Questions tagged [intelligent-magic-items]
For questions about intelligent or sentient magic items.
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Is Hwyrr, the Clarion Harp considered an artifact in 3.5e?
Is the intelligent item Hwyrr, the Clarion Harp from the Book of Exalted Deeds (pg.117) an artifact or just a very powerful magical item?
The way I interpret the personality description leads me to ...
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Is any reason given for the Blackstaff magic item trapping the souls of its owners on death?
I have the Blackstaff. How can I be resurrected? asks how you might go about being resurrected if you're the Blackstaff (the title of the wielder of the Blackstaff magic item; yes it's confusing, I'll ...
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If a sentient item such as Blackrazor maintains concentration on a spell but does not have a Constitution score, can its concentration be broken?
Some sentient items in D&D have spellcasting capabilities. For example, the description of the sentient magic greatsword Blackrazor says (DMG, p. 217):
Blackrazor can cast the haste spell on you ...
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Are Avallorex's robes an existing magic item?
The newly released Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall book from Paizo includes a fair bit of information about the enigmatic gnome seer Avallorex. One bit that stood out to me was this line:
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What languages can a Professor Orb have?
Is a professor orb restricted in any way regarding the language choices it can have? For instance, can a professor orb know Modron or Vegypygmy as languages?
Additionally, is it possible to possess ...
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Can a cursed artifact that successfully possesses the user attuned to it still use its own properties normally?
In the campaign I'm running, one of the villains is a cursed artifact that could (and did) take control of its user. For an easier time on explaining my problem with those mechanics, I'll simply use ...
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Elfshadows and attuned items
So I'm aware that creatures can attune to items. Familiars and the like are great options for having attuned items being used when your slots are full.
My character got a moonblade with the elfshadow ...
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Would a Sentient weapon be able to save versus spells cast against it?
There was a lot more information about sentient weapons in earlier editions, but please restrict answers to 5th edition rules (but use earlier editions to back up statement if needed).
Would a ...
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Are communication methods for Intelligent Items cumulative?
So I've been looking at the rules for Intelligent Magic Items because I have a Bladebound magus in my group, and it looks as though Empathy -> Speech -> Telepathy is almost like an upgrade path ...
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Are there any rules preventing the transfer of runes on intelligent weapons?
Are there any rules preventing transferring runes on intelligent weapons, besides Item Agency?
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Does a sentient magic item count as a creature for the purpose of spells like Scrying?
I'm curious if a sentient magic item can be counted as a creature for spells such as Scrying.
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Ominous and cursed trinkets? [closed]
On my group's first session, at the end of the boss, they found a trinket. It is tooth-shaped. And I have no idea of what it should do, but I thought it would be interesting to give them something to ...
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If a druid Wild Shapes and merges with a telepathic sentient item, will the item's telepathy be suppressed?
Suppose a druid is in possession of a sentient magical item that possesses telepathy. If the druid wild shapes and chooses to merge the item into their form, will the item's telepathy be suppressed? ...
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Can the spirit of a destroyed Sentient Weapon be recovered by Divine Intervention?
So, I'm in a 5th edition party that just finished up Rise of Tiamat.
We defeated the Dragon Goddess, but our Barbarian's sentient weapon, Hazirawn, sacrificed himself to stop her from re-entering the ...
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How permanent are these changes to a PC when they attune to this weapon in Descent into Avernus?
In Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus, on pages 226-227, the
is described. The weapon is listed as a
and has the following property (given a bold italics header):
Briefly, these traits include (...
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