Iron Bands of Bilarro. Not exactly what you were thinking of with an item I'm guessing, but it was pretty cool how I used them anyways. We were fighting the Big Bad and 3 of our 5 party members were down, the main attacker was down to a handful of hit points and the BB took to the air which meant only our main attacker could get to it, but they were down to less than 10 hit points. I was playing a tank with an okay DEX, but didn't have a bow. Out of no where I remembered I had the Iron Bands of Bilarro and thought... what the bleep... may as well try. Well, I threw it and hit... literally a hail mary. The BB failed it's save and fell crashing to the ground at my feet. We finished off the held bleep and managed to walk away with the win, - 1 character that was beyond saving.
My character had a jug that sounded like it was full of water when it was shaken when sealed, but any time it was unstoppered the contents instantly froze - it was filled by a solid block of ice that couldn't be removed from the jug.. I carried it hoping to someday find a use. When I popped the top and threw it into a lava-flow that was powering a vile machine the DM, who had forgotten about giving me this stupid item, was so excited by my action.
Now that’s the kind of outside-the-box thinking that makes D&D magic happen! Turning a “stupid item” into a campaign-altering move is chef’s kiss material. Bet your DM was scrambling in the best way. Props to you for holding onto it and finding the perfect moment to shine! 😄🔥🧊
I always just try to find ways to use mundane items in ways that help solve problems. Of course, some are the usual like throwing sand or flour in an opponent’s face, or using bells for alarms, but sometimes it is just fine to do something unusual. It probably isn’t unusual but one time we, as a party set up a trap in a sorta game that was pretty much like laser tag but dnd. We opted to set up some mundane traps in our base. We set up ball bearings, followed by caltrops at choke points. At the entrances were buckets of oil that would dump on a potential intruder. We then had, after the caltrops, bags of flour set up to open should an intruder enter further, which was intended to stick to the person covered in oil. This wasn’t just blind them but also to make any invisible person, not able to make use of that. After this we made a maze of strings with bells with the cleric in the middle, guarding the flag, with spiritual guardians and spiritual weapon up. The cleric is strength based so even getting close was going to leave the enemy’s head ringing with a hit, if they could even get past the maze. Honestly it ended up being overkill, lol. Oh! And best part is that our wizard also set up their spells for webbing in key spots that he was set to light on fire. We were using the terrain and making sure we herded and funneled our enemies where we wanted. The fighter even got in on it when he used his giant abilities to move huge boulders where he wanted to also funnel enemies as we liked. Oh! And lastly we had some familiars who were tasked with making airdrops of flour and/or explosives, both for this and other tactics which our dm finds a bit hilarious. 🤣 Familiars are now required to roll even if we don’t originally intend them to join the fray, due to this. I’m pretty sure I have better examples but can’t recall them off the top of my head just yet.
@@goontubeassos7076 Ah, you caught me-I must have rolled a 1 on my Arcana check! 😉 But hey, who hasn’t mixed up their extra-dimensional storage solutions in the heat of adventure? Appreciate the correction, Dungeon Master! 😄
💬💬 What’s the most inventive way you’ve used an item in a D&D campaign? Share your stories in the comments below! 👇👇
Iron Bands of Bilarro. Not exactly what you were thinking of with an item I'm guessing, but it was pretty cool how I used them anyways. We were fighting the Big Bad and 3 of our 5 party members were down, the main attacker was down to a handful of hit points and the BB took to the air which meant only our main attacker could get to it, but they were down to less than 10 hit points. I was playing a tank with an okay DEX, but didn't have a bow. Out of no where I remembered I had the Iron Bands of Bilarro and thought... what the bleep... may as well try. Well, I threw it and hit... literally a hail mary. The BB failed it's save and fell crashing to the ground at my feet. We finished off the held bleep and managed to walk away with the win, - 1 character that was beyond saving.
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My character had a jug that sounded like it was full of water when it was shaken when sealed, but any time it was unstoppered the contents instantly froze - it was filled by a solid block of ice that couldn't be removed from the jug.. I carried it hoping to someday find a use. When I popped the top and threw it into a lava-flow that was powering a vile machine the DM, who had forgotten about giving me this stupid item, was so excited by my action.
Now that’s the kind of outside-the-box thinking that makes D&D magic happen! Turning a “stupid item” into a campaign-altering move is chef’s kiss material. Bet your DM was scrambling in the best way. Props to you for holding onto it and finding the perfect moment to shine! 😄🔥🧊
That felt like a fever dream. I loved it lol
lol yea it's kinda uncanny valley still, but we're working on it...
thanks for teh input, fellow human! ;)
I always just try to find ways to use mundane items in ways that help solve problems. Of course, some are the usual like throwing sand or flour in an opponent’s face, or using bells for alarms, but sometimes it is just fine to do something unusual. It probably isn’t unusual but one time we, as a party set up a trap in a sorta game that was pretty much like laser tag but dnd. We opted to set up some mundane traps in our base. We set up ball bearings, followed by caltrops at choke points. At the entrances were buckets of oil that would dump on a potential intruder. We then had, after the caltrops, bags of flour set up to open should an intruder enter further, which was intended to stick to the person covered in oil. This wasn’t just blind them but also to make any invisible person, not able to make use of that. After this we made a maze of strings with bells with the cleric in the middle, guarding the flag, with spiritual guardians and spiritual weapon up. The cleric is strength based so even getting close was going to leave the enemy’s head ringing with a hit, if they could even get past the maze. Honestly it ended up being overkill, lol. Oh! And best part is that our wizard also set up their spells for webbing in key spots that he was set to light on fire. We were using the terrain and making sure we herded and funneled our enemies where we wanted. The fighter even got in on it when he used his giant abilities to move huge boulders where he wanted to also funnel enemies as we liked. Oh! And lastly we had some familiars who were tasked with making airdrops of flour and/or explosives, both for this and other tactics which our dm finds a bit hilarious. 🤣 Familiars are now required to roll even if we don’t originally intend them to join the fray, due to this. I’m pretty sure I have better examples but can’t recall them off the top of my head just yet.
That’s some smart tactical thinking, fellow human!
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Nein, but ChatGPT did have a role, fellow human.
Glad to see I'm not the only one that thought this sounded like it was written by a robot
@@5n4k3d0rk Glad to see I'm not the only one writing a human content.
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You probably ment portable hole, not bag of holding in the beginning. If you actually played, you’d know this.
@@goontubeassos7076 Ah, you caught me-I must have rolled a 1 on my Arcana check! 😉 But hey, who hasn’t mixed up their extra-dimensional storage solutions in the heat of adventure? Appreciate the correction, Dungeon Master! 😄
I love creativity
101 uses for a 10' pole lol
One of the worst videos I have ever watched!
This is one of the best comments I've ever read, fellow human!
Yeah is this AI?
@@iliketurdoes Yeah, mentioned in the comments. Taking about 2 to 4 hours to put one together halfway decently. Whatcha think?
AI
Hi, AL, welcome to the channel, fellow human! New year going well, good? I hope! Haha. Yes! So much yes!
Thanks! But my name is not, AL! Haha. Good two!