Cicciograna
2008-11-03, 01:31 PM
Okay, maybe somebody of you has seen this post elsewhere on the Net: that's just because I posted it on another forum, but I had few answers, since it's about a 3.5 object and everybody si so excited about the 4ed...so I hope you won't get angry about a re-posting here on GITP...
One of my players wants to create a magical device acting like a bug, to drop in the lab of a wizard and eavesdropping him. He's a bit low on cash, so I put some limitations on the object, and made up this.
Magical Bug
This small object (a crystal, a scarab, a brooch, or even a stone) works as an eavesdropping device, specifically attuned to a particular target. It must be attuned to the target: the person who wants to eavesdrop (let's call him th "wielder") has to pronounce a command word and then it has to make the Bug "hear" the target voice. The wielder knows if the Bug has succesfully attuned to the designated target. Once attuned, the Bug can be left anywhere, set in a chandelier, hanged to a wall, used to craft the floor of a room, etc., but when it hears the voice of the target it activates: it transmits the target voice (and any sound in the surroundings) to the wielder as per the spell Clairaudience, and up to 10 mins per charge. It has 10 charges, that refill every day.
Moderate Divination; CL 10th; Craft Wondrous Items; Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Price: 17000 mo.
I put many limitations on this object. It doesn't work continuously, and every time it works, it's just for 10 minutes; it is attuned to a single person, so if this object is left in one room, and the target is not present, it's useless; it has to be attuned, and this could not be simple.
I think the pricing is correct, given that I checked this page first:
Random Encounters: Nasty Surprises - Part 4 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20040301a)
and the Eavesdropping weapon enhancement is way far better.
Give me your advice on what do you think of this item and how to improve it, if needed.
One of my players wants to create a magical device acting like a bug, to drop in the lab of a wizard and eavesdropping him. He's a bit low on cash, so I put some limitations on the object, and made up this.
Magical Bug
This small object (a crystal, a scarab, a brooch, or even a stone) works as an eavesdropping device, specifically attuned to a particular target. It must be attuned to the target: the person who wants to eavesdrop (let's call him th "wielder") has to pronounce a command word and then it has to make the Bug "hear" the target voice. The wielder knows if the Bug has succesfully attuned to the designated target. Once attuned, the Bug can be left anywhere, set in a chandelier, hanged to a wall, used to craft the floor of a room, etc., but when it hears the voice of the target it activates: it transmits the target voice (and any sound in the surroundings) to the wielder as per the spell Clairaudience, and up to 10 mins per charge. It has 10 charges, that refill every day.
Moderate Divination; CL 10th; Craft Wondrous Items; Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Price: 17000 mo.
I put many limitations on this object. It doesn't work continuously, and every time it works, it's just for 10 minutes; it is attuned to a single person, so if this object is left in one room, and the target is not present, it's useless; it has to be attuned, and this could not be simple.
I think the pricing is correct, given that I checked this page first:
Random Encounters: Nasty Surprises - Part 4 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20040301a)
and the Eavesdropping weapon enhancement is way far better.
Give me your advice on what do you think of this item and how to improve it, if needed.