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Class-Based Magic Item Sampler

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Robert Tobler

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When I read through magic items and new DMsguild products that feature magic items, I'm usually looking with a specific character in mind. Here I have included samples from each of my current and upcoming products focused on magic items that enhance or accentuate specific class features that are central to each different class. Barbarians get war paint that enhances their rage class feature, rogues are rewarded with a cloak that enables them to hide easily in dim light, and wizards will find a tome that empowers their conjuration spells. There is something for every class here.

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Ymco D January 20, 2017 2:02 pm UTC

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Am I missing something, the Archdruid's Bearskin Cloak seems extremely weak. Five temporary hitpoints when you transform isn't worthy of legendary status, certainly not with attunement.
Forest shroud/shadow cloak is very weirdly phrased, what is counters the invisibility? Dream Harp is too powerful for an uncommon item, increasing spell save DC is even more powerful than increases AC, and not requiring attunement makes is probably Very Rare. Oathblade is pretty underpowered for a Very Rare item, a single first level spell slot doesn't change an uncommon item to a very rare one, and it requires attunement on top of that. Saints halo also seem very weak and situational. Tooth of Hadar also isn't in any way worth Legendary status, a Warlock of a level that can obtain a legendary item isnt going to use it's spells slot to cast arms of hadar, nor care for the max of 4d6 extra healing on a short rest enough to use up an attunement slot. What happens with the attack that triggered Void Essence, is it lost?

Robert T January 20, 2017 3:50 pm UTC

CREATOR

Firstly, thank you for your feedback!

A part of my design philosophy for these items, which you may not agree with, is the idea that many of these items are rare, not in a 'gp cost to craft' way, but in a 'how many might be found in a given world' way. There's probably only 1 archdruid in a given world, and so there's probably only 1 Archdruid's Bearskin Cloak to be found by an adventuring druid. I admit this doesn't coincide well with the game balance, but it was harder for me to justify while I was in the creation phase. I wanted items that felt cool, and calling something 'very rare' in game terms made it hard to come up with an item that felt more legendary from a story-telling standpoint. But I'm not above reviewing them and adjusting the rarity. It's just not my DMing style. If most DMs are going to distribute strictly based on a 'this player is x level, and therefore finds rare items only' guideline, then I can conform these items to that. Thank you for asking!

-The Archdruid's...See more Bearskin Cloak - "At 20th level, you can use your Wild Shape an unlimited number of times." - 5 temporary hit points every time you use Wild Shape seems good enough to me to be appealing, but not to become a must have item that makes other options useless. I wanted these items to be good, but not break the game. But if people feel strongly about it, I would consider reducing the rarity.

-Forest Shroud / Shadow Cloak - "Invisible", in these items refers to the invisible condition, not the spell. In the PHB it says "A condition lasts either until it is countered (the prone condition is countered by standing up, for example) or for a duration specified by the effect that imposed the condition."

-Dream Harp - You're probably right about this one being too powerful for an uncommon. I used magic weapons as my guide here, where +1 items are uncommon, +2 are rare, and +3 are very rare, but I see now that this could break things too much. I will probably increase the rarity of this one.

-Oathblade - Probably deserves to be rare, except for my 'how many in the world' philosophy (which doesn't have to be final). It's a holy symbol/+1 weapon/+1 extra limited-use 1st level spell slot. I don't think I would feel comfortable making in uncommon, but rare wouldn't break things.

-Saint's Halo - again, 'rarity in the world' over 'how early will a player get one.' +1 bonus to Wisdom saving throws of all allies within 10 feet felt too powerful to give away cheap. Something else about this one, though, is its non-physical nature. By its description, it can't be taken from you or lost. You can be taken prisoner, stripped of your items, and interrogated, but you would still retain this magic item. So, yes, it is situational, but I made it very rare for this roleplay value, which I couldn't ignore. Every item in the DMG can be broken, stolen, or at least lost, except for cursed items or artifacts. I wanted this to become a quasi-class feature because it's an item when you find it, but it becomes a part of you until you die, or change alignment, because it's a halo.

-Tooth of Hadar - Yet again, if it's called the tooth of hadar, and has synergy with the arms of hadar spell, there's probably not a lot of them. But you make a great point. At high levels, Arms of Hadar is probably not even in the Warlock Spells Known any more.

-Void Essence - You make a really good point here, that the wording is vague. It's been a while since I looked at this one, and I'll have to reevaluate it.

Thanks again for your feedback!

Robert T January 23, 2017 3:26 am UTC

CREATOR

Now that I got some feedback and have looked at things with new eyes, I have made some changes. Thanks for the input!