I love the idea that is shining through here, but I do find myself asking similar questions to the ones Dossta and axle are asking. +1 for the dwarvy "feel"of the item. I can see these beds as part of an overall dwarven "canon".
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It is a little confusing, so I get under the covers and I transported back to known place, while a stone avatar in my shape stays under the cover. During this time, I can get up walk around and everything else as long as I am back in the stone bed after eight hours. If I don't get back into the bed before 8 hours I am turned into a small figurine?
What if somebody pulls off the covers?

The idea of stone avatars being place holder for "real" dwarves is an interesting one, and I think more interesting than the concept of the bed.

1) A cluster of statues is delivered to the urban estate of the lord, all the carved dwarves are armored and armed but appear a sleep. The lord is please for believes the statues represent his success in subjugating the dwarven lands, but then 4 hours, the statues pop up and the estate is occupied by dwarven separatists.

2) Perhaps a disturbed dwarven task master wanted to figure out a way for his men to work while they slept and thus he invented dwarven beds. Dwarves thought they were going to sleep only to walk up outside a mine shaft. "Alrighty lads, your protections are doing the resting, and you can do the digging" Go to Comment

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This item is odd and interesting. Though if they had a reliable watch in the first place, why would they need such a bed? Go to Comment

So what happens if the dwarf decides not to sleep while his stone avatar lies in the bed? Will he still wake up rested and refreshed? Overall a pretty nifty concept, though it could use a little clarification.

I would love to tamper with one of these beds by tweaking the duration of the bed's activity from 8 hours, say, to 8 days. Or 8 years. If you pulled a trick like that, it sounds like the poor dwarf would have to a) return to where his stone avatar lies asleep under the covers and b) guard it until the spell ends, less he wake up in pieces.

Oooh a character plotline! The dwarf goes to sleep as normal, but his avatar is shattered when his wizard friend nods off during the night. Knowing that the dwarf will die when the spell ends, the wizard works desperately through the night to reverse engineer the spell. He succeeds, mostly by increasing the duration of the bed's timer. Now the dwarf is still alive (though pissed-off and in a different place), but living on borrowed time. If the bed's spell ever ends, he'll die. Now he has a secret to keep, and a pretty cool weakness (protecting the original stone bed from being tampered with, and possibly renewing the enchantment every X years). Go to Comment

Good apocalyptic cycle for a world to have to go through. One of those ticking timers you can put on a campaign or story that forces action before the coming of The Plague.

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I like it. But I have a few questions. First and foremost, what do they look like? Generic-dragon-number-seven? Typical scales and wings and claws? When I read "Plague Dragons" I envisioned something decaying or at least with some physical mimicry of death.
And that brings me to my second question: Why are they called "Plague Dragons"? I'm kind of assuming that it's more of a "plague of dragons", but I'm still not sure.
And one more question. What or where is Tameltyne? The name is what drew me in, and then the sub didn't really deliver or explain the name.

But, with all that said, I really like the idea of it. It gives lots of opportunities to throw it in somewhere (including male Plague Dragons that didn't make the cut the last time, and are now trying to gather up enough power for a second chance with the new batch of queens).
The one-year period is full of chances for adventure, battle, and glory. You could even have a whole campaign made of hunting down these dragons and killing as many as possible- either to save the kingdom or to help out one of the queens that hired the party. Power-scale would be easy, since the dragons would be growing all the time, as would the party's power-level. Go to Comment

We dug too deep. WE DUG TOO DEEEEEP!

There's a solid idea in here. Vicious, earth-cracking subterranean dragons that have the mating habits of mantises or insects.

Why not make them more like moles? Or-hell-ants?

Also, since these are harbingers of the dracopcalypse, why not have them be agents of a terrible plague as well? They carry a terrible, flesh-eating disease that they are immune to. Apocalypse on two fronts. And then the name is more appropriate as well. Go to Comment

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I really like the idea of rampaging dragons just because that's what they do. A force of nature much like a tornado.

I have some confusion about how things work. You say that the queen digs a lair to lay her eggs and often dies during the mating, but then you say that the Queen travels to the most enticing territory to mate and will afterwards use that territory to dig a lair to lay eggs. So does the queen mate first or dig a lair for her eggs first? And if she mates first and dies, does that mean that the young will be born above ground instead of in a lair giving them an easier time with rampaging as young? And what is the second shell of rock?

Aside from unanswered questions, I really like the idea. The dragons don't attack the city as much as they just clumsily crash through it while courting. Go to Comment

1. Instant Hammock
2. Instant fishing net
3. Improvised carrying bag for large heavy items
4. super strong block and tackle of small size
5. Rappelling Line
6. Restraints for large monsters or high strength hostiles Go to Comment

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Certainly no need to challenge! A perfectly interesting and useful idea thread. If nothing else, "Magic rope" in fantasy can now have a "see-and-feel" logic behind it. PC: "So what is my new magic rope made of exactly? Whats this special filament-of-the-gods/wizards/dwarves/etc?"--GM: "Well, its made of *this* stuff actually".

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I disagree. There are many subs that are not much different then this, apart from being fictonal or fantasy related. This is without considering the quality of the sub.

Not a value sub, maybe. Challengable - no.

Seriously, i dont think this is why we have the option of challenging subs.

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It could benefit from more content and being expanded on some more, but it's a great beginning.

Perhaps a sort of 30 sub of possible uses for Kevlar cord/wire?

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7. Binding cord for jury rigging mufflers and other vehicle components expected to reach high temperatures that would melt conventional cord/rope.

8. Improvised insultating cord to wrap about a small container to help keep contents hot/cold and partially protected from extreme heat.

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If you could provide some examples of what you are looking for, I would be willing to add some ideas of my own. Go to Comment

Ever play a game of Spycraft? (http://www.crafty-games.com/product_catalog/spycraft20) This is extremely useful in a future setting. Why not weave a tuxedo liner out of this stuff for light-weight knife resistant armor?

Not an original idea by any means, but thanks for sharing! I'm actually going to use this. Go to Comment

9. Weaved to make a light-weight, knife resistant tuxedo liner.
10. Improvised bowstring. Go to Comment

The "spirit" of the item is to be a difficult to use magic item that has more flaws than benefits, so I wouldn't let players make it into something more useful. Besides, hacking holes into any magic item usually does not have good results... Go to Comment