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My problem is when the rod's primary function is as a weapon. A magical Rod's primary function or ability shouldn't be a bludgeoning weapon, that should merely be incidental to the Rod. It even says in the above description that they function because of their hardy construction, not because they are crafted to be a weapon.
Why else have a Rod if you are mainly using it as a Mace or club? Why not go and get a magical mace/club that does the exact same thing in combat. What is the point of the Rod as a magical item if it is primarily serving as a light mace or club with some added on abilities?
No need to get so fiery about it...

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frank gori RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 32 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Champion Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9 aka GM_Solspiral |

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Many of the items have a good nugget of awesomeness in their center. I have seen about 9 ideas that would make new weapon special qualities, 4 armor special qualities, and a whole slew with a bit of editing that would have been great. I was hard pressed not to steal ideas for the next Wayfinder issue...

Dana Huber RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka dien |

Your item's concept: fabulous, a niche design space I've rarely seen
Your item's visuals: Also really cool
Your formatting/technical stuff: Well, you made a minor formatting error but I really like you so I... wait... hang on... you didn't include ANY spells in your construction requirements? Despite this being a magic item? With a magical aura? That produces a clearly magical effect? I, uh....
(You're still getting my upvote for now, but this is just a perfect example of how beautiful concept can be derailed by lack of some basic technical thing. :( I don't know if this was an accident of designer hitting submit before they meant to, or what, but it makes me sad because this error will ultimately keep this item from advancing [or at least I don't imagine the judges could overlook it], and that is unfortunate.)

Maria Smolina RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32 , Marathon Voter Season 8 aka Laik |

Your formatting/technical stuff: Well, you made a minor formatting error but I really like you so I... wait... hang on... you didn't include ANY spells in your construction requirements? Despite this being a magic item? With a magical aura? That produces a clearly magical effect? I, uh....
There's at least one big cathegory of magic items that does not use any spells, and that's metamagic rods. Only the use of one more more crafting feat in requiremtents is a must-be in any item template, everything else surely has exceptions.

Dana Huber RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka dien |

dien wrote:There's at least one big cathegory of magic items that does not use any spells, and that's metamagic rods. Only the use of one more more crafting feat in requiremtents is a must-be in any item template, everything else surely has exceptions.
Your formatting/technical stuff: Well, you made a minor formatting error but I really like you so I... wait... hang on... you didn't include ANY spells in your construction requirements? Despite this being a magic item? With a magical aura? That produces a clearly magical effect? I, uh....
True, and valid; however, this item doesn't have, uh, the other half of the crafting reqs you just pointed out... and is not a rod... and, well, I can't/shouldn't say more than that probably as I'd be getting too specific.

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James Casey wrote:Why else have a Rod if you are mainly using it as a Mace or club? Why not go and get a magical mace/club that does the exact same thing in combat. What is the point of the Rod as a magical item if it is primarily serving as a light mace or club with some added on abilities?No need to get so fiery about it...
That's the problem with texting, posting and email... tone isn't conveyed. I didn't mean my post to be inflammatory. If we were in the same room you would have heard it in a very matter of fact tone.

Aaron Miller 335 Dedicated Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 |

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Thomas LeBlanc wrote:That's the problem with texting, posting and email... tone isn't conveyed. I didn't mean my post to be inflammatory. If we were in the same room you would have heard it in a very matter of fact tone.James Casey wrote:Why else have a Rod if you are mainly using it as a Mace or club? Why not go and get a magical mace/club that does the exact same thing in combat. What is the point of the Rod as a magical item if it is primarily serving as a light mace or club with some added on abilities?No need to get so fiery about it...
I was slyly referencing an item that fit nicely into your rant.

Nickolas Floyd RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Dedicated Voter Season 7, Dedicated Voter Season 8, Star Voter Season 9 aka Phloid |

Aaron Miller 335 Dedicated Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 |

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First item I've seen this year where the name has nothing to do with what the item does. I mean absolutely nothing. Complete nonsense. Still, it's a fairly good item, so I'll vote for it, but hopefully I'll get an answer later about what the designer was thinking.
There are quite a few items where I have had to search for "(noun in item name) Pathfinder" to see if it even was part of the lore/rules.

Maurice de Mare RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka Darkjoy |

Maurice de Mare RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka Darkjoy |

Jacob W. Michaels RPG Superstar 2014 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka motteditor |

Your item's concept: fabulous, a niche design space I've rarely seen
Your item's visuals: Also really cool
Your formatting/technical stuff: Well, you made a minor formatting error but I really like you so I... wait... hang on... you didn't include ANY spells in your construction requirements? Despite this being a magic item? With a magical aura? That produces a clearly magical effect? I, uh....(You're still getting my upvote for now, but this is just a perfect example of how beautiful concept can be derailed by lack of some basic technical thing. :( I don't know if this was an accident of designer hitting submit before they meant to, or what, but it makes me sad because this error will ultimately keep this item from advancing [or at least I don't imagine the judges could overlook it], and that is unfortunate.)
I'm not sure which item this is, but if it has some other way to have its abilities -- such as a hex, oracle mystery or some other class ability -- I personally wouldn't hold the lack of spells against it. The apple of eternal sleep from APG, for example, has Brew Potion, Craft Wondrous Item and eternal sleep hex as its requirements.
(Not sure if your later post about it not having certain other requirements also includes this.)

Dana Huber RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka dien |

dien wrote:Your item's concept: fabulous, a niche design space I've rarely seen
Your item's visuals: Also really cool
Your formatting/technical stuff: Well, you made a minor formatting error but I really like you so I... wait... hang on... you didn't include ANY spells in your construction requirements? Despite this being a magic item? With a magical aura? That produces a clearly magical effect? I, uh....(You're still getting my upvote for now, but this is just a perfect example of how beautiful concept can be derailed by lack of some basic technical thing. :( I don't know if this was an accident of designer hitting submit before they meant to, or what, but it makes me sad because this error will ultimately keep this item from advancing [or at least I don't imagine the judges could overlook it], and that is unfortunate.)
I'm not sure which item this is, but if it has some other way to have its abilities -- such as a hex, oracle mystery or some other class ability -- I personally wouldn't hold the lack of spells against it. The apple of eternal sleep from APG, for example, has Brew Potion, Craft Wondrous Item and eternal sleep hex as its requirements.
(Not sure if your later post about it not having certain other requirements also includes this.)
I suppose I really wasn't being clear. :P (I think I can answer this one without being too specific, but if any mods disagree, my apologies.)
It's a magic weapon that has, in its construction requirements, a gold price. And that's it. Nothing else. No feats. No class features. Nothing at all except a GP value. And it's not the only item I've seen like that, except, for the others, that lack of correct item construction was usually paired with an overall subpar design. This one jumped out at me merely because the actual item was GOOD (in my opinion), and paid close attention to mechanics in the item itself, and it was disappointing to see it fall down on literally the last part of the entry.

R Pickard RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8 , Star Voter Season 6, Star Voter Season 7, Star Voter Season 8 aka DeathQuaker |

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Your fantastic and wonderful concept is unfortunately overshadowed by a glaring design flaw. And I mean GLARING design flaw.
I am still upvoting you because even though I noticed this flaw, the execution of your item is just...wow. You have something there, and it's just...almost there. it just needed a little more revision.
I WILL be commenting specifically on your item after the voting.

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Your fantastic and wonderful concept is unfortunately overshadowed by a glaring design flaw. And I mean GLARING design flaw.
I am still upvoting you because even though I noticed this flaw, the execution of your item is just...wow. You have something there, and it's just...almost there. it just needed a little more revision.
I WILL be commenting specifically on your item after the voting.
You may want to wait until you see the creator specifically ask for feedback on it, which they may not.

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Your fantastic and wonderful concept is unfortunately overshadowed by a glaring design flaw. And I mean GLARING design flaw.
I am still upvoting you because even though I noticed this flaw, the execution of your item is just...wow. You have something there, and it's just...almost there. it just needed a little more revision.
I WILL be commenting specifically on your item after the voting.
I would wait and see if the designer puts this item up for review in the critique thread. I'm sure you just want to be helpful but some designers will have put themselves out there as far and possibly farther than they are comfortable with.
Just something to think about.
*Edit* This is what I get for not refreshing the page before replying. Sorry Brigg did not mean to dogpile.

Maurice de Mare RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Dedicated Voter Season 9 aka Darkjoy |

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Kiel Howell RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 32 , Marathon Voter Season 6, Marathon Voter Season 7, Marathon Voter Season 8, Marathon Voter Season 9 aka theheadkase |

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Some people do like their classical iconography. Saw several items that actually belong to the Hermes family (Asclepius included). Thank the Greek Gods that they did not put copyright on it ;-)
The good news is they would have had to renew that copyright for the last 2500 years, so we're all good!