- 03/01/13 6 magic inks The Lensman was rocked to the heels, but did not show it. Instead, he took the captain's pen - his...
- 07/18/12 flying carpet, leveled Intelligent flying carpet: PCs who solve a runic puzzle woven into their carpet might discover that...
- 02/22/12 dimensional shackles, leveled Dimensional Shackles of Oppression: Once a day, the holder of the key of the Shackles of Possession...
- 01/25/12 Feather boat, leveled Raven Feather Boat: if a dead person is put at the helm and the boat is sent adrift down a river,...
- 01/04/12 Dust of Appearance, leveled Cullen's Dust of Appearance Any creature who enters the Dust of Appearance's zone will sparkle....
- 09/21/11 keoghtom’s ointment, leveled Keoghtom's Woad This foul-smelling blue ointment, brewed by barbarian hill tribes, doesn't...
- 09/07/11 Sending Stones, leveled Malice's Returning Sending Stone: One of these stones is red and one is black. The holder of the...
- 08/31/11 ritual candle, leveled Specialized Ritual Candle This candle is designed for a specific ritual. When used with the right...
- 08/15/11 handy haversack, leveled It's hard to say what unique conceptual space Heward's Handy Haversack occupies: it's like a bag of...
- 08/01/11 bag of holding, leveled In AD&D, where your treasure haul is limited by encumbrance, you need a way to increase encumbrance...
- 07/18/11 everlasting provisions, leveled My old houserules for leveling magic items mean that every piece of magical treasure has the...
- 06/09/11 where did Iron Rations come from? Old school D&D players resonate to the term "Iron Rations", but where the heck did it come from? Is...
- 06/01/11 torches and lanterns There's something I don't like about 4e's sunrods. They're very practical, and my group uses them...
- 05/25/11 buying a 10 foot pole It's always struck me as kind of weird that a 10-foot pole was something you bought at a store....
- 05/18/11 holy water in Basic D&D In Basic D&D, Holy water is actually a much worse deal than flaming oil. I don't know why I ever...
- 05/11/11 flaming oil through the editions I just looked up flaming oil in my Basic D&D book. It did 1d8 damage on the first round and 1d8 in...
- 05/04/11 burning through your flaming oil I'm reconsidering last week's post about making alchemical items into encounter powers. Maybe part...
- 04/28/11 If you want to run an alchemist character, you probably want to roll on random tables Yesterday I proved (to my own satisfaction) that 4e alchemy doesn't work, and suggested using Gamma...
- 04/27/11 alchemy makes you go bankrupt In this post, I set out to propose that the 4e alchemy system is overpriced for its power; prove...
- 02/28/11 How much for a pitcher of ale? It occasionally becomes necessary to determine the price of daily goods. How much for a pitcher of...


