Questions tagged [magical-items]
Magical items can be anything that has been infused with some kind of spell or other magical power - quite popular in fantasy, and range from rare (the One Ring in Lord of the Rings) to common (portkeys in Harry Potter). Many magical items have considerable side effects to balance their use, and care needs to be taken to avoid injury.
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Book about siblings in a magical world?
Okay so the I read the story ages ago, so I barely remember any details but I'd really like to read it again.
Anyway, the story revolves around two siblings, their parents aren't present for whatever ...
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Anime with girls who have items that give them powers. One girl becomes a ninja who uses big shears as a weapon
I need to find an anime I watched a few years ago.
I don't remember much about the plot but I remember some of the characters' abilities. I think characters in this anime have items that give them ...
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need help finding manga // sort of a game isekai, "ingame" items, girl with bodyguards
I remember reading a manga about this boy who I think was in some sort of game where he had to help certain people with requests in order to reach the next level. I cant for the life of me remember ...
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A fantasy about a man selling his shadow to the Devil
I read this book not so very long ago (just a few years, I believe) but it is probably much, much older than that. I read it in French but I'm almost sure it was a translation, but probably not from ...
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Anime where both boys and girls transform with their weapons
I'm very sorry if this is vague. I barely remember much so the curiosity is the biggest thing killing me.
I just remember this old anime (nothing new, not PreCure type anime either) where both girls ...
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Manga with artifacts/magical items that transform body parts into animals parts -> arm into dog head
I remember reading the first tome, and it's a story with artefacts or magic objects that give powers and I remember one gave arm expansion or strength, it was an arm brace or something.
I also ...
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How did James Potter get his Invisibility Cloak?
In the Harry Potter series, the titular hero is in possession of a "true" magical cloak of invisibility, one which isn't charmed and will not wear out, but seems to make the wearers truly ...
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Young adult fantasy book - boy finds wizard finger (kind of like a Horcrux)
I remember reading many fantasy adventure books in the early '80s. Would have been a book checked out of the library (either public or school). And this might have been part of a trilogy or set of ...
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What is the first fictional container that is magically smaller on the inside?
A container that is magically larger on the inside than on the outside is something that appears more or less often in fiction. What is the first fictional container that, for some reason or another (...
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Is the D&D 5e magic item "Ioun stone" derived from the magic of Mandor from Zelazny's "Amber"?
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So I just learned about the "Ioun stone of Intellect".
In action, it is described as:
When you use an action to toss one of these stones into the air, the stone orbits your head ...
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Was Link using the Master Sword in the first two NES Legend of Zelda Games?
So yes, the basic question:
Considering the tweaks in Legend of Zelda canon throughout the years, is it meant to be presumed that Link was [even retroactively] using the Master Sword as his ...
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How was Excalibur forged? [closed]
This may depend on the "version", but one of the greatest legendary blades known is Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur. Contrary to popular misconception, Excalibur is not the sword Arthur pulled ...
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What were all the Treasures of Thundera and their effects?
In one of the latter seasons of Thundercats, the planet of Thundera was magically reformed, and the over-arching arc was finding the "Treasures of Thundera." I remember some of them, such as:
The ...
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In Thundercats [1986] is the Sword of Omens magical on its own, or empowered by the Eye of Thundera?
Within the classic Thundercats universe, is the Sword of Omens itself a magical item that was further empowered by the Eye of Thundera?
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Is the sword itself no more than a weaponized conduit, ...
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An 1980s or early 90s cartoon about a girl's doll that came to life and had limited magic powers
This is a vague memory, but I seem to recall a TV pilot, based on a toy doll that was in existence at that time, but for the life of me, I cannot remember either the doll or this one-time show. This ...
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