dog eyes, sunshiney rainbows, and baskets of kittens playing with baby bunnies.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, both of these items are actually pretty well designed. Tough call to vote here for me.

[Feros]

Brigg wrote:

Just when you thought comparing two items side by side couldn't get any funnier, I get...

Bladed weapon of darkety-dark blood-guts-blood, gore, maim, eviscerate, fountains of blood death-kill...

vs.

Ring of kawaii-uguu ploo-ploo puppy-dog eyes, sunshiney rainbows, and baskets of kittens playing with baby bunnies.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, both of these items are actually pretty well designed. Tough call to vote here for me.

Imagine both items in the same encounter and then decide. >:)

[Cthulhudrew]

Brigg wrote:

Just when you thought comparing two items side by side couldn't get any funnier, I get...

Bladed weapon of darkety-dark blood-guts-blood, gore, maim, eviscerate, fountains of blood death-kill...

vs.

Ring of kawaii-uguu ploo-ploo puppy-dog eyes, sunshiney rainbows, and baskets of kittens playing with baby bunnies.

It's the classic showdown of good vs. evil!

[James Casey]

James Raine wrote:

Are you aware of the following?

PRD wrote:

Physical Description: Rods weigh approximately 5 pounds. They range from 2 feet to 3 feet long and are usually made of iron or some other metal. (Many, as noted in their descriptions, can function as light maces or clubs because of their hardy construction.) These sturdy items have AC 9, 10 hit points, hardness 10, and a break DC of 27.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/rods

James, I am aware that many rods serve a dual function. I don't have a problem with that. My problem is when the rod's primary function is as a weapon. A magical Rod's primary function or ability shouldn't be a bludgeoning weapon, that should merely be incidental to the Rod. It even says in the above description that they function because of their hardy construction, not because they are crafted to be a weapon.

Why else have a Rod if you are mainly using it as a Mace or club? Why not go and get a magical mace/club that does the exact same thing in combat. What is the point of the Rod as a magical item if it is primarily serving as a light mace or club with some added on abilities?

There are exceptions of course, Rod of Lordly Might or Rod of Dwarven Might as examples. But I don't see those as Superstar as I am sure you don't either.

[James Raine]

Ah, then I misunderstood what you were saying.

[James Casey]

James Raine wrote:

Ah, then I misunderstood what you were saying.

No problem! :-)

[Jaragil]

Two really neat monster themed items, but unfortunately one of them consistently misspells the name of the monster its trying to reference. Sorry, that cost you a vote.

[thunderspirit]

Marathon.
And I'm taking a break until post-cull in an effort to preserve SAN points (and yes, there's an item for that).

[Cthulhudrew]

Ha! Finally saw the one everyone's been talking about!

[Brigg]

Cthulhudrew wrote:

Ha! Finally saw the one everyone's been talking about!

That could be ANYTHING! lol ^_____________^

[Monica Marlowe]

James Casey wrote:

...My problem is when the rod's primary function is as a weapon. A magical Rod's primary function or ability shouldn't be a bludgeoning weapon, that should merely be incidental to the Rod. It even says in the above description that they function because of their hardy construction, not because they are crafted to be a weapon.

Why else have a Rod if you are mainly using it as a Mace or club? Why not go and get a magical mace/club that does the exact same thing in combat. What is the point of the Rod as a magical item if it is primarily serving as a light mace or club with some added on abilities?

There are exceptions of course, Rod of Lordly Might or Rod of Dwarven Might as examples. But I don't see those as Superstar as I am sure you don't either.

This is my argument about having the melee capabilities of rods and staves at the top of the item write up. If I'm looking for a rod or staff, show me the sexy part first, no one cares if it's a +1 beatstick, unless it's all out of magic.

Wow...I am going to leave this as written, but I apologize for any unintentional innuendo you may have encountered.

[Dana Huber]

KalEl el Vigilante wrote:

dien wrote:

....WHAT.

What does that item-- why would-- okay, wow, your design flaws with this were sort of impressive and your price is ludicrously high, but, dear god, I almost want to upvote you just for the (possibly unintentional?) humor value of the scene I envision playing out if my characters had this item.

I. Gah. If you meant this as a joke item, and I knew that, I would upvote it even as a joke item. But I'm not sure you did, I think you were submitting this straight and didn't realize the inherent absurdity but...

Ahhhhhh *flail*

Uh-oh, there's a pretty good chance that's mine :)

Middle ground between joke and straight. We can say it was a "fun" item.

Hahah, well, post declarations and so forth I guess we'll see if it is!

[frank gori]

uhg another item with secretions, and yep it's phallic as well. Maybe they will get paired if it happens I'll call it the dirty sock pairing

[Gennerik]

So, I just saw a ring that helps players mitigate the effects of one of my favorite GM traps. I think this ring is awesome and well balanced. Kudos to the author. Definitely a keeper for me.