Horizontal Power and/or Utility Magic Items [3.5 and/or PF] (My players, stay out)

[radthemad4]

I'm running a no magic mart Monty Haul game and I'm looking for magic items to throw at players (I'm using an automatic bonus variant so they don't need stuff like +1 sticks and +2 hats). Price is no object and in a way, I'd like for some of the interesting, but way overpriced magic items in D&D to get some spotlight (like the Carpet of Flying). The kind of stuff a player would likely use if they found them (and didn't have the option of selling them) even if they'd never buy them in a typical WBL game. Also I'd like them to be things that don't insta-gib all opposition or make players immune to everything monsters can do.

The party is currently level 7 (and probably not going to get higher than 10) and stuff I've dropped so far include things like

Carpet of Flying (10 x 10) (https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Carpet_of_Flying)
Lyre of Building (https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Lyre_of_Building)
Page of Spell Knowledge (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items/m-p/page-of-spell-knowledge/) (Spontaneous casters in the party are a Sorcerer and a Hexblade, and I'll appreciate utility spell suggestions too)
Crystal Ball (https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Crystal_Ball)
Cloak of the Bat (https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Cloak_of_the_Bat)
Ring of the Sophisticate (https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/rings/ring-of-the-sophisticate/)

I'm open to any source whether 3.5, Dragon, PF, 3rd party or homebrew.

I'm also open to suggestions for way overpriced 'vertical power' items that wouldn't make a 7th level party OP

[Jack_Simth]

Let's see... there's the Bowl of Commanding Water Elementals (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#bowlofCommandingWaterElementals)
A Cubic Gate (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#cubicGate) (from an old wizard who has long since passed; each of the five 'tuneable' sides leads to a different private demiplane that he used for different purposes - the sixth going to the material plane, of course).
An Instant Fortress (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#instantFortress)

[rel]

Marvelous pigments - great for dungeon modification
Imovable rods - one is fun but several really opens up options
Bag of tricks - solid utility Summons for a small one.
Feather token: tree. 1001 uses. Alright, maybe 3.

[Ken Murikumo]

These are from memory so the names may not be accurate

Bag of holding
Belt of Many Pockets
Muleback Cords (i think this is PF, but easily backportable)
Handy Haversack
Campfire Bead
Ghost Shroud
Folding Boat

[schreier]

If they have a portable hole to hold it - apparatus of kwalish
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#apparatusoftheCrab

Maul of the Titans
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#mauloftheTitans

Helm of Underwater action
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#helmofUnderwaterAction

[Segev]

The Rod of Lordly Might (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/rods.htm#lordlyMight) has always been my favorite item that is too expensive for what it does, but is on the cusp of being too powerful to be discounted to a point reasonable for any of its abilities.

[radthemad4]

:biggrin:

Thanks everyone. Going to put everything here on a 'to drop' list and try to work out encounters where enemies use some of these against the PCs. I find it interesting that almost every non pathfinder suggestion is from the SRD.

Hmm... I should have some underwater encounters at some point.

[Prime32]

From Core:

Bottle of Air/Cloak of the Manta Ray for underwater travel.
Dimensional Shackles/Iron Flask for imprisoning enemies.
Horseshoes of Speed/Horseshoes of a Zephyr make your horse cooler. Or a Stone Horse replaces it.
Lantern of Revealing, except that it's a bullseye lantern so you have to point it in the right direction.
Rod of Flame Extinguishing is a handy safety tool.
Ring of Elemental Command gives a grab-bag of interesting powers.
Ring of X-Ray Vision is pretty unique.