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This small little coin is inscribed with a thousand little runes on it, and any other coin that touches it attaches to it and starts the construction of a golem that will fight to the death for the first person to add a coin to it. Said person is the owner of the golem and can take money off of the golem when needed but must be advised agains taking too much or it may deal critical damage to the golem.
The golem dates back to a king Midous type ruler that was to greedy to pay guards to guard his vast collection of treasure. This ruler’s name is long forgotten in history, and his kingdom fell to his greed but the twenty magic coins still remain.
Magical Properties:
for every 500,000GP in the golem it gains the a random spell of 1-4 lvl. this spell can be cast up to 5 times in a day. The con value is like xp for the golem and it gains spells in the way a sorcerer does only the owner doesn’t choose the spells.
To add coins to the golem the owner needs only to place the money in the golems hands. To take money from the golem the owner needs only to ask it for the needed amount and it will fall off the golem.
November 2, 2004, 7:42
Then to the item itself
How? When? Why? Who? for what purpose? Consequences of making (if any)?
That is to say, it's a nice item, but it lacks all the stories it deserves. A nice idea, but there's nothing around the idea. This seems like a raw idea, please work out the details and edit them to this post.
November 2, 2004, 18:43
1/5
November 2, 2004, 22:54
I'm not even sure if I totally understand what it really does- do you place a crapload of them in a golem and see if it casts a spell? Or do you attach it to the golem? Or what?
1/5.
November 5, 2004, 7:51
November 5, 2004, 9:18
In any _somewhat_ realistic world you will never get to actually having 500.000 gold, so no problem with spellcasting. And I think the monster would be also pretty BIG by the time. Conversely, you need to be somewhat wealthy to make it useful. A three-gold golem won't be very useful I guess.
Combat may look ironic, as each hit produces a spray of money. But if not collected, the monster could in theory regenerate, so watch out.
The item looks ideal for high-level, inflated game-worlds. Not exactly my thing, but the idea has something interesting.
November 5, 2004, 12:00
November 5, 2004, 13:36
Interesting... I actually like it, now. The backstory isn't very fleshed out, but it'll do. I'd scrap the spell thing, and run it through a spell check, but other than that, I'd say that I'd like to promote it to...
3/5.
November 6, 2004, 1:35
November 6, 2004, 2:57
Actually a convenient way to carry your cash - but so obvious!
November 7, 2004, 12:20
3/5.
November 8, 2005, 15:09
January 22, 2006, 16:53
Following the "magic is the fantasy equivalent to technology" principle, this is a conversion from technical robots to fantasy golems.
I love the idea though. Love it. It has so much promise... Portable souls, construction set magic items, you name it. Potential.
February 13, 2007, 15:09
Take a look at other subs and flesh it out more. Take peoples advise on spellchecking.
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You're the author - the mage's name need not be lost to history. I've suggested before that one can have the Players History which can be vague, incomplete and wrong, and then the GM's history which provides the GM what he needs to know about the item.
October 2, 2007, 15:21
Oh! So the coin starts a "coin golem" of sorts.
Interesting... I actually like it, now. The backstory isn't very fleshed out, but it'll do. I'd scrap the spell thing, and run it through a spell check, but other than that, I'd say that I'd like to promote it to...
3/5.
April 3, 2008, 9:51
This post is also a good example that an idea needs exploration in-depth and creative development before it is presented to anyone.
Me, I think it´s sad that this really interesting idea never recieved that attention and, therefore, became stillborn. It could have been so much more....
I would have put this in the hall of dishonour, if we had one.... Not because it´s a bad idea in itself, but because a post needs work.
/David