James Gasik
We don't talk about Pun-Pun
Sometimes a designer comes up with a cool mechanic and then has to find a home for it, in which case the lore is created second. A lot of magic items were created this way over the years, where someone was like "I want something that does X" and then creates an evocative name for it.
My example is a 3.5 magic item called the Ring of the Darkhidden. It renders you invisible to darkvision. There's no lore about it, it just does it's thing. But that mechanic, being invisible to darkvision, has lingered and found a new home in 5e, just look at the Gloomstalker Ranger.
My example is a 3.5 magic item called the Ring of the Darkhidden. It renders you invisible to darkvision. There's no lore about it, it just does it's thing. But that mechanic, being invisible to darkvision, has lingered and found a new home in 5e, just look at the Gloomstalker Ranger.