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My best advice would be to have at least 10 illusory ion torches as well as as many real ones as you can have orbiting your head so they don't know which one to attack
Well, yeah. I was going to suggest that the ioun torch gets crafted able to cast mirror image, which would do this.
On reflection, I think maybe it'd just be better to have a few normal ioun torches floating around and use magic aura on the smart one to make it look just like the rest.
I second the Western Star. Here is a version that an NPC, NG (for No Good) has.
Cracked and Repaired Western Star: This blue crystal is cut in the shape of a five-pointed star. The user can render the Western Star and other ioun stones in his possession invisible and undetectable by magic aura [See the spell for limitations]. The owner can see the ioun stones at all times. 8.2k gp Ego 5 This stone has a minor spirit inside that keeps the other stones orbit-ing at all times and prevent their theft. If they are disturbed, the spirit will nudge her awake. 13 int 11 wis 10 char NG alignment. Senses 120’, Darkvision. Magic Aura cast at will. Cast Stabilize at will and Cure Light Wounds (1d8+5) 3x/dy. Empathy, telepathy, speech (Terran). If NG is severely injured and dying, her soul will go into the Orange Rhomboid. The Western Star will cast Stabilize and then Cure Light Wounds til she isn’t dying. If that is not enough, the Western Star can float off and find help. NG can also tell the Western Star to cast Stabilize on dying characters as well; since it is a freebie, it’s likely that TWS will do this on its own.
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Normally, an Ioun torch cannot be intelligent.
According to those rules, an item with charges which can be spent to eventually run out of magic (like a wand) cannot be made intelligent. Ioun torches are based on the kind of stone that runs out after, say, protecting against 20 spell levels.
The 'torch' part is not a magic item enchantment but a cast spell, and a spell can't be made into an intelligent magic item.
Your only option is to have the kind of Ioun stone that doesn't run out and make that intelligent. This will be a lot more expensive than an Ioun torch.
You can cast continual flame on that if you want. : )
I think you should find a old burned out ioun stone and give it a second chance in another career. Hey, can you give it ranks in Perform:Sing? Or Storytelling? Oratory? Help relieve the boredom of road travel . . .
This'll sound crazy, but....
Your best defense option isn't something you can look up in a book, punch into a calculator, etc. It's talking to your DM & getting them on board with your idea. You need to sell the DM on this thing adding to the game. Because there's no amount of rules or tricks that will prevent a DM from messing with something if they decide to do so.
This'll sound crazy, but....
Your best defense option isn't something you can look up in a book, punch into a calculator, etc. It's talking to your DM & getting them on board with your idea. You need to sell the DM on this thing adding to the game. Because there's no amount of rules or tricks that will prevent a DM from messing with something if they decide to do so.
I second this. If your GM wants to take out your floaty helper you'll be fighting an uphill battle to prevent that. If they have no intention of targeting the stone then you probably don't want to spend too much time and effort making it safe.
Can you just implant the ioun stone on a part of the body that is normall protected by armor or concealed with clothing?
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Normally, an Ioun torch cannot be intelligent.
According to those rules, an item with charges which can be spent to eventually run out of magic (like a wand) cannot be made intelligent. Ioun torches are based on the kind of stone that runs out after, say, protecting against 20 spell levels.
The 'torch' part is not a magic item enchantment but a cast spell, and a spell can't be made into an intelligent magic item.
Your only option is to have the kind of Ioun stone that doesn't run out and make that intelligent. This will be a lot more expensive than an Ioun torch.
You can cast continual flame on that if you want. : )
HEY!
LISTEN! Isn't the point of an Ioun Torch that the effect in question has already worn off?
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Normally, an Ioun torch cannot be intelligent.
According to those rules, an item with charges which can be spent to eventually run out of magic (like a wand) cannot be made intelligent. Ioun torches are based on the kind of stone that runs out after, say, protecting against 20 spell levels.
The 'torch' part is not a magic item enchantment but a cast spell, and a spell can't be made into an intelligent magic item.
Your only option is to have the kind of Ioun stone that doesn't run out and make that intelligent. This will be a lot more expensive than an Ioun torch.
You can cast continual flame on that if you want. : )
HEY!
LISTEN! Isn't the point of an Ioun Torch that the effect in question has already worn off?
Interesting...so you take a non-intelligent charged Ioun Stone, wait for its charges to run out, then craft intelligence into the 'dead' stone whose only power is the orbiting thing?
Y'know, that could work. : )
You wouldn't even need to have continual flame cast on it.
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Magic items sometimes have intelligence of their own. Magically imbued with sentience, these items think and feel the same way characters do and should be treated as NPCs. Intelligent items have extra abilities and sometimes extraordinary powers and special purposes. Only permanent magic items (as opposed to single-use items or those with charges) can be intelligent. (This means that potions, scrolls, and wands, among other items, are never intelligent.) In general, less than 1% of magic items have intelligence.
Not even possible by the wording. dull gray ioun stones are discharged, which fits under "among other items", where it lists charged and single use items. This is essentially "I want to make a cheap, used up ioun stone intelligent as a cheap way to get an intelligent items that casts cool spells". Don't be surprised or upset if your GM shuts this down.
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Considering there are construction requirements for a dull grey ioun stone, it follows that they can be constructed without any ability representing charges. They should be suitable for intelligence if anything is.
Barring that, spend a little and make one of the cheaper stones instead. A tourmaline sphere ioun stone has a construction cost of 500 gp and might even save your life.