AintThatASeamus
2009-09-15, 12:22 PM
I have been running two D&D games in the same setting in tandem over the past few months. This past Sunday, I ran a session where the two parties met each other for the first time.
While most of the characters didn't really get along (understandable, given that I set them on opposite sides of a war), two of them really made a connection. Easily the most emotionally troubled and isolated members of their respective groups, the two of them offered each other the support they needed, and vowed to keep in touch when the parties went their separate ways.
The players of these characters have asked me about magical means of keeping in touch over long distances, as both groups are fairly mobile, making mundane means all but useless. Neither of them are spellcasters, and they would both prefer not have to use spellcasters as intermediaries for their communication.
To my mind, that leaves magic items as their only recourse. So the question I pose is this: what magic items allow two non-casters to communicate reliably, and preferably cheaply, over vast distances? The only caveat is that teleportation magic is unavailable in my setting. Thanks for your help!
While most of the characters didn't really get along (understandable, given that I set them on opposite sides of a war), two of them really made a connection. Easily the most emotionally troubled and isolated members of their respective groups, the two of them offered each other the support they needed, and vowed to keep in touch when the parties went their separate ways.
The players of these characters have asked me about magical means of keeping in touch over long distances, as both groups are fairly mobile, making mundane means all but useless. Neither of them are spellcasters, and they would both prefer not have to use spellcasters as intermediaries for their communication.
To my mind, that leaves magic items as their only recourse. So the question I pose is this: what magic items allow two non-casters to communicate reliably, and preferably cheaply, over vast distances? The only caveat is that teleportation magic is unavailable in my setting. Thanks for your help!