Post by Lady Winter Wolf on Jul 10, 2007 2:45:44 GMT -5
We've all done it at one time or another, particularly when someone decides to play a bard. We've tossed in a magical item into a treasure trove and not bothered to make any sort of history for it. Said bard then picks up the item and does his bardic thing. After rolling a natural 20, the player turns to you with a grin, because he knows that you didn't really make any story up for this thing. Scrambling, you buy some time by calling for a pizza run. Thumbing your way through your notes, you frantically rack your brain to come up with something better than, "It's a +1 sword that some general used to have."
Here's an example:
Ugrahg (Trollish for Stomp) (+1 Greatclub)
This large greatclub is made from a single piece of oak bound with iron and studded with flint. There are numerous scratch marks and cuts all over the club and more than a few teeth marks. Ugrahg belonged to a huge trollish shaman who led his band of trolls on raids into human lands for centuries. The shaman was finally hunted down and killed by a group of paladins sent to end the threat. The club was brought back to civilization and sold to pay for resurrections for a number of the party members. Since then, it has been bought and sold numerous times, typically showing up in the hands of some barbarian slaughtering his way through hordes.
Here's an example:
Ugrahg (Trollish for Stomp) (+1 Greatclub)
This large greatclub is made from a single piece of oak bound with iron and studded with flint. There are numerous scratch marks and cuts all over the club and more than a few teeth marks. Ugrahg belonged to a huge trollish shaman who led his band of trolls on raids into human lands for centuries. The shaman was finally hunted down and killed by a group of paladins sent to end the threat. The club was brought back to civilization and sold to pay for resurrections for a number of the party members. Since then, it has been bought and sold numerous times, typically showing up in the hands of some barbarian slaughtering his way through hordes.
