Hey everyone,
I am GMing a group through the Dead Suns adventure path, and since our meeting on Monday will be the last one we have before Christmas, I was thinking it would be nice to give each PC a "christmas present." This would ideally be some item that is only useful in very specific situations, but that a creative player could have some fun with. I have a few ideas for such items:
CHICKEN POT
Once a day a person can reach into this pot and pull out a live chicken.
LIFE-EATING GEM
Whenever anyone holding this gem kills another being of above animal-level intelligence it glows and swells, increasing its value by 5%.
TROMBONE OF INVISIBILITY
If you blow a note on this trombone, you become invisible. The length of invisibility (up to 10 rounds) is proportional to the loudness of the note that you play.
HAIR SPRAY
This spray causes patches of thick hair to sprout wherever it is applied on a living creature. This hair continues to grow normally. The hair will not return if it is shaved away.
RING OF REMEMBERANCE
When put on, this ring makes its wearer look like the last person that put it on. Note that often, the last person who put it on is the current wearer.
GUN OF MARKING
Whatever you aim this gun at (aiming as a standard action) is marked with what looks like bright green paint. This paint lasts for one minute before vanishing.
These aren't all perfect; some of them (like the Hair Spray and the Trombone) hit the mark a little better than others, but it gives you an idea of what I'm looking for.
I'd love to hear more ideas for Christmas Presents!
I think the Trumpbone should only continue to work for as long as you play (up to 1 minute). That way everyone just hears this loud trumpbone moving around the room and hilarity will ensue. Even then, though, there are ways to gamify that.
Other than the life-eating gem, the rest seem to all be essentially at will 0th-1sts. At least with how my group has always used prestidigitation.