Comments on: How to Create a Magic Item

By: How to forge a magic item « tenletter

How to forge a magic item « tenletter — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:08:13 +0000

[...] topic, however, is not the focus of my post today. Inspired, once again, by Fred from Drop the Dice and Chad from his SOB blog, I have decided to share the details of an item I created for the very [...]

By: Chad Perrin: SOB » Special Item Advancement

Chad Perrin: SOB » Special Item Advancement — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:58:27 +0000

[...] means of working out the background, descriptive details, and essential concept of special items in How to Create a Magic Item. The focus is on creating original, inspired, rich histories and characters (in a manner of [...]

By: apotheon

apotheon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:15:45 +0000

Ah — sorry about the misunderstanding, then. I guess I misread your intent in reference to the “much recommended”. I blame the fact I was feeling sleepy and needed to go to bed.

Of course, once I went to bed, I tossed and turned until the ideas I had boiling in the back of my mind drove me forth to start recording them in text files on my laptop. One such file is related to a game concept I’m working on developing from scratch — but the other is full of materials on the subject of special items that can advance with the character. In fact, I’m so absurdly close to having a completed entry for SOB on the subject just from expanding upon the initial sketchy notes that I’ll go ahead and get the new write-up posted probably within half an hour (as soon as I reorganize my thoughts in a form presentable to the world at large).

Now that I see your nick (blunderbuss) in your response to my comment, I recognize it from comments you’ve left at SOB. I don’t recall off-hand whether you said anything that indicated whence you came to SOB in the first place, but I might give those comments another look to see if I’d just forgotten how you found me.

In any case, I appreciate the contribution to my inspiration that your essay about creating magic items provided.

By: the_blunderbuss

the_blunderbuss — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:55:36 +0000

@Chad
I’m glad that you found the article interesting and I’m certainly looking forward to your take on this, specially if you plan to expand your original thoughts on the matter. And yes, something about your article make that “I hate Swords +1″ part of me come to the surface once again.

About the recommendations: I’m the one that recommends people to read your blog whenever I get the chance, so you’re being “much recommended” by yours truly. Although originally I think I got to your site through another blog… lost in the dusty halls of memory though =(

Thanks once again for the comment.
Fred.

By: apotheon

apotheon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:09:30 +0000

You’re welcome! (I’m Chad.) Thanks for the link and the kudos.

I love what you’ve done with this, and I’ll probably refer to it soon when I address the subject of magic items without expiration dates again. I suspect the part of my own essay that offered some inspiration to you was probably the bit about magic items each having its own unique character or essence. If I get around to expanding on my original idea in more concrete terms any time soon, I’ll have to make reference to your excellent approach to dreaming up great flavor for magic items.

I’m curious about something you said — “the much recommended SOB by Chad Perrin.” Where did you (first?) encounter such recommendations? I like to know how my stuff gets spread around, if possible.