Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Swords & Wizardry: Apprentice Magic

I’ve long since held a fascination with apprentice magic items.  I love giving them to low-level magic-users for color and flavor.  I don’t recall where I first heard of these two specific items, but I’m putting them here because I like them.

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Ring of Spell Turning
A fairly plain silver band with only a few arcane runes dotting its surface, this ring will – upon command – spell the word “TURNING” in a loud, booming voice.

Ring of Spell Storing
A fairly plain gold band with only a few arcane runes dotting its surface, this ring will – upon command – spell the word “STORING” in a loud, booming voice.

And here's a trio of apprentice magic items I just made up:

Staff of Light
This staff appears as any other ordinary, wooden, magic-user’s staff, however it does radiate magic.  The staff weighs almost nothing, as if it were made of balsa wood.  Because… it’s light.

Ring of Feather Fall
This ring appears as a simple gold or silver band adorned with etched feathers and an arcane rune or two.  If dropped, the ring will float gingerly to the floor, as if it were a feather.

Singing Blade
Any bladed weapon can be a singing blade.  When the weapon is yanked from its sheath with intent to harm, the weapon begins to croon a smoky blues song or a hip swing number (50% chance of either).