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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2009, 02:57:02 PM »

One thing you should definitely add is "The red book: a hobbit's tale with fifty lengthy appendicies" - that is, a masterwork tool for knowledge.  Best 50 gp you'll ever spend.


Realistically, I think most DMs are going to require a book for each knowledge.

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2009, 03:33:45 PM »

One thing you should definitely add is "The red book: a hobbit's tale with fifty lengthy appendicies" - that is, a masterwork tool for knowledge.  Best 50 gp you'll ever spend.


Realistically, I think most DMs are going to require a book for each knowledge.

Or at least have the book cost 50 gp per knowledge boosted.
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2009, 04:49:02 PM »

One thing you should definitely add is "The red book: a hobbit's tale with fifty lengthy appendicies" - that is, a masterwork tool for knowledge.  Best 50 gp you'll ever spend.


Realistically, I think most DMs are going to require a book for each knowledge.

As I've told people, just use a Pokedex.


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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2009, 04:53:53 PM »

One thing you should definitely add is "The red book: a hobbit's tale with fifty lengthy appendicies" - that is, a masterwork tool for knowledge.  Best 50 gp you'll ever spend.


Realistically, I think most DMs are going to require a book for each knowledge.

As I've told people, just use a Pokedex.
Hmmm, Pokedex as a DnD item, knowlegde arcane checks related to creatures only?
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2009, 05:01:11 PM »

One thing you should definitely add is "The red book: a hobbit's tale with fifty lengthy appendicies" - that is, a masterwork tool for knowledge.  Best 50 gp you'll ever spend.


Realistically, I think most DMs are going to require a book for each knowledge.

As I've told people, just use a Pokedex.
Hmmm, Pokedex as a DnD item, knowlegde arcane checks related to creatures only?

Any knowledge, provided you've killed one of those things before.


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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2009, 11:03:21 AM »
First off, excellent resource! Now I don't have to jump around books to find all the useful cheap items anymore.  :p

Some somewhat useful items from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (p. 95-97):
Cassil and Nararoot (1 gp [Male], 2 sp [Female]) - Hey, contraceptives are potentially quite useful, depending on your campaign. :p Besides, they're really quite cheap.
Disappearing Ink  (5 gp) - Potential utility uses.
Potion Belt (1 gp) - Retrieve a potion as a free action 1/round. The 1 gp version gives you 6 slots, while the 60 gp version gives you 10 slots. (Just build it into your existing belt.  :D)

Stuff from other books:
Blessed Bandage (10 gp) [MIC] - Automagically stabilises target. Pretty cheap life-saving item.
Caltrops (1 gp) [SRD] - Cheap battlefield control possibilities.
Jumping Caltrops (250 gp) [MIC] - See above, except these actually seek out an enemy.

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2009, 03:00:52 PM »
I'd add in a vial or three of Trollbane.  Negating regeneration is just plain useful.

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #27 on: May 20, 2009, 06:11:08 PM »
And no Belt of Battle (MIC)?  For shame!
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2009, 06:43:15 PM »
And no Belt of Battle (MIC)?  For shame!
I sorta assumed it was a mater of course that any waist slot items are combined with a BoB. :p
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #29 on: May 28, 2009, 06:22:24 PM »
The eggshell grenades from OA seriously need to be added here. A couple of those are absolutely fantastic.
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #30 on: May 28, 2009, 08:09:51 PM »
Poisoned iron filings that you throw in someone's eyes.

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2009, 08:24:11 PM »
Poisoned iron filings that you throw in someone's eyes.
I prefered cold Iron suplements, turning your blood into everything you need to 'take care' of fae.
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #32 on: May 29, 2009, 11:06:13 AM »
« Last Edit: May 29, 2009, 11:33:49 AM by Solo »

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2009, 11:53:51 AM »
One neat thing from Complete Scoundrel I've never seen anyone mention:
Quote from: CS, page 110
Liquid Sunlight: Shining with the light of a torch, A pellet of liquid sunlight is a half-inch diameter sphere of glass that contains a gold-colored liquid.
<irrelevant and crappy uses of liquid sunlight>
What liquid sunlight does is irrelevant. What's important is those magical words at the beginning of the very first sentence of its description (which I have emphasized for your convenience). It shines with the light of a torch. How much does it cost? 20 gp. You save 90 gp over an everburning torch, and the pellet is actually small enough that you can put it in one of your pouches.
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #34 on: May 29, 2009, 01:00:43 PM »

These are 400gp.

I love them, though.

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2009, 01:16:12 PM »

These are 400gp.

I love them, though.
Come to think of it... How much can you sell wood for, and how much wood can you get out of a Feather Token (Tree)? :D
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #36 on: May 29, 2009, 03:35:22 PM »

These are 400gp.

I love them, though.
Come to think of it... How much can you sell wood for, and how much wood can you get out of a Feather Token (Tree)? :D
40' diameter 60' tall oak tree... I have know idea... what I was thinking is this in combanation with the a wand of shape wood... you should be able to get 1382400/(X squared) 10 foot poles out of it, where X is the diameter of a ten foot pole in inches...
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #37 on: May 29, 2009, 03:58:54 PM »
Hey, it could be really low quality oak.
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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #38 on: May 31, 2009, 10:12:57 AM »
40' diameter 60' tall oak tree... I have know idea... what I was thinking is this in combanation with the a wand of shape wood... you should be able to get 1382400/(X squared) 10 foot poles out of it, where X is the diameter of a ten foot pole in inches...
Assuming the pole is 1 inch in diameter, you get 691200 gp.

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Re: The Utility Belt; or what you should be wearing around your waist
« Reply #39 on: May 31, 2009, 01:37:45 PM »
40' diameter 60' tall oak tree... I have know idea... what I was thinking is this in combanation with the a wand of shape wood... you should be able to get 1382400/(X squared) 10 foot poles out of it, where X is the diameter of a ten foot pole in inches...
Assuming the pole is 1 inch in diameter, you get 691200 gp.
so a eternal wand of shape wood... is actually a gold mine....
A player once asked me if there was any way to make a Tarrasque more evil... 3 sessions later he was stoned with D20s as the PC led an exidus out of the path of a Dire Tarrasque of Legendary Wonder.

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