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    Halfling in the Playground
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    Aug 2015

    Default 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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    Ettin in the Playground
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    Feb 2012

    Default Re: Re-skinning mundane items as low-level magic items

    Handkerchief: Cloak or blanket.
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    Barbarian in the Playground
     
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    Aug 2018
    Location
    Warrensburg, MO
    Gender
    Male

    Default 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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    Pixie in the Playground
     
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    Join Date
    Mar 2019
    Location
    London

    Default 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?

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