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Plus Guardian felt very League of Legends inspired to me. Have you seen my bear, Tibbers?

The inspiration for the item came from my 10 month old son playing with a teddy bear. I have never actually played League of Legends since I am an old man who fears new things ;)

@dubiousmx:

Have you read any of my longer reviews?

They have a number of sections, and you would score well in each section save 1: audience appeal.

I think this is a tremendous item. I think the design is RPGSS top 32 worthy (even if not perfect, as noted by Kiel Howell, I believe it's top32 worthy [/i]as is). But for better or for worse, people voting often think in terms of, "Can I use this? Would my character want this?"

Since they can't see their character toting this around, they vote it down.

I think it's a shame, but there you are.

As for the name, I liked yours, but perhaps [i]mama's bear would have made your thematic tie in to power #3 more explicit and turned off fewer voters who don't have my objectively perfect taste in item names.

CripDyke, where were you when I was trying to come up with a name? That is perfect! I sincerely wish I had thought of it. I am in awe of your "perfect taste in item names". And thank you for your kind words.

Okay, my item got a few callouts in the Praise thread so I'm a bit curious as to what critiques might help me out next time with really wowing people with a top notch item.

Plush Guardian of Cuddles
Aura moderate enchantment and conjuration; CL 11th
Slot - ; Price 37,500 gp; Weight 0.5 lbs.
Description
This adorable plush stuffed bear seems to be nothing more than a harmless child's toy. However, the plush guardian of cuddles was created as a means for the wealthy and noble to protect their children from danger. The bear contains 3 charges that replenish at the beginning of each day.

As long as the plush guardian of cuddles has one charge remaining, it radiates a 20 ft. aura that quells a creatures aggressive or violent emotions, as calm emotions, unless they succeed at a DC 13 Will save. The aura can be suppressed or activated as a standard action.

By spending one charge the bearer can compel a target within 30 ft. to pick up the bear. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Will save or be compelled to pick up the stuffed bear and do nothing but cuddle it. This effect lasts for 1 minute or until the target is attacked.

Finally, by spending a charge, the stuffed bear can grow to large size and animate in order to defend the bearer from danger. The stuffed bear is treated in all ways as a normal dire bear while animated. The bear will not attack young creatures and has an attitude of friendly towards any such creatures. The summoned bear lasts for 1 minute before vanishing.

The stuffed bear can also be recharged by being held and cuddled. If cuddled for an hour or more, it regenerates charges at a rate of 1 per hour.

Any and all abilities of the plush guardian of cuddles can be activated or deactivated with a master command word.

Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, animate objects, calm emotions, suggestion; Cost 18,750 gp

dubiousmx wrote:

pH unbalanced wrote:

I would like to call out the Plush Guardian of Cuddles as my absolute favorite item in this year's contest.

When I started reading the item it annoyed me, but by the time I was finished with it I was in love. The author absolutely committed to it and turned what could have been a joke item into something great. This was one item where the background was essential to grounding it in the world.

And every time I saw it I smiled. I don't have any higher praise than that.

That one was mine. Thank you very much for the kudos. I was pretty proud of it and my wife (also an avid player) loved it. I wasn't too happy with the name, but I couldn't think of anything better and I wanted something that stood out. I was mostly inspired by my nine month old son playing with a teddy bear.

My thanks to everyone who voted for my item, and congratulations to everyone who made it!

Dubiousmx,

I would also like to state my appreciation of your excellent item.

I am usually the strongest anti-"Cute/Funny/Kiddy" item type of person, but I have to admit your item was so well done it completely won me over.

Bravo good sir, well done and my thanks for the enjoyment during the voting process.

Thank you. I wanted to take a cute and cuddly item that is traditionally geared towards children and try and turn it into an item that could still be useful to an adventurer.

And I have to say to Wolin, who submitted the Security Blanket, that I now can't help but picture a child clutching the Blanket and the Guardian, wandering lost in a dungeon. And I kind of want to design an adventure based around that.

I would like to call out the Plush Guardian of Cuddles as my absolute favorite item in this year's contest.

When I started reading the item it annoyed me, but by the time I was finished with it I was in love. The author absolutely committed to it and turned what could have been a joke item into something great. This was one item where the background was essential to grounding it in the world.

And every time I saw it I smiled. I don't have any higher praise than that.

That one was mine. Thank you very much for the kudos. I was pretty proud of it and my wife (also an avid player) loved it. I wasn't too happy with the name, but I couldn't think of anything better and I wanted something that stood out. I was mostly inspired by my nine month old son playing with a teddy bear.

My thanks to everyone who voted for my item, and congratulations to everyone who made it!

I'm curious as to what you guys thought of my entry. Looking forward to tightening up my ideas for next year. Thanks for the comments, and the chance to participate!

The Coat of the Lone Wanderer
Aura strong universal or evocation (if miracle is used); CL 17th
Slot body; Price 25,000 gp; Weight 15 lbs.
Description
This long brown coat appears to have seen better days. The scars of countless battles litter the surface, obscured in places by the dust of the road. The Coat of the Lone Wanderer provides a +1 luck bonus to AC and saves. As well, the coat protects the bearer from the rigors of the environment as if he was affected by a constant endure elements spell. At any time, the bearer can hide a weapon in the coat and gain a +4 bonus to Sleight of Hand checks as though it were no larger than a coin. The coat can conceal two one-handed or light weapons this way, or one two-handed weapon. The coat can conceal other items of similar sizes as well. This ability does not function with extraordinarily large items such as siege weapons. Finally, the coat protects the bearer's items from damage or destruction. Anytime the bearer of the coat makes a saving throw against an attack, spell or effect that affects one of their items, including the coat itself, they may reroll the save before the results are revealed. They must take the result of the reroll, even if it is worse than the original. This includes when an item takes damage due to the bearer rolling a natural 1 against a spell effect, but only for the item. It does not allow the bearer to reroll to avoid damage to himself.
Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, bless, endure elements, shrink item, wish or miracle; Cost 12,500 gp

When will then be now?

Soon!