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2019-03-21, 11:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2015
Re-skinning mundane items as low-level magic items
Let me explain- in the setting I’m running, there was a race of magical precursor giants (so big that they were more like gods than giants as we think of them in D&D).
The players are about to run into a half-buried giant chest, guarded by a giant housecat and spider.
In the chest, which is the size of a large house, they’ll find various mundane items which I want to sell as usable, sometimes magical weapons, armor, potions, etc.
Do playgrounders have any quirky and/or immediately obvious re-skins? The only real criteria is that the item be something you’d have in a chest or closet, and it’s magical reinterpretation be fairly low on the power curve.
So far I’ve got:
Sewing kit- needle=rapier, thimble=helmet, thread=climbing rope
Ornamental broach=shield
Matches=torches
Magic rings=magic armbands
Scrap of cloth=magical cloak
Cheers!
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2019-03-21, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2012
Re: Re-skinning mundane items as low-level magic items
Handkerchief: Cloak or blanket.
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2019-03-21, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2018
- Location
- Warrensburg, MO
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Re: Re-skinning mundane items as low-level magic items
Coins or buttons could be another option for shields. Toothpick type object for spears.
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2019-03-24, 07:20 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2019
- Location
- London
Re: Re-skinning mundane items as low-level magic items
Cool idea, although maybe be careful with the scale you're using. If a needle could be a rapier, then a finger ring would be far too large to be an armband (and probably also wouldn't come in pairs). Could be a metal belt of some sort instead?
What's the level of technology like? Not in the main setting, but in this giant world? Would there be paperclips (maybe a grappling hook, depending on size), or thumbtacks (a buckler), or sticky tape (so many options)? Could there be a set of small keys? Elastic bands? Maybe a paracetamol tablet could be like an almost infinite supply of healing potion, if someone knew how to prepare it?