Aura moderate evocation; CL 6th
Slot hands; Price 14,000 gp; Weight –
DESCRIPTION
Infused with the power of the wind these gloves allow their wearer to direct the surrounding air with incredible force. They grant a +2 bonus on bull rush attempts and as a standard action, the wearer can perform ranged bull rush from up to 55 feet away. This uses the same rules as a normal bull rush except for every 10 feet the CMB check receives a cumulative –2 penalty and wearer cannot move with the target.
By channeling ki, a monk can increse the power of the wind created dramatically. The wearer as a standard action can spend one point from his ki pool to cause a blast of air traveling at 50 mph in a 60-foot line. He then makes a ranged bull rush against every creature in the area. This wind puts out any small, unprotected flames, like torches, within the line and even has a 50% chance to put out small flames that are protected, like the flame in a lantern.
CONSTRUCTION
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, gust of wind; Skill Craft (cloth weaving) Cost 7,000 gp
Nice, tight, focused to a theme, not overdone, very good.
I like these. These are solid and professional and make you go "hey, why hasnt anyone made these before"?
Love these.
This may be one of the best submissions I have seen so far.
Kept.
Cool item + using bull rush + clever mechanics.
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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Congratulations on making it into RPG Superstar 2009!
I'd have to agree with Clark that this is probably the best item I've read so far. The concept is simple, even obvious when you think about it, but most of the best ideas seem like they should have been obvious in hindsight. Bravo for hitting on it.
The gloves are useful all the time, and you can power up for beefier surges of power too. I think Wolf used just the right word when he called it a cinematic effect - I can totally see it in my mind in use. I like also that you used the existing rules with the Pathfinder twist rather than making up a new subsytem. It might have been helpful to reference the page number (329) for Table 13-10: Wind Effects so that the reader has a quick pointer to what a "50 mph wind" does.
My only puzzlement was that 55 feet seems like a bit of a strange distance for the ranged effect to work, but that's no biggie.
Summary: Great! I'm about halfway through the items and this is the best so far. Dynamic, fun, useful, and the cost seems about right. Excellent work.
Contributor, RPG Superstar
aka Leandra Christine Schneider
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This is a good one right there. Besides what has been said by my fellow judges, I want to add that bestowing ranged capability to the monk is a very good design choice. This class lacks terribly at that field and adding this item already helps a lot.
This is the first item I instantly liked and I hope many like it follow.
Positive:
Blasting away swarms. Check.
Using terrain to the advantage. Check.
Looking super cool while doing all this. Check.
These Gloves have very useful abilities that are balanced just right. They use up the ki pool or stack –2 penalty upon –2 penalty…all at the right price.
Neat formatting too.
Negative:
*shrug*
After reviewing all other items:
I’d say this is definitely within my personal Top 8 for this round (and likely even better). Keep up the Superstar work!
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4
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SWEET - someone else out there in Paizoland is a fan of Airbending!
This is near-perfect execution of a complex & cool idea, and it adds a much needed Shoryuken! precedent to Pathfinder monks. The only way this might be better is if it punched through buildings, set kindling on fire and flung opponents around like ragdolls.
Although, come to think of it, I suppose it DOES fling opponents around like ragdolls - the bull-rushed opponents are, I suppose, all pushed toward the end of the 60' line. With enough Strength, a high CMB and a good roll against weak, low-level opponents ... well, this item lets a man dream.
Dream about Force-Shoving a group of low-level NPCs into the side of a building - and out the other side.
Anyway, point being: truly outstanding work, and I look forward to seeing a whole lot more as Superstar! continues!
aka Robert G. McCreary
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Very nice. I worked on a ring with similar powers, but not for monks. And using the ki pool mechanic to activate greater powers (and making that greater power an area-effect ranged bull rush instead of just a standard gust of wind) is a elegant design choice. Monks need a little wuxia now and again, and this fits the bill perfectly. I can't say anything that the other judges haven't already. Superb work!
Though like Jason, I'm curious about the 55-ft. range. Why not 60 feet? Congratulations on joining the ranks of RPG Superstar!
I'm a fan of this item, although I should think at that cost there should be a uses/day for the ranged bull's rush. It's cheap... but then again, so is the ring of the ram, which actually does damage. Hm.
I'm a fan of the cinematic feeling of this item. I also think it helps to fill a common hole for monks, which is the lack of good ranged options.
CR
I like it! Monks don't have a lot of ranged attack options, and this is a nifty item that also opens up tactical paths ("Hey, Ryu, blow a hole in the zombie front line, for us, will ya?"). Bull rush attacks are underused by PCs, at least in my experience, so I like this one.
Though like Jason, I'm curious about the 55-ft. range. Why not 60 feet?
If I had to guess I'd say he was basing the range off of Close spell range at CL 6 (25 ft + 5x6/2 ft). To which I'd respond - it's not a spell, it's a wondrous item, so don't let the standard effects limit what works best for the item.
But that's just nitpicking. These things are twelve gallons of awesome in a ten gallon hat. Using the ki pool to limit the uses per day was a stroke of genius, and as others have said, you've got a cool cinematic feel going on (like the fight between Flying Snow and Moon in Hero) backed up by a legitimate need in the rules for more ranged monk fu.
Many props, and I look forward to seeing your work in future rounds.
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 6
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Dedicated Voter Season 6
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Big points for using PF RPG specific mechanics in your item. It really helps it feel a part of the new game, rather than just a tweaked D20 item. I also like the flavor of flinging foes around with blasts of air - puts some theatrics into the magic.
You've got this fellow chatter backing you!
Totally cinematic and awesome!
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Very cool item, I love the 'visual' of the character pushing with his hand and causing a distant foe to be knocked back.
Once you are able to respond to individual feedback (not now, obviously), I'd be curious as to where the 55 ft. range came from. Gust of Wind is a 60 ft. range and 55 ft. doesn't seem to fit with Close or Medium Range at CL 6 (which would be 40 ft. or 160 ft.).
Nitpick - A spellcheck would have caught that spelling of 'increase' you had there. It's a pain in the butt, because, if you're anything like me, you'll spellcheck, and then change a sentence because of something that occured to you later, and forget to re-spellcheck...
There's nothing here not to like. Good, focused design. The sort of item people would remember from a long list of items, and remember years later.
Top tier for me.
The Hurricane Gloves are a clever idea.
I like how you decided to use the bull rush mechanic for them.
Your entry could have used a bit of proofreading, however, and on top of simple errors, the writing is a bit clunky.
Ingenious design, interesting effects and effort to fill a rather undeveloped niche (monk's ranged attacks)? What's not to like! These Gloves would fit right into an asian martial arts blockbuster, or a heroic anime.
I love this entry, and would gladly add the Gloves to any monk for an extra edge in hand-to-hand combat.
Cool item. Don't need to say more.
Woo! Like this one...but then I may be a little bias...I love monks.
This item evokes all that wonderful imagery of old-style kung-fu movies. Very cool. Tight design around a great theme. I like how you tied it to the bullrush mechanic and powered it with the ki pool. Just all-around smart design work. Great job!
My two-cents,
--Neil
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RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
aka flash_cxxi
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This is definately a very cool item.
It uses an established mechanic to good effect (Bull Rush) and as many others have noted, it fills the gaping hole in a Monk's ranged attack options very well. Adding the ki usage was just icing on the cake.
Congrats on the Top 32.
Congrats on the Top 32. I really like this item. :D
Very cool item! Elegant mechanics, too. I think the writing could have been a bit cleaner in a few places, but overall these are just awesome. One of my 'top 5'!
Cool item, not overpowered, fun to use and visualize.
Grats on the top 32!
As a fan of Avatar this conjures a truly cinematic nd highly dynamic monk character, and any item that automatically makes a character better is awesome.
This is a great item -- possibly my favorite. This is another item that should have been in some time ago (note the number of Airbender fans, and add the Street Fighter fans who want our monks to have mystic ranged attacks). Excellent work.
Congrats on Top 32,
-S
The wearer as a standard action can spend one point from his ki pool to cause a blast of air traveling at 50 mph in a 60-foot line. He then makes a ranged bull rush against every creature in the area.
Just a note: 50mph wind is only a 6.4 psf force, about 75lb on a typical human. That would be like a child trying to bull rush an adult. 70mph is 12.8 psf, which might be enough to bull rush a medium creature.
The wearer as a standard action can spend one point from his ki pool to cause a blast of air traveling at 50 mph in a 60-foot line. He then makes a ranged bull rush against every creature in the area.Just a note: 50mph wind is only a 6.4 psf force, about 75lb on a typical human. That would be like a child trying to bull rush an adult. 70mph is 12.8 psf, which might be enough to bull rush a medium creature.
Physics meet magic, KABOOM!!
the universe exploded.
The wearer as a standard action can spend one point from his ki pool to cause a blast of air traveling at 50 mph in a 60-foot line. He then makes a ranged bull rush against every creature in the area.Just a note: 50mph wind is only a 6.4 psf force, about 75lb on a typical human. That would be like a child trying to bull rush an adult. 70mph is 12.8 psf, which might be enough to bull rush a medium creature.Physics meet magic, KABOOM!!
the universe exploded.
Just imagine holding your hand out the window of a car going 50mph.
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RPG Superstar 2013
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Dedicated Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9
aka Steven T. Helt
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The writing isn't very good, but the item is simple, fun, and mentions the CMB mechanic, which makes it a Pathfinder magic item.
Well done. Halfway through the list and I think it's one of the most compelling designs so far.
RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32, 2011 Top 16
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Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9
aka JoelF847
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I like these a lot. The one thing that reads a bit weird to me is that the greater power says it makes a 50mph wind, but the standard use doesn't say how strong the wind is. When I was reading, the mph reference made me wonder how strong the standard version was in comparison. Considering that you're not using the wind effects information for your effect, I'd suggest dropping the 50mph reference entirely, and just describe the effect as a powerful blast of wind. This also avoids any real life physics arguments that anyone might want to raise.
I would like to thank everyone for their comments, support, corrections, and criticism. I am also happy about people using this in their own games.
On the 55 ft. maximum, I was thinking 60 ft. away meant a -12 penalty and I decided to stop at the maximum distance with a -10 penalty.
The writing isn't very good, but the item is simple, fun, and mentions the CMB mechanic, which makes it a Pathfinder magic item.
Well done. Halfway through the list and I think it's one of the most compelling designs so far.
/disagree
IMHO, the writing of this item is quite good.
I agree. Monks need more love.
No, wait. That's monkeys.
No, it's monks. Definitely monks.
How about monkey monks? Ape assassins? 'Rangutan rogues? Gibbon gninjas? Wait... No, that's not right...
I coulda had a use for this against a certain mummy dragon.