Amiel
2009-09-01, 02:15 AM
Confectionery in its myriad forms has traditionally been associated with mortal children; indeed, its popularity is almost solely perpetuated by children, who consume these delicacies with ravenous delight.
Festivals too have been enacted in its honor. Cynics have labeled these as singularly focused exercises designed explicitly to generate profit, while traditionalists maintain such festivities harken back to centuries past where the agricultural deities and gods of the land were venerated.
This notwithstanding, adventurer candy or confectionery for adventurers is increasingly becoming common and popular among such parties.
It is been suggested that adventurer candy was due in part to impatient adventurers who had neither the time nor the inclination to decipher, record, and verbalise magic from scrolls or similar devices.
Wanting an alternative that was both expedient and marketable proved to be a challenge that was difficult to solve. Until, that is, a collective experienced an eureka moment; the sudden insight that confectionery imbued with arcana (actually, spells) would be exceedingly sought after, to the extent that other magic items may even be discarded and thus a monopoly would form.
This reality, of course, is yet to be realised, however, candy for adventurers has proven to be a impressively popular hit.
To avoid market saturation and too many cavities, candy is usually priced more expensively than a similarly leveled scroll or other magic item.
Mechanics
Depositing the candy into the mouth involves a move action.
Mastication, and thus evoking the benefits of the stored magic, involves a swift action. Usually these benefits, due to the time spent on chewing, and time spent bringing the candy to the mouth is usually delayed but can be mitigated somewhat with the feats below.
Incidently, the duration of beneficial effects lasts as long as the candy is in the mouth and ends when the candy has been dissolved by saliva.
A Selection of Candies, Confectionery and Lollies
Blue Coil
This candy, a mint, is shot through with displays of blue and white; occasionally, it can even discharge minute crackles of electricity. This is harmless to the consumer. When digested, this candy invokes the call lightning spell.
Burning Breath
This slightly spicy candy gives off the faint aroma of brimstone. Red jelly can be found under a raspberry flavored candy shell. When eaten, this candy allows the consumer to evoke a minor breath weapon as a cone of fire dealing 2d8 points of damage (DC = 10 + class level + Con modifier). The cone is 30 feet long.
Red Dragon
This candy is lovingly crafted into the shape of a miniature red dragon from which illusory flame shoots from its tiny nostrils.
Its outer shell is hard milk chocolate over which is a core of delicious caramel honey-comb.
Despite its name, this candy when eaten produces a resist energy (fire) effect.
Golden Blessed
This very delicious candy exudes a soft golden glow and is beautiful to look at. The flavor of this candy can be likened to caramel but tastes even better. When eaten, this candy grants a double strength bless effect.
Cursed Confectionery
Occasionally, candy can be cursed, and these are aptly titled adventurers' bane.
Earwax, Thousand Flavored Candy
This cursed candy looks a delicious lemon-yellow and apparently looks just as tasty. Be warned, fellow adventurers! All is not what it seems. Not only does it taste awful, the consumer's earwax multiplies to such an extent that it imposes a -2 penalty to Listen checks.
Stinkbomb
This unflatteringly repugnant, odious vomit green candy smells of worn-too-long socks and other disagreeable-with-stomach things. When eaten, if one is brave enough, it evokes the cloudkill spell.
Feats
Gobble It Up [General]
Benefit
Your jaws of steel (this feat) greatly expedites the mastication process. Consuming the candy becomes an immediate action and makes the benefits given instantaneous effects; where the spell has a longer effect time, this is not changed.
Wolf It Down [General]
Benefit
This feat ensures less time spent on the unwrapping and eating process and more on the sugary goodness inside the candy.
This feat changes the move action for depositing a candy into the mouth to a swift action.
More to come! :smallbiggrin:
Festivals too have been enacted in its honor. Cynics have labeled these as singularly focused exercises designed explicitly to generate profit, while traditionalists maintain such festivities harken back to centuries past where the agricultural deities and gods of the land were venerated.
This notwithstanding, adventurer candy or confectionery for adventurers is increasingly becoming common and popular among such parties.
It is been suggested that adventurer candy was due in part to impatient adventurers who had neither the time nor the inclination to decipher, record, and verbalise magic from scrolls or similar devices.
Wanting an alternative that was both expedient and marketable proved to be a challenge that was difficult to solve. Until, that is, a collective experienced an eureka moment; the sudden insight that confectionery imbued with arcana (actually, spells) would be exceedingly sought after, to the extent that other magic items may even be discarded and thus a monopoly would form.
This reality, of course, is yet to be realised, however, candy for adventurers has proven to be a impressively popular hit.
To avoid market saturation and too many cavities, candy is usually priced more expensively than a similarly leveled scroll or other magic item.
Mechanics
Depositing the candy into the mouth involves a move action.
Mastication, and thus evoking the benefits of the stored magic, involves a swift action. Usually these benefits, due to the time spent on chewing, and time spent bringing the candy to the mouth is usually delayed but can be mitigated somewhat with the feats below.
Incidently, the duration of beneficial effects lasts as long as the candy is in the mouth and ends when the candy has been dissolved by saliva.
A Selection of Candies, Confectionery and Lollies
Blue Coil
This candy, a mint, is shot through with displays of blue and white; occasionally, it can even discharge minute crackles of electricity. This is harmless to the consumer. When digested, this candy invokes the call lightning spell.
Burning Breath
This slightly spicy candy gives off the faint aroma of brimstone. Red jelly can be found under a raspberry flavored candy shell. When eaten, this candy allows the consumer to evoke a minor breath weapon as a cone of fire dealing 2d8 points of damage (DC = 10 + class level + Con modifier). The cone is 30 feet long.
Red Dragon
This candy is lovingly crafted into the shape of a miniature red dragon from which illusory flame shoots from its tiny nostrils.
Its outer shell is hard milk chocolate over which is a core of delicious caramel honey-comb.
Despite its name, this candy when eaten produces a resist energy (fire) effect.
Golden Blessed
This very delicious candy exudes a soft golden glow and is beautiful to look at. The flavor of this candy can be likened to caramel but tastes even better. When eaten, this candy grants a double strength bless effect.
Cursed Confectionery
Occasionally, candy can be cursed, and these are aptly titled adventurers' bane.
Earwax, Thousand Flavored Candy
This cursed candy looks a delicious lemon-yellow and apparently looks just as tasty. Be warned, fellow adventurers! All is not what it seems. Not only does it taste awful, the consumer's earwax multiplies to such an extent that it imposes a -2 penalty to Listen checks.
Stinkbomb
This unflatteringly repugnant, odious vomit green candy smells of worn-too-long socks and other disagreeable-with-stomach things. When eaten, if one is brave enough, it evokes the cloudkill spell.
Feats
Gobble It Up [General]
Benefit
Your jaws of steel (this feat) greatly expedites the mastication process. Consuming the candy becomes an immediate action and makes the benefits given instantaneous effects; where the spell has a longer effect time, this is not changed.
Wolf It Down [General]
Benefit
This feat ensures less time spent on the unwrapping and eating process and more on the sugary goodness inside the candy.
This feat changes the move action for depositing a candy into the mouth to a swift action.
More to come! :smallbiggrin: