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Pilgrim’s Fetish

*...Meh. SAK of some SIAC effects and other stuff.

*...The summoning of that many lantern archons (along with everything else) probably outstrips the price of 1,500 gp selected for this item. I'd be curious to know how they went about pricing it.

*...I'm also not in love with the mechanic of how the prayers maintain that ability. Some interesting thoughts and creativity went into this thing, but it's not ready yet. Vote to Reject.

*...Agreed. Reject.

Well now I know what got me in the end. I was trying to balance out power and affordability. I figured if it cost too much it would not be something a lowly pilgrim would buy, so I tried to justified the cost with it one time use. Looks like you judges were not buying it.

I tried pricing by finding other one time uses items to compare it too.

Lantern Archons would not have been my first choice as to what it would summon for aid, but it was the ready build and what I would have wanted would have required me to write a custom monster stat block, and I did not have the words to spare for that.

Well here I am rambling on, thank you Neil et al. for the feed back, maybe next year my brain will crank out a winner.

Carl

Wow 138 on the list, did not know I was that far down.

My hat is off many times to you Mr. Cole. Wondrous effort on your part effort.

Below is a chart of all wondrous magical items submitted to the judges/developers for their comments. Before each name is the list of the judges/developers (by first name) and in that column "X" indicates they have posted comments. The "ALL" column means that all comments from the judges have been posted.

Please let me know if you see any omissions or errors and I will update it on the next submission.

Thank you,
Ken

WONDROUS ITEMS CHART
** spoiler omitted **...

Well here it goes.
There is one typo that I found after I entered it (3th should be 3rd) so I'm not happy with my self over that.
So what do you think?

Pilgrim’s Fetish
Pilgrim’s Fetish
Aura faint conjuration; CL 3th
Slot ---; Price 1,500 gp; Weight --- lbs.
Description
A small silver religious icon with the symbolic form of a particular temple or shrine, often carried by travelers to protect and guide them on their pilgrimages. The pilgrim’s fetish can summon the divines’ help, protect its bearer from evil, and cast a guiding light, but must be held in prayer in order to maintain its holy blessings.

When held in prayer, a standard action, the pilgrim’s fetish is activated; summoning 2d8 Lantern Archons to defend the wayward pilgrim and ward the bearer like a protection from evil spell. This effect is continuous, but in each additional round the bearer must make a Wisdom Check (DC 5) to see if he can maintain his prayer to continue receiving divine protection. The DC check is modified as follows: +5 for each point of damage the bearer takes, +1 for each five points of damage a Lantern Archon takes, +1 for every 2 rounds of combat the pilgrim’s fetish remains active.

The ability to summon a creature of heaven, Lantern Archons, can only be used once, but this ability may be recharged by a simple bless spell cast on the pilgrim’s fetish at its holy site of origin. The pilgrim’s fetish will grant its bearer protection from evil three times a week.

In addition, the pilgrim’s fetishcan guide its owner on his religious journey. Once per day, if held in prayer for a full minute, the pilgrim’s fetish will produce a shaft of light pointing directly towards the fetish’s holy site.

Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, Summon Monster III, Protection From Evil, Light; Cost 750 gp

Neil Spicer (of course ;) ) had something to say on this last year. With a bit of situation specific preamble (which I have omitted) he offered the following psychological analysis on one of last year's threads:

Neil Spicer wrote:

...I think a lot of people who fail to make the Top 32 go through the following stages:

A Bunch of Psycho-Babble: ** spoiler omitted **

...

So I'm at four have moved through three, may be by morning I be at five.

Think I will open my self to the barbs of the crowed and ask what could be improved on my idem when the position became open to do so. I am hoping the slight mistake on my part of writing 3th rather then 3rd did not lead my entry to be an auto-reject. Oh well, there is next year.