Aaaaaaaah, THANKS! Just finished Shards of Sin and got my own wayfinder so I can out this to use.
Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
Aaaaaaaah, THANKS! Just finished Shards of Sin and got my own wayfinder so I can out this to use.
You're welcome.
Note that there are other cool ressonance abilities, like getting Blind-Fight or Improved Unarmed Strike. Or a small bonus to saves or concentration checks.
A Vibrant-Purple Prism even effectively gets you a 1st-level Pearl of Power.
Even so, constant protection against mind control is simply too good. Especially for classes with low will saves and/or lots of raw damage potential.
Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!
A shovel is a great thing to have and not at all strange equipment for a traveler. Dig up anything from rare plants to graves, dig a latrine so you don't have to wander off to far from camp when nature calls. Bury your food to keep the bears away.
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so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
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And that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Swiss army knife.[/sarcasm]
Hello again, fellow adventurers!
I started this thread in oder to learn what piece(s) of equipment (or magical enhancement) do you believe is awesome, but for some reason, you don't see very often.
Since we already had some time to get acquainted with Ultimate Equipment, it's a good opportunity to create this thread.For me, the one that I feel many people don't know about is the combo of a Wayfinder + Clear Spindle Ioun Stone. For mere 4500gp, you get constant complete immunity against mind-control and possession by evil creatures. I assume the reason not many people buy this is because not many people have access to Seeker of Secrets.
I'd add armor spikes and weapon chords, but they seem to have become increasingly common these days, so I'd not classify them as "unusual" or "underrated".
I'm a fan of the "Glammered" armor enhancement, as it can be very useful when you suspect things could go south in a situation/place where donning armor is not very well seen (maybe someone will try to kill the Baron during the ball, and you really don't want to depend on a fancy tuxedo to protect you from daggers!). Admitedly, it's not a priority, but when you have some change to spare, why not?
So, what do you think? What is the stuff that can be very useful, but many (if not most) people don't bother to buy?
Antitoxin and antiplague are both very usefull and saves a spell each for our caster...10 foot pole. Tip things over (checking for traps) tap the floor (same thing) use it for balance. Use it to extend your reach when helping someone out of a hole, off a cliff face etc. on the magic side: Gloves of storing (I play a rogue, go figure) campfire bead. camp stove.
Aren't antitoxins specific to different poisons, just like real life?
Nope. That would be too complicated to deal with.
Think of them instead as generic immune system boosters; antiplague isn't this year's flu shot, it's a wide-spectrum anti-bacterial or anti-viral.
Nope. That would be too complicated to deal with.
Think of them instead as generic immune system boosters; antiplague isn't this year's flu shot, it's a wide-spectrum anti-bacterial or anti-viral.
Ahh. I misunderstood.
so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
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And that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Swiss army knife.
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I like to think of it as the Swiss army knife's big magical brother.
I like to think of it as the Swiss army knife's big magical brother.so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
[sarcasm]
And that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Swiss army knife.
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I was poking fun at orcboyz claiming that Paizo ripped off blizzard as if blitz didn't do the same thing. Also, it's got a real life precedence as well as a fantasy one. It's hardly a Ripoff in any event.
For some reason every character I've had in PF recently has had a reason to get at least one Sawback weapon. And always ended up finding a use for it. Usually a dagger or other small blade, so the work was slow, but steady and just as easy to conceal as a normal weapon.
Sure short of a greatsword you won't be cutting down a tree with a Sawbacked blade, but cutting limbs for firewood or tent poles? That you can do with a dagger-sized hand saw just fine.
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Personally i am a fan of "Feather Token Tree"
Had a combat a few years ago that led to a wall of stone blocking my archer's view, however multiple air elementals were on the other side of the wall fighting, in whirlwind form, mummies.
I could not think of anything else to do, so I jumped up to the wall, which was something like 10 feet tall in a 20 ft tall room and lobbed the feather token over the wall. It activated, created a the oak described in the item's description (40 ft tall i think).
It proceeded to explode when it couldn't expand to its size, and all the branches and leaves, and bits, were picked up by the elemental whirlwinds (which again were behind the other side of the wall) doing quite a bit of damage to the mummies.
The tree pinned one mummy to the ceiling, and has since become an epic story in our world.
I always have a feather token tree.
so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
[sarcasm]
And that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Swiss army knife.
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if you have aportible ram or fully functioning hammer tell me where you got that swiss army knife. and i would argue its closer to a letherman.
if you have aportible ram or fully functioning hammer tell me where you got that swiss army knife. and i would argue its closer to a letherman.so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
[sarcasm]
And that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Swiss army knife.
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Read the words, but missed the point entirely. Kids today. *shakes head in disappointment*
Edit: Clearly it's not a direct correlation. Magic's not real.
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In Ultimate Equipment there are some needles that let you tattoo an item into your flesh once per day. It is essentially a 1/day shrink item effect, but I love that you can etch it into your flesh and its no per use charge. A bit more expensive than the wand though.
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Personally i am a fan of "Feather Token Tree"
Had a combat a few years ago that led to a wall of stone blocking my archer's view, however multiple air elementals were on the other side of the wall fighting, in whirlwind form, mummies.
I could not think of anything else to do, so I jumped up to the wall, which was something like 10 feet tall in a 20 ft tall room and lobbed the feather token over the wall. It activated, created a the oak described in the item's description (40 ft tall i think).
It proceeded to explode when it couldn't expand to its size, and all the branches and leaves, and bits, were picked up by the elemental whirlwinds (which again were behind the other side of the wall) doing quite a bit of damage to the mummies.
The tree pinned one mummy to the ceiling, and has since become an epic story in our world.
I always have a feather token tree.
Every druid should have these and place them at convenient locations. Transport via Plants and Tree Stride look alot better now, don't they? Having a tree wherever you want makes the druid alot cooler (and useful).
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Create a magic item that gives you either an at-will or constant prestidigitation.
It's the most widely useful non-combat cantrip (or right-after-combat, after Stabilize). One of my more martial characters always says, "You can tell a wizard, because he's the one who's always clean all the time." It also helps with your magical image, giving you glowing eyes or moving tattoos, or even different-coloured hair if you keep casting the spell instead of using dye.
In a pinch, you can even use it to cover for a low Cooking check, making the over-seasoned food taste the way you actually wanted it to.
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Scabbard of Vigor, especially if you use it with a Dueling weapon (enhancement bonus is tripled for CMB).
Feather Token Whip to grapple the BBEG.
Potion of See Invisible.
Potion of Fly.
Longspear : a Reach weapon that even wizards are proficient with.
Fishing nets, to entangle your opponents as a touch attack.
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Scabbard of Vigor, especially if you use it with a Dueling weapon (enhancement bonus is tripled for CMB).
Feather Token Whip to grapple the BBEG.
Potion of See Invisible.
Potion of Fly.
I'm surprised you think the potion of fly is underrated, I see it all the time, and used to full expectations. Maybe your gaming group just doesn't use enough potions in general.
I think See Invisibility is self only and can't be made into a potion.
I tought you could make a potion provided the spell it's based upon has Target: object(s) or creature(s) (and is 3rd level or lower) ?
If think a spell with Target: You (as is the See invisibility spell) is edible to be made into a potion.
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I tought you could make a potion provided the spell it's based upon has Target: object(s) or creature(s) (and is 3rd level or lower) ?
If think a spell with Target: You (as is the See invisibility spell) is edible to be made into a potion.
Well, all potions are edible, by definition. :D
But seriously, no, See Invisibility is not eligible. Under Creating Potions in the magic item section it sez:
"The imbiber of the potion is both the caster and the target. Spells with a range of personal cannot be made into potions."
Create a magic item that gives you either an at-will or constant prestidigitation.It's the most widely useful non-combat cantrip (or right-after-combat, after Stabilize). One of my more martial characters always says, "You can tell a wizard, because he's the one who's always clean all the time." It also helps with your magical image, giving you glowing eyes or moving tattoos, or even different-coloured hair if you keep casting the spell instead of using dye.
In a pinch, you can even use it to cover for a low Cooking check, making the over-seasoned food taste the way you actually wanted it to.
I have a personal preference for making the item in question an Earring, which isn't an actual magic item slot, so running the magic item creation rules, it comes out to [(0.5 x 1 x 2000) * 2 = 2000g]. That way, everyone gets free Prestidigitation At Will and it doesn't take up a magic item slot.
- Everburning Torch
- Portable Hole
- Figurine of Wondrous Power (Marble Elephant). You'd be suprised how useful it can be to drop a 4 ton animal on top of something- or someone; its just too bad that there isn't a whale figurine anymore...
- Clean Underwear
In Ultimate Equipment there are some needles that let you tattoo an item into your flesh once per day. It is essentially a 1/day shrink item effect, but I love that you can etch it into your flesh and its no per use charge. A bit more expensive than the wand though.
I love this item, particularly the part about what happens to the items after you die. If you do, the items drop into being. So if I have a tattoo of a campfire on my chest and a barrel of black powder on each arm... with a ring of retribution on my finger...
Ah, chaotic neutral.
Some of the one-time use items in UE are really appealing. I'm fond of Origami Swarm; a 300gp item that creates a paper swarm. Good for swarm on swarm warfare and for getting out of sticky situations. "Time to run! Here, have some papercuts."
Dust of Dryness is really neat for the part of the ability where you can bring 100 gallons of water into being by throwing it. I'm not sure how much space that would fill, but it seems as though it would at least bull rush someone, and in an enclosed space could result in spontaneous swim checks.
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Pepper. Leave this on your trail and anything tracking you by smell will have a nasty surprise.
The Mythbusters beg to differ.
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Any mundane light source. Especially at high level if you don't have Darkvision. Obviously some are better than others for convenience, like Sunrods. All your fancy magical glowy things don't mean squat in an antimagic field*. Don't get caught without a light source because you depend too much on Ioun Torches and Darkvision spells. :)
*This comes from experience.
Pepper. Leave this on your trail and anything tracking you by smell will have a nasty surprise.The Mythbusters beg to differ.
Great Episode. Loved the follow up too. Pointed this out to my GM since I have the Scent ability on my Catfolk.
If you want to fool scent tracking get a Scent Cloak only 20g and in the Adventurer's Armory and Ultimate Equipment.
Soap. Because not every wizard knows prestidigitation.
Er...yes they do.
Did you mean to say not every wizard PREPARES prestidigitation?
Soap. Because not every wizard knows prestidigitation.Er...yes they do.
Did you mean to say not every wizard PREPARES prestidigitation?
Because you don't always have an arcanist in the party with Prestidigitation. Or you do, and they aren't going to degrade themselves by being your laundry service.
On that note, and extra change of clothes or 3.
Those are all plausible reasons to carry soap, Darigaaz, but it's not the reason Rob noted (which was flat-out incorrect).
Hero Lab is unofficial and not always correct (and I hate that people see it as any kind of representative authority on the game's rules).
ALL wizards begin play with ALL 0-level spells in their spellbooks, except those from prohibited schools. Prestidigitation is a universal spell and thus is NEVER from a prohibited school.
In short, there is no such thing as a wizard without prestidigitation in his spellbook as per the RAW (short of him losing his spellbook and needing a new one).
Instant fortress. Its perfect and as i realised making a floorplan... its practically speaking made for small or tiny creatures. Its absolutely humongous to anyone smaller than medium.
Plus, it can be made light blue with a red roof.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominhouse Hahaahaha!
Instant fortress. Its perfect and as i realised making a floorplan... its practically speaking made for small or tiny creatures. Its absolutely humongous to anyone smaller than medium.
Is 20 feet square any different from 20 square feet? 20 square feet is not a lot of floor space for anyone (that's only 4x5 feet, less than one grid square).
However, if they meant 20x20, than that's another matter. That comes to 400 square feet. (Also making for a rather squat looking "tower" at only 20x20x30'.)
But ist just like the moominhouse.. greatest cartoon there ever was :p
And if small, make it 6 floors high, now draw it up using 2,5' squares..
so that engineering tool from world of warcraft. good job paizo rip them off for once!!Traveler's Any-Tool.
My god this thing is awesome. It's so small, light (2 lb.), and inexpensive (250gp), but completely invaluable for the tech gnome on the go.
It's an artisan's tool, an instrument, a shovel, block and tackle, a portable ram, a hammer, thief's tool, scissors, or most any other simple machine or tool you can imagine!
[sarcasm]
And that bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Swiss army knife.
[/sarcasm]
Someone's making fun of Blizzard DEFEND DEFEND DEFEND!
Sorry even here sheesh.