Nifty items

[G.Cube]

I'm looking for some neat and helpful items for a game starting soon. I have roughly 2,000 gold, and our group is low to mid op. I was thinking a Hand of the Mage for starters, any suggestions for some fun budget items?

[eggynack]

Shax's Indispensable Haversack (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148101) is basically nothing but nifty items on a budget.

[John Longarrow]

For 750 you get a belt of healing.
For 1400 you get Anklets of Translocation.

Either would be very good. Both would serve better than a hand of the Mage.

For better answers, what level and type of character are you looking to play?

[Karnith]

Bunko's Bargain Basement (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=350.0) contains a list of items, both magic and non-, on the cheap, though 2,000 gold is a pretty tight budget if you're in the market for magic items.

[G.Cube]

For 750 you get a belt of healing.
For 1400 you get Anklets of Translocation.

Either would be very good. Both would serve better than a hand of the Mage.

For better answers, what level and type of character are you looking to play?

We're starting at level three and going until whenever! I'm playing a NE Duskblade, he's not to screw the other party members, but he's a crafty sort, hard to pin down. Why not a Hand of the Mage? Seems like theres a lot of potential usefulness and RP fun to be.had with an at will mage hand.

[John Longarrow]

Because having 6D8 per day of healing you can use on yourself or being able to teleport 10' twice per day can keep you alive more often than mage hand.

[Vizzerdrix]

1200 gets you a traveler's cloak. Food, water, a tent and (most importantly) tea every day for ever. Plus a few other comfort abilities as well.

That leaves you with enough to get a healing belt and money to craft a bottle of shapesand to boot.

[Eldan]

I have yet to encounter a problem that can't be solved by creative application of a feather token: tree. Buy a handful, they are dirt cheap.

[Maginomicon]

If it's possible to get a custom item of daily-use Call Item (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20040827e), get that. It has nearly infinite versatility since its based on the market price of the item instead of the function of the item.

[Nettlekid]

Spend barely any of it on regular mundane items like a hammer, and instead buy a jug or two of Shapesand (100 gp per jug) which you can use to form any mundane item by Wis-checking it into existence. Very handy.

[G.Cube]

1200 gets you a traveler's cloak. Food, water, a tent and (most importantly) tea every day for ever. Plus a few other comfort abilities as well.

That leaves you with enough to get a healing belt and money to craft a bottle of shapesand to boot.

Traveler's Cloak bought and appreciated, exactly what I was looking for!

I have yet to encounter a problem that can't be solved by creative application of a feather token: tree. Buy a handful, they are dirt cheap.

While brainstorming the possibilities leads me to believe that these are completely awesome, care to share some stories?