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From: jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag)
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Subject: Re: unusual weapons and other silliness
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 23:56:44 EDT
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> a question in regards to the "unusual weapons" discussion:
> a friend and i have fairly chaotic characters; after a
> bloody battle with some kobolds, we felt like raping and

This is demented enough to bring back memories; kobolds
were a running joke in our campaigns.  For example, we cooked
up some Very Strange magic items.  One of these were the
Pointed Shoes of Groin Kicking.  The Pointed Shoes scored
an automatic hit (of some sort) regardless of armor protection
and did no damage in terms of points, but if any adult male
humanoid EXCEPT a kobold (there's what we thought of them)
is hit by them, he is Paralyzed (no saving throw) for the
equivalent of three minutes.  (This brought about an odd
situation where the Girdle of Sex Change actually could be
of some use in combat!)

In a similar vein was the Tin Horn of Valhalla which conjured
up anywhere from 5 to 25 berserk kobolds.  (It's supposed
to be a dozen, but they can't count that high....)

There was also the Holy Pike with an absurd set of bonuses to
hit &c., but was invariably located across the body diagonal
of a small room (the only way it could fit in) so that no
force could remove it without bringing down the ceiling.


Jeff Brown the Scumbag
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