Good morning! Here's a fun topic I thought I'd ask about. In my long term campaign (we've been playing for almost 18 months), my character is pregnant with twins (yes, she still finds time to save the world). I was thinking last night about things she needs to get to make her life easier after the twins are born. I've got a few ideas, but I'm curious what else you would suggest. Just for fun - if you were a new mom (or dad) in a fantasy setting, what kind of magic items would you want to make your life easier? Here's my list so far:
Ring of telekinesis (what mom or dad hasn't wished for a third hand?)
Unseen Servants
Some magical variation of this thing: http://www.owletcare.com/
Ring of sustenance (you aren't going to get any sleep anyway)
Anything else that you think would be nice to have?
Glove of Storing so you only have to look after one of them at a time. Or perhaps hosteling armor. At the very least a non-magical Familiar Satchel or two.
You aren't going to get sleep? Of course you will get sleep, if you invest in wands of Sleep. Babies are under 4 HD.
If that doesn't work, a gift basket of Drow Poison, Oil of Taggit, and Maiden Lily Attar will.
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A character in a game I'm playing had a similar situation. Being that he was a lazy wizard he crafted:
Self Cleaning Diapers!
Cloth diapers with a permanent prestidigitation that cleans any mess and improves smells. The GM was amused and allowed it for RP purposes.
You guys are awesome! @'Sani, your comment cracked me up so I had to share it with my group. The barbarian had to rain on my parade by pointing out that since my character is married to a dragon, the babies will have the dragon type and thus be immune to sleep. Stupid barbarians and their obsession with the rules. He did suggest a zone of silence, though, so there's that. ;)
The poisons cause several hours of unconsciousness, which isn't sleep, and will work on dragons.
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I can't believe no one has suggested these:
1) Potions of nap stack or lesser restoration. What is the one thing no new parent has enough time for? Sleep. Nap stack lets you gain the effects of 8 hours of sleep in two. If you aren't a spellcaster, then what are the effects of not getting enough sleep for a day? Fatigue, which lesser resto gets rid of.
2) Apprentice's cheating gloves. Man, kids make a mess. Unless you are a wizard (in which case you can already do this) who wouldn't want 5 lb telekenisis and prestidigitation at will? Someone have a dirty diper? Presto- it's clean! Don't even have to remove it!
3) Handy haversack: okay, you need a lot of stuff with babies. Their favorite toys, food, dipers, all that stuff. But it is rarely less than 80 lbs, and with the handy haversack, the thing you want is always on top!
4) Jailor's rings and Master ring. Always know where your kids are and their status.
5) wand of detect thoughts. Man, it's hard to know why your kid is crying. Is it that their hungry? Tired? They just wanna be hugged? Their will saves are pretty crap, just find out immediately.
6) ring of sustanance. Man, feeding babies is difficult and time consuming. Let's just not.
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A scroll of demiplane. One that doesn't age you, but lets you sleep, and has accelerated time. So you can step in, sleep 10 hours, and step out 1 second later refreshed!
A scroll of demiplane. One that doesn't age you, but lets you sleep, and has accelerated time. So you can step in, sleep 10 hours, and step out 1 second later refreshed!
Why not take it one step further? I say take a 3-Day vacation every night! And be back just a moment after you left. : )
Why not take it one step further? I say take a 3-Day vacation every night! And be back just a moment after you left. : )A scroll of demiplane. One that doesn't age you, but lets you sleep, and has accelerated time. So you can step in, sleep 10 hours, and step out 1 second later refreshed!
This is starting to sound like doctor who... If I were a parent, I would never go anywhere without a wand of calm emotions. with twins. In real life though, graham crackers have a similar effect.
For the baby monitor orcs get a racial spell that lets them used disembodied heads as scouts. Probably not too child friendly but... The alarm spell works. Arcane eye, familiar babysitters, I kind've wish magic existed in real life now. You could even get the snare ranger trap to stop them from crawling too far. Then you let them go, laugh, tuck them in, and set another one.
Well, icon of the midwife might be useful when the kid is being born. It mostly does a few cantrips that are implied to help in childbirth (stabilize, resistance, and virtue).
Mostly goes with the idea "what if you can't get the doctor(cleric) there in time". Admittedly, a party member may have those cantrips, but again- if they aren't there. And if you are the party member with the cantrips... well... threading a needle through your pelvis probably messes up your concentration checks.
So it might be a nice baby shower present at least, going off the idea "it would be great if you didn't die with our mideval medical standards!".