Hey guys, my first magic item here (more technological than magical, though). Took some inspiration from Tim Franzke’s post about the EoC Battlefist, as well as bits of the Artificer class.
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The Third Hand of Gwin “The Knife” Flore
A mechanical contraption of his own design, the legendary thief Gwin’s Third Hand functions as an intricate glove whirring with clockwork and spring-loaded with devices of all kinds. Lockpicks, hidden blades, powders and small bombs, lenses of every type for close inspections – these are just some of the tools at the user’s disposal. The device is so versatile that it’s complete feature-set was never fully recorded, even by Gwin’s closest associates. The Third Hand always seems to have a new surprise hidden away.
The Third Hand of Gwin Flore is fitted like a glove to the users’ right hand and runs up along their forearm. It comes loaded with 3 ammo. It allows instant access to common “thief’s tools” (lock-picks, oil for hinges, small blade for prying, hooks and pliers, etc.) and can be easily concealed. In addition, when you reveal a previously hidden function of the Third Hand to aid in combat or a tight spot, describe it, expend 1 Ammo, and roll +DEX. On 10+ choose 2, on 7-9 choose 1:
*It doesn’t jam immediately after your hasty activation, needing time to be re-wound and carefully reset before being used again.
*It doesn’t accidentally give you more than you bargained for, activating another unknown function you weren’t sure existed in the first place.
*It doesn’t loudly announce your presence with a boom, crack, and whirr, drawing the attention of those around you.
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Looking for some feedback!
I hope it’s not too open ended. The idea is the thief could use purposefully vague “hidden” functions to pull off some cool stuff (maybe a smoke bomb, or a short range poison spray, or fire off some shurikens, or whatever else!) as long as the effect isn’t too huge and off-fiction. I guess you could argue that the Thief could already do stuff like this if he’s properly armed, but having it all in a little contraption just makes it cooler!
I’m not sure if ammo is needed if the thing is going to jam sometimes, but I didn’t want it to be used in absolutely every situation (although the versatility is sort of the whole point of it!)