Magic Item Explosions (D&D)

[shasodnarb]

CALCULATING MAGICAL POWER (aka MP):
= 2 / enhancement
+ 1 / 3 levels of effects or equivalent
+ intelligent item ego
x 1.5 if divine
x 0.5 if psionic

ITEM DESTRUCTION:
- occurs when item HP = 0
- if item destroyed, chance of explosion = 10% / MP

ITEM EXPLOSION:
- if item explodes,
- radius of blast = 1 / MP
- attack vs reflex at 10 + 1 / MP
- damage = 1d20 / MP
- 2 saving throws at -1 / MP: full dmg if 2 failed, half if 1 failed, none if 0 failed
- if damage taken, chance of miscellaneous effects = 5% / MP

MISCELLANEOUS EFFECTS:
- maximum number of effects = MP / 5 (round down)
- maximum power of effect = MP x 5
- consult charge for special effects (roll 1d100, reroll if invalid)

TEMPORARY MUNDANE EFFECTS (MP rounds):
1. *yawn* (-4 initiative)
2. Omgletsgohurryupweeeee (fully rested, half sleep required, only suffer half fatigue)
3. Erm... (-4 intelligence, +2 will vs psychic)
4. Ask me anything (+2 knowledge skills)
5. Screw you guys (saving throw to act)
6. I knew that would happen (reroll 1 failed saving throw)
7. *points* (unable to speak)
8. In the zone! (+2 all rolls)
9. Wtfbbq? (-2 all rolls)
10. pwnt! (GM choice)

TEMPORARY MINOR EFFECTS (MP hours):
11. Ohnoes! (negative item-specific pertinent effect)
12. w00t! (positive item-specific pertinent effect)
13. Everything seems normal to me (-10 perception checks)
14. Mind of a seal? Ok! (+2 speed, +5 initiative, +2 reflex and AC)
15. Sneezypoos (-1 all rolls within 10' / MP of magic)
16. Heck yeah! (reroll all failed saving throws)
17. Ouch, that hurts (double damage taken)
18. In the zone! (+4 all rolls)
19. Wtfbbq? (-4 all rolls)
20. pwnt! (GM choice)

PERMANENT MUNDANE EFFECTS:
21. Two plus two is... (-10% XP)
22. It's all so clear now (bonus skill focus feat)
23. Just can't remember (lose 5 skill points)
24. I've always wanted to do that (choose bonus feat)
25. Need a bucket (physical sickness or disease)
26. Indubitably! (+2 language points)
27. Have you seen my baseball? (minor mental health disorder)
28. In the zone! (+1 all rolls)
29. Wtfbbq? (-1 all rolls)
30. pwnt! (GM choice)

TEMPORARY MEDIUM EFFECTS (MP days):
31. Ohnoes! (negative item-specific pertinent effect)
32. w00t! (positive item-specific pertinent effect)
33. Hellen Keller award (blind, deaf)
34. Hallelujah! (tongues and comprehend languages)
35. Zort! (can't use magic or psionics)
36. Whoa there! (teleport self)
37. Musical chairs epic fail (physical paralysis)
38. In the zone! (+6 all rolls)
39. Wtfbbq? (-6 all rolls)
40. pwnt! (GM choice)

PERMANENT MINOR EFFECTS:
41. Ohnoes! (negative item-specific pertinent effect)
42. w00t! (positive item-specific pertinent effect)
43. Ewww (require non-food material to subsist)
44. Shiny! (detect magic always on)
45. This can't be good (gain additional creature type descriptor)
46. I knew I had it in me (+1 to chosen attribute)
47. At least my mom still thinks I'm pretty (-1d4 charisma)
48. In the zone! (+2 all rolls)
49. Wtfbbq? (-2 all rolls)
50. pwnt! (GM choice)

TEMPORARY MAJOR EFFECTS (MP weeks):
51. Ohnoes! (negative item-specific pertinent effect)
52. w00t! (positive item-specific pertinent effect)
53. Life sucks (can't use action points)
54. Rawr! (add damage reduction = 0.5 MP, round down)
55. Embrace the shadows (vampiric touch)
56. Hold on everyone (teleport group, individuals = MP)
57. Wake me up before you gogo (comatose)
58. In the zone! (+8 all rolls)
59. Wtfbbq? (-8 all rolls)
60. pwnt! (GM choice)

PERMANENT MEDIUM EFFECTS:
61. Ohnoes! (negative item-specific pertinent effect)
62. w00t! (positive item-specific pertinent effect)
63. Be careful (double damage from one energy type)
64. Is that the best you got? (spell resistance = MP)
65. What's a liver? (-4 saving throws vs poison or disease)
66. It's hard being this good (+2 to chosen attribute)
67. Me > Corky (major mental health disorder)
68. In the zone! (+3 all rolls)
69. Wtfbbq? (-3 all rolls)
70. pwnt! (GM choice)

PERMANENT MAJOR EFFECTS:
71. Ohnoes! (negative item-specific pertinent effect)
72. w00t! (positive item-specific pertinent effect)
73. Why? (reroll randon attribute score on 3d6)
74. Hey, get a look at these! (gain additional movement type)
75. Don't look at me that way (gender changes, reroll charisma on 3d6)
76. You forgot to call me sir (+3 to chosen attribute)
77. Something's not quite right (loss of natural healing)
78. In the zone! (+4 all rolls)
79. Wtfbbq? (-4 all rolls)
80. pwnt! (GM choice)

LEGENDARY EFFECTS:
81. Gather, friends! (alignment becomes polar opposite)
82. Why yes, you may follow me (+3 to 3 chosen attributes)
83. Meow (polymorphed)
84. I'm my own lantern! (immune to magic explosions)
85. Oops (arcane centrifuge created, MP radius)
86. Heyyyyy, you guuuuuys! (attentions of sympathetic powerful entity)
87. I'm so sorry (attentions of unsympathetic powerful entity)
88. Come and get it! (gain extra action point)
89. As if! (enemy combatant gains action point)
90. For he is the Kwisatz Haderach! (bonus greater heroic destiny feat)
91. That can't be good (MP clones generated, each with different alignments)
92. Poke me, I dare you (can not die on native plane)
93. More time for golf... (creature type descriptor changed to undead)
94. New toys! (gain sorceror spells or psionic ability, level 1)
95. Where's that draft coming from? (planar fissure created)
96. Resistance is futile (+5 to all rolls)
97. Coolbeans (time stops for MP rounds)
98. Yay! (next wish comes true)
99. Eek! (opposite of next wish comes true)
100. pwnt! (GM choice)

[BewareOfTom]

um, my friend would not want that to happen to him lol

[shasodnarb]

P.S. An arcane centrifuge result (#85) means that all magic items with a lower MP than the exploding item are destroyed. They do not cause explosions but the miscellaneous effects are worked out for each of them as if they did.
;D

[redshirt2375]

Oh the joys magical explosions have brought

[shasodnarb]

Ah yes, but nothing compares to randomly generating personality traits!

[redshirt2375]

Chunk FTW!!

Our foppish dandy who was an easily swayed fanatic who didn't like to be touched (on top of about 10 other contradicting traits)

[Mythweaver]

I hates magical explosions!!

[LizardTau]

they seem funny. and have the posability of doing good things for you also

[BewareOfTom]

now I wanna take my friend sword and snap it, cause it has like 200 pp worth of enchantments lol, maybe more o.0

[redshirt2375]

They also can take good guys and make them bad.

I had my dwarf ranger turn into a half-fiend/half-vampire and basically become a living portal to the Abyss Still wish I could have role-played him out some more (evil smilie)

[LizardTau]

that would be awesome, if it had added unkillable in your home plan that would have been sweeter since your party memeber couldn't have killed you to stop the portal to the abyss lol

[shasodnarb]

Chunk FTW!! easily swayed fanatic

Easily the best thing ever lol

[redshirt2375]

The unkillable is a new addition to the explosion list...at least I don't recall seeing it on older incarnations

[shasodnarb]

Yes, relatively new. I've renamed and changed a few things but not too many. Tried to make the explosion rules slightly less instant-deathy. Still, I think uberpowerful magic being destroyed haphazardly should be an unhealthy event, all else being equal.

[thesanityassassin]

I quite like it! A lot of the calculations go beyond what I'd care to do, but I would consider adopting that table for anything I would run in the future, I definately agree that careless destruction of magic items should cause SOMETHING wacky to happen....