TOPIC: Need Your Token Ideas for 2008!

Mike - holy cow!<br /><br />Jammies - I love the idea of the singing sword!<br /><br />I'll try to post some ideas later.<br /><br />Arrr!!!<br /><br />Brian<br />

Some ideas off the top of my head:<br /><br />- ring of spell storing: allows caster of any class to use one additional spell of any level from their repetoire<br /><br />- wand of wonder (DM would have sheet with the random effects)<br /><br />- monks belt: one extra stunning fist per adventure and one additional attack per round during one room once per adventure<br /><br />- bowl of commanding water elementals *<br /><br />- figurine of wondrous power *<br /><br />- decanter of endless water: the waterskin FROM HELL  <br /><br />- helm of telepathy: allows user to communicate with one other individual per round without being overheard<br /><br />- prayer beads: 4 use cleric necklace, each bead with a separate power<br /><br />- long sword of defending +2: all or part of weapon bonus can be transferred to AC<br /><br />- Dagger of vampirism +2: each successful hit grants user 1 hitpoint which may go over their typical max<br /><br />- ring of spell turning: once per adventure the wearer may reflect a spell coming at them as an instant action, with a 50% chance the spell strikes the original caster<br /><br />* the use of these summoning items would allow the caster to toss an additional puck during combat, and the token would have the summoned creature's stats, so this shouldn't slow up play<br /><br />I'll add more as ideas come to me.  =D<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

<br />Mike - holy cow!<br /><br />Jammies - I love the idea of the singing sword!<br /><br />I'll try to post some ideas later.<br /><br />Arrr!!!<br /><br />Brian<br /><br />

<br /><br />Thanks, Brian!  I've been working on the new token ideas for awhile   =)

How about something like +1 shortbow...that would be nice for us rogues that can't afford the UR shortbow.<br />Bring back bracers of defense and archery and amulet +1.<br />I like the Hand of the Mage item from Mike's post, but it's seriously not overly powerful, so it could be a rare and not UR.  Very few people would choose it over an Amulet +1 or even thorns.<br />More ioun stones would be awesome.<br />I think Cloak of Resistence +3 (or even +4) is a must at UR.<br />Revamping the Cloak of the Mage to make it NOT useless would be nice too. (either make it +4 to armor, or let it stack with the mage armor spell...for the cost, mage armor and Cloak +2 is far cheaper).<br />More later.

<br />I think Cloak of Resistence +3 (or even +4) is a must at UR.<br />

<br />Or the +2 is already too powerful and should be a purp.  Almost everyone uses it over a cloak of displacement, which even in its nerfed state is still a powerful purp.

<br />Ummm. How is it picking for strategy if you never have the item in question to pick from?<br />

<br />By collecting for a few years of course.  You may not have that particular red from five years back, but it doesn't matter that much because you have lots of other options for that slot.

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<br />I think Cloak of Resistence +3 (or even +4) is a must at UR.<br />

<br />Or the +2 is already too powerful and should be a purp.  Almost everyone uses it over a cloak of displacement, which even in its nerfed state is still a powerful purp.<br />

<br />I agree it is on the high end power-wise at rare, but I think there are too many out there now to change that...discontinuing it is probably a good idea, but adding a +3 ar UR would be very sweet.

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<br />Ummm. How is it picking for strategy if you never have the item in question to pick from?<br />

<br />By collecting for a few years of course.  You may not have that particular red from five years back, but it doesn't matter that much because you have lots of other options for that slot.<br />

<br /><br />Which still dosen't allow you to pick for strategy because the item that qualifies for a particular strategy is missing.

One non-specific suggestion I would like to make is that we see more items of the belts/ girdles, boots, bracers, and helmets categories. These equipment types seem to be somewhat limited in number currently.<br /><br />As suggested by someone else, I'd also like to see more ioun stones to select from.<br /><br />

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<br />I think Cloak of Resistence +3 (or even +4) is a must at UR.<br />

<br />Or the +2 is already too powerful and should be a purp.  Almost everyone uses it over a cloak of displacement, which even in its nerfed state is still a powerful purp.<br />

<br />I agree it is on the high end power-wise at rare, but I think there are too many out there now to change that...discontinuing it is probably a good idea, but adding a +3 ar UR would be very sweet.<br />

<br /><br />Upshifting is never as much of a problem as downshifting. It's probably a moot point considering how many cloaks are out there, but it is more UR strength than anything else. Also, since it is so ubiquitous as a rare, it's unlikely to cause any excitement if unveiled as a UR. Better bet is to just yank it from the lineup and then return it in 2 years as a UR.<br /><br />In general, I'm much more fond of a rotation schedule rather than simply setting a high turnout rate. Can't we get something going where tokens stay in for two years and then leave for two?

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<br />I think Cloak of Resistence +3 (or even +4) is a must at UR.<br />

<br />Or the +2 is already too powerful and should be a purp.  Almost everyone uses it over a cloak of displacement, which even in its nerfed state is still a powerful purp.<br />

<br />I agree it is on the high end power-wise at rare, but I think there are too many out there now to change that...discontinuing it is probably a good idea, but adding a +3 ar UR would be very sweet.<br />

<br /><br />If you keep just upping the power, then having a Save DC of 12 for anything is ridiculous.<br />You already had some people complaining that hardcore was a cake walk.  Do you really want to add to that?

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<br />I think Cloak of Resistence +3 (or even +4) is a must at UR.<br />

<br />Or the +2 is already too powerful and should be a purp.  Almost everyone uses it over a cloak of displacement, which even in its nerfed state is still a powerful purp.<br />

<br />I agree it is on the high end power-wise at rare, but I think there are too many out there now to change that...discontinuing it is probably a good idea, but adding a +3 ar UR would be very sweet.<br />

<br /><br />Upshifting is never as much of a problem as downshifting. It's probably a moot point considering how many cloaks are out there, but it is more UR strength than anything else. Also, since it is so ubiquitous as a rare, it's unlikely to cause any excitement if unveiled as a UR. Better bet is to just yank it from the lineup and then return it in 2 years as a UR.<br /><br />In general, I'm much more fond of a rotation schedule rather than simply setting a high turnout rate. Can't we get something going where tokens stay in for two years and then leave for two?<br />

<br /><br />I think there still needs to be high number of brand new tokens.  Otherwise the set will have little excitement for anyone collecting tokens for several years that already has the tokens from the past sets.  I think a good mix of brand new tokens, a few select returning tokens, and some existing tokens that haven't worn out their welcome yet would be ideal.