Well it was a mix of a dark skull and a chaos diamond and the chaos diamond had a bit about penalising non-chaotic users. I thought it was appropriate.
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I wasn't aware of the term "spell in a can" but having it explained I can see how for something to be distinctive it needs to be more than just a spell slapped onto something.
Well as a plane of law would be everything perfect, in its place, and organised, I see the Far realm as pure Chaos where things change seemingly at whim. For me the battle between law and chaos is more interesting than good vs evil. If I had gone on to further rounds I had in mind 3 creatures of pure LN each of which hunts down deviations from pure law. The forces of good that defile law by putting individuals needs before the law, the forces of evil that put themselves before the law, and the forces of chaos that reject order. Now you mention it perhaps a protection from law might have made more sense. I guess I got carried away with the notion of it polluting nature. It's interesting to see comments that make sense but I was unable to realise. You can be so involved in forming your idea you fail to see what an objective viewpoint might realise. You have a point. Is it actually an item?. I realised afterwards that it was more, as I mentioned, a force defiling nature. It was however the idea I had from the start and being interested in it didn't come up with another idea. At least not one I was ready to concentrate on.
Kyr suggested I post my item here. Everchanging Heart Appearing as anything from a lump of stone, crystal or actual beating heart, this fist sized flaw in the fabric of nature changes shape from one moment to the next. It connects to an otherworldly plane where unfathomable entities dwell and physical laws change seemingly at whim. The changing form of reality in this unnatural realm leaks via the heart, violating the laws of nature in the surrounding area. Wherever the heart goes, the area around it is treated as though a cloak of chaos spell had been cast with the heart as the center. A nonchaotic character who possesses an everchanging heart gains one negative level. Although this level never results in actual level loss, it remains as long as the heart is in the character’s possession and cannot be overcome in any way (including restoration spells). Strong abjuration [chaotic]; CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, cloak of chaos, creator must be chaotic; Price 200,000 gp; Weight 1 lb. his view was that something with just permanent cloak of chaos was boring but I made it from the point of view of an idea for a tear in reality and then had to apply an effect. Cloak of Chaos, seen as a differenty reality leaking out, fit best.
Thanks. I had a concept for a tear in reality and then I had to assign an effect. Cloak of Chaos was the one that seemed to fit best. I suppose it might seem a bit boring if you think of it as just something with permanent Cloak of Chaos but that is just the best function I could come up with to fit what I made up.
Having failed to make it to the next round I turned to other stuff. Now though I am interested in any comments. They might help me in any further iterations of the contest. Everchanging Heart Appearing as anything from a lump of stone, crystal or actual beating heart, this fist sized flaw in the fabric of nature changes shape from one moment to the next. It connects to an otherworldly plane where unfathomable entities dwell and physical laws change seemingly at whim. The changing form of reality in this unnatural realm leaks via the heart, violating the laws of nature in the surrounding area. Wherever the heart goes, the area around it is treated as though a cloak of chaos spell had been cast with the heart as the center. A nonchaotic character who possesses an everchanging heart gains one negative level. Although this level never results in actual level loss, it remains as long as the heart is in the character’s possession and cannot be overcome in any way (including restoration spells). Strong abjuration [chaotic]; CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, cloak of chaos, creator must be chaotic; Price 200,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.
I figure mine was about 1.4 million. It only did 2 things but it did them all the time. I realised the cheaper aspect was just a weaker version of the top one so I removed it. Then I went through the list of items and figured it should probably be 200K. I didn't start out to have a near artifact level item but considering the idea I had it turned out that way. The price of a continuous 8th level spell I guess.
Is something to do with the Far Realm ok? or isn't the Far Realm OGL. Perhaps a different name. |