Magical earrings


Rules Questions


I am looking at having a magical earring or set of earrings made and I am curious as to whether they/it will count against finger rings. Does anyone know?


Amatatsu Hiroshi wrote:
I am looking at having a magical earring or set of earrings made and I am curious as to whether they/it will count against finger rings. Does anyone know?

Ask your GM.


My ruleing would be that they use the no slot rule. Thus making them cost more.


I agree they should be slotless.

Maybe you can lower the price a bit by adding the caveat that they both together count as one magic item, and that you need to wear both to get the effect?


Or just have them use a different slot. Ring, headband, or amulet make sense.


Our GM made it a common slot like any other, up to two earrings. We also, as a joke, have a cod piece. I don't remember if we have magical pants, I'm pretty sure someone does.

Either way, ask your GM. Best case scenario, it's a regular slot. worst case, he doesn't allow it period. Middle ground is slotless.


I had a Bard who was going to create a pair of earrings with a permanent Tongues effect on them. The Gm and I agreed it would be slotless, which made it prohibitively expensive at his level so we changed it from permanent to a charged item 3x a day I believe.


Amatatsu Hiroshi wrote:
I am looking at having a magical earring or set of earrings made and I am curious as to whether they/it will count against finger rings. Does anyone know?

Have it take up the "eyes" slot. See here for a list of available magic item slots.

That said, my DM did give us sets of 'slotless' earrings, so either possibility works.


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Was it the Shiving Isles for Elder Scrolls Oblivion that had a quest related to a magic item called "Calming Pants" ?

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I have seen third-party magic earrings that use the headband slot:
The Captain's Horn

But they are third party, no official. My suggestion is one of the following:

Headband: headbands and phylacteries.
Head: circlets, crowns, hats, helms, and masks.
Eyes: eyes, glasses, and goggles.
Neck: amulets, brooches, medallions, necklaces, periapts, and scarabs.
or slotless

I know that the slots are no longer tied to certain bonuses, but I would check out what types of items sit in each and plan the earrings to match (for the thematic idea). Thus a set of earrings that grant perform bonuses (for example) might fit in the head slot (since there are other items there the buff charisma). This also helps to keep balance.

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