TOPIC: 2025 Rare Tokens

I see a lot of code in the rare set. A lot of special circumstance tokens. Nothing outright impossible, just a lot of code.

Curious with Lute of the Brute. Can a bard equip that as a weapon and use a different instrument for bard song? Or does equipping this as a weapon prevent the use of other bard instruments?

Cranston wrote: I see a lot of code in the rare set. A lot of special circumstance tokens. Nothing outright impossible, just a lot of code.

Curious with Lute of the Brute. Can a bard equip that as a weapon and use a different instrument for bard song? Or does equipping this as a weapon prevent the use of other bard instruments?

Not in general - bard instruments require two free hands to equip.

If you’re using wither of the Widseths lutes you could, in theory, use this as your weapon, but in that case you have to do bardsong with Widseths, not this.

It should be the same as +1 Blowgun Flute.

Ho-Yi Fung wrote: General comment (duplicated in Uncommon thread):
This is the first year since 2009 without a Polymorph enabler at either the Uncommon or Rare level. Can we add a Polymorph potion at either rarity?

+1 Sea Raider Battle Club:
Needs to be updated to match the new damage wheel of the Uncommon SR Battle Club

Thanks. Fixed.

Picc wrote: Assuming I dont need to refresh the rare shirt of luck seems basically identical to the transmuted shirt.

Upon closer inspection it looks like the transmuted shirt can also be worn with URS. Even so, perhaps the rare shirt should be knocked down to +2, which would still leave it ahead of the rare Dandy shirts +1 saves and make the benefit of the transmute more clear.

That makes sense. Done.

BasicBraining wrote: +1 Mystic Staff of Loki: This token seems to be the first to allow players to deal psychic damage. Is that intentional?

Yes. Keep in mind that monsters without brains won't take any Psychic damage -- like a Golem.

Fang of Fenrir: I much prefer this version. DMs may need a little more guidance in a FAQ regarding which attacks to negate but this token is manageable.

E.g. if a werewolf makes two 5 point claw attacks then one 10 point bite attack, as a DM which one should I negate? The first? The most damaging? Whichever I feel like?

I think it will be okay, but thanks for your concern.

Cranston wrote: I see a lot of code in the rare set. A lot of special circumstance tokens. Nothing outright impossible, just a lot of code.

Curious with Lute of the Brute. Can a bard equip that as a weapon and use a different instrument for bard song? Or does equipping this as a weapon prevent the use of other bard instruments?

Whew! Thanks for the help with the coding.

Bards and Lute of the Brute: Treat this instrument like the other Bard instruments as it must be held in both hands to attack and play Bardsong. If the player equips a Widseth's Mystical Lute, the Lute of the Brute would just be a normal weapon.