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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: blackheart on March 18, 2010, 01:22:43 PM

Title: One-use items
Post by: blackheart on March 18, 2010, 01:22:43 PM: "I've got a hankie full of sunshine."

In preparation for Changes and DFRPG I've been re-reading the Dresden Files. In Storm Front, Harry fends off bat-form Bianca with a cloth powered with sunlight.
In game terms I'm imagining this as a potion slot, yes?
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: iago on March 18, 2010, 02:20:32 PM: Quote from: blackheart on March 18, 2010, 01:22:43 PM
"I've got a hankie full of sunshine."

In preparation for Changes and DFRPG I've been re-reading the Dresden Files. In Storm Front, Harry fends off bat-form Bianca with a cloth powered with sunlight.
In game terms I'm imagining this as a potion slot, yes?

Yep, we talk about the hankie specifically. Items basically break into three classes: ongoing spellcasting aids (focus items), ongoing or limited-uses-per-X spell effects (enchanted items like force rings and armored dusters), and consumable spell effects (potions, but potions cover more than fluid-in-a-bottle).
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: Enjorous on March 21, 2010, 01:07:38 AM: Isn't there a similar item in Blood Rites where he uses a belt buckle in the shape of a bear (?) to give him a big boost of power?
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I'm fairly sure he uses it to hit a White Courter with a frozen butterball turkey that fell from the sky
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: Deadmanwalking on March 21, 2010, 01:48:08 AM: Quote from: Enjorous on March 21, 2010, 01:07:38 AM
Isn't there a similar item in Blood Rites where he uses a belt buckle in the shape of a bear (?) to give him a big boost of power?
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I'm fairly sure he uses it to hit a White Courter with a frozen butterball turkey that fell from the sky

Yes, there is. It allows him to ignore quite a bit of fatigue and pain for a while, recharging him both magically and physically.
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Though it has basically nothing to do with the turkey (which hit a Black courtier, BTW), it just gets used during the same fight.
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: Enjorous on March 21, 2010, 02:26:13 AM: Quote from: Deadmanwalking on March 21, 2010, 01:48:08 AM
Yes, there is. It allows him to ignore quite a bit of fatigue and pain for a while, recharging him both magically and physically.
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Though it has basically nothing to do with the turkey (which hit a Black courtier, BTW), it just gets used during the same fight.

Oh okay, I'm there now. Thanks.
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: Ancalagon on March 22, 2010, 12:56:36 AM: I believe that he also once used a potion to the same effect.

... but now that I think about it, he's been using less potions lately. I wonder why that is?
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: SoulCatcher78 on March 22, 2010, 12:59:12 AM: Quote from: Ancalagon on March 22, 2010, 12:56:36 AM
I believe that he also once used a potion to the same effect.

... but now that I think about it, he's been using less potions lately. I wonder why that is?

Could be that they're just easier to fabricate as needed (being a one shot item) rather than some of his more permanent items
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like the force ring(s)
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: Deadmanwalking on March 22, 2010, 10:01:34 AM: Quote from: Ancalagon on March 22, 2010, 12:56:36 AM
I believe that he also once used a potion to the same effect.

... but now that I think about it, he's been using less potions lately. I wonder why that is?

In game terms? He has more permanent items, which are filling up his slots. I mean, in Storm Front he had what, his shield bracelet, blasting rod, and staff? These days he's got those, plus the rings, the coat, even the taser-chain thing he copied from Elaine.
Title: Re: One-use items
Post by: mrsleep on March 22, 2010, 04:14:18 PM: Not to mention that it's easier and more time efficient to pocket a handful of permanent items when you gear up, than it is to create a one use special item every time something comes up.