Harry Potter Magical Items: Moody's Mad Eye

[CleverNickName]

The more I think about it, the more I really like this thread. Thanks for the input, everyone! Let me know if you see anything that needs to be revised, whether to be more like the books or more balanced for gaming.

I'm sure that these items aren't the only ones...anyone got any others?

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Alchemical Preparations

[SBLOCK=Gillyweed] This rare, bitter-tasting herb bestows the Aquatic subtype on any creature that eats it. The creature can breathe underwater, and can Swim at his base speed without requiring Swim checks. The effects last for one hour.

Craft (alchemy); Weight: -, cost: 75 gp)[/SBLOCK]


Wondrous Items

[SBLOCK=Firebolt]This broom is able to fly through the air as if affected by an overland flight spell (average maneuverability) for up to 9 hours per day (split up as its owner desires). The broom can carry 200 pounds and fly at a speed of 180 feet, or up to 400 pounds at a speed of 90 feet. In addition, the broom can travel alone to any destination named by the owner as long as she has a good idea of the location and layout of that destination. It comes to its owner from as far away as 300 yards when she speaks the command word. The broom of flying has a speed of 90 feet when it has no rider.

Moderate transmutation; CL 9th; Craft Wondrous Item, overland flight, permanency, haste; Price 41,300 gp; Weight 3 lb.[/SBLOCK]

[SBLOCK=Nimbus 2001]As the Firebolt, above, except the broom has a maximum fly speed of 160 feet, or 80 feet when carrying 200-400 pounds.

Moderate transmutation; CL 12th; Craft Wondrous Item, overland flight, permanency, haste; Price 39,300 gp; Weight 3 lb.[/SBLOCK]

[SBLOCK=Nimbus 2000]As the Firebolt, above, except the broom has a maximum fly speed of 140 feet, or 70 feet when carrying 200-400 pounds.

Moderate transmutation; CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, overland flight, permanency, haste; Price 37,300 gp; Weight 3 lb.[/SBLOCK]

[SBLOCK=Moody's Mad Eye]This odd eyepiece appears to be a clockwork eye in a mithral frame. Its wearer is able to see in all directions at the same moment due to the constant rotation and scrolling of the eyepiece. He also gains 120-foot darkvision.

Moody's Mad Eye sees all forms of invisible or ethereal things within 120 feet.

The wearer of the eyepiece gains a +10 competence bonus on Search checks and Spot checks. He retains his Dexterity bonus to AC even when flat-footed, and he cannot be flanked.

A light or continual flame spell cast directly on Moody's Mad Eye causes it to be blinded for 1d3 minutes. A daylight spell blinds it for 2d4 minutes.

Moderate divination; CL 11th; Craft Wondrous Item, true seeing; Price 120,000 gp;Weight 1 lb.[/SBLOCK]

[SBLOCK=Remembrel]This clear glass orb fills with red smoke when its holder has forgotten something. It bestows a +1 insight bonus on all Knowledge checks, as well as all Wisdom checks made to remember details or events. The remembril may be used only once per day, and when activated its effects last for one hour.

Moderate divination; CL 7th, Craft Wondrous Item, divination. Price: 2,000 gp.[/SBLOCK]


Under Construction (PEACH)

Invisibility Cloak: The wearer of this cloak is permanently invisible, as per the greater invisibility spell. As many as three medium-sized creatures may fit under the cloak.

Major Illusion; CL 15th, Craft Wondrous Item, greater invisibility, permanency. Price 61,000 gp + 1,000 XP; Weight 3 lbs.


Polyjuice Potion: To use a polyjuice potion, the drinker must first mix in a few hairs of the person whose appearance they wish to mimic. Upon consuming the mixture, the drinker gains the appearance of the subject as per the disguise self spell, for one hour.

Minor transmutation; CL 3rd, Brew Potion. Price 50 gp.



To-Do List:
Any input or ideas are appreciated

Floo Powder
("Potion" of Teleportation Circle?)

Portkey
(Material Focus for a permanent Teleportation Circle?)

The Snitch and the Bludgers
(Low-HD size Diminutive & Tiny (respectively) Constructs?)

Hoarcrux
(Just a lich's phylactery?)

Moody's Chest of Many Locks
(I've got nuttin.)

Dumbledore's Pensive
(...)

Tom Riddle's Diary
(a hoarcrux, sure, but also some sort of memory recorder/playback...)

Time Turner
(this is going to be a nightmare for game balancing...)

Marauder's Map
(some sort of locate person device?)

Whatever those candies are called that the Weasley Twins were making
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes: A wonderful assortment of gags: Dungbomb (explodes into a large and extremely smelly mess); Fanged Frisbees (a frisbee with teeth), Pygmy Puffs (a Star-Trek tribble, I think?), Screaming Yo-Yos (I guess they scream when worked), Stink Pellets (potions of stinking cloud?), Ever-bashing Boomerangs (presumably hit their target repeatedly after being thrown...perhaps a dancing weapon?)

Candies: Acid Pops, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Fizzing Whizbees, Licorice Snaps, Pepper Imps, Peppermint Toads, Toothflossing Stringmints, Ice Mice, Levitating Sherbet Balls, Sugar Quills...

Howler
(sort of like a fiendish dire sending spell...)

Mandrake Root
(anything special, or just a component for a potion of stone to flesh?)

Skele-Gro
(a potion that doubles/quadruples a person's natural healing rate?)

Quick Quotes Quill
(maybe reduces the time scribing a scroll?)

Hagrid's Flying Motorcycle!!!
(My paladin wants one!)

Chocolate
(a "potion" of cure light wounds?)

Gubraithian Fire
(an everburning torch?)

The Sorting Hat
(a speaking-out-loud helmet of detect alignment?)

The Sword of Godric Gryffindor
(anything special, or just a component for a potion of stone to flesh?)

Two-way Mirrors
(Sirius gave one to Harry, but he never used it)

The Goblet of Fire
(I don't know what good it would do, to carry this thing around, but you know you want to.)

 

[Pyrex]

I would change the Invisibility Cloak to two medium or three small creatures, and note that said creatures take the penalties for squeezing through a tight space while doin so. It's also too cheap.

 

[smootrk]

The Gillyweed item needs to note swim speed granted (if the aquatic subtype does not specify... I don't really know).

The broom speeds seen in the movie seem a lot faster than what you have listed.

Other items for development: Time Turner (Prisoner of Azcaban), the various candies (voices of animals), Howler notes.

 

[Pyrex]

The broom speeds seen in the movie seem a lot faster than what you have listed.

50' with a Move action means you can Run in a straight line for 200'/round which is approximately 23 MPH.

Just how fast should a broomstick be?

 

[smootrk]

The movies make it appear like about 50mph (even more in nosedives), all with some maneuverability. I wouldn't know what to actually stat it as for purposes of D&D.

 

[CleverNickName]

I would change the Invisibility Cloak to two medium or three small creatures, and note that said creatures take the penalties for squeezing through a tight space while doin so. It's also too cheap.

Good call on the space requirement; didn't think about that.

As for the pricing...I went with a permanent 4th level spell (2,000 gp x caster level 7 x spell level 4) plus permanency (+5,000 gp and 1,000 xp). I agree that it should probably be more expensive, but I don't know how to justify the added cost. Well, without assigning a "DM's Perogative" multiplier, anyway. What am I missing?

 

[Pyrex]

Greater Invisibility is just one of those effects that doesn't play well with the item creation guidelines.

Note that in the DMG the Ring of Invisibility goes for 20,000gp when the guidelines in back would price it at 10,800gp.

OTOH, you missed the Duration modifier for a continuous item based on a round/level duration of x4, so it should cost

SL(4)*CL(7)*Duration(4)*Continuous(2000)== 224,000gp

Which actually seems about right.

 

[Ilium]

A mitigating factor with the cloak might be some kind of mobility hindrance. The thing really seems to get in the way, but that might just be because it doesn't fit Harry yet.

 

[Pyrex]

When Harry is the only person under the cloak it doesn't appear to hinder his movement at all. He does generally try to Move Silently at the same time, but I don't see any movement penalty.

 

[SteelDraco]

When Harry is the only person under the cloak it doesn't appear to hinder his movement at all. He does generally try to Move Silently at the same time, but I don't see any movement penalty.

The Invisibility Cloak in Harry Potter doesn't seem to be nearly as useful as Improved Invis in D&D, though. It seems more like a Sheet of Invisibility - you have to be completely covered by the cloth for it to do you any good. I can't picture anybody fighting while using it, for example, and that's the big thing about Improved Invis. It seems more like how I'd imagine a Greater Cloak of Elvenkind - giving a big boost to Hide checks, but requiring you to move at half-speed and not make too much in the way of obvious motions.