Saturday, November 11, 2017

Andrew's 'X' Items of underused utilty.

There is an amazing number of underutilized and underestimated items in Pathfinder that never hit the 'required' items list like Swarmbane scarab, alchemist's fire, and the obligatory 2 PP wand of cure light wounds.
Here are a few ideas and items. Some I'll make the comments on the ones that I have used or plan to use, but check out the others.

Armor Enchantments:
Going to keep these in the 'plus-less' enhancements of 5,000 gp or less (with two exceptions)
- Burdenless (Advanced Class Guide) Good for low strength PCs, adding it to my favorite set of 'caster armor' of Silken ceremonial armor.
- Comfort (Pathfinder Society Guide) Self -cleaning, endure element.. good things. Plus you can sleep in your armor with it.
- Corsair (Advanced Class Guide)
- Creeping (Ultimate Equipment)
- Cushioned (Armor Master's Handbook)
- Glamered (Core Rulebook)

Weapon Enchantments
- Concealed (Greater/Lesser, Spymaster's Handbook)
- Dry Load (Ammo, Ultimate Combat, Ultimate Equipment)
- Exclusionary (Advanced Class Guide)
- Glamered (Ultimate Equipment) .
- Impervious (Ultimate Equipment)
- Phantom (Ammo, Ultimate Combat, Ultimate Equipment)
- Resizing (Giant Hunter's Handbook)
- Shrinking (Melee Tactics Handbook)
- Sniping (Various, Range Tactics Toolbox)
- Spike Hilt (Dirt Tactics Toolbox)
- Undine Weaponshaft (Advance Player's Guide, Ultimate Equipment)

Magic Items
- Aegis of Recovery (Rival Guide)
- Aerialist's Rod (Villain Codex)
- Backbiter's focus (Harrow Handbook)
- Bladed belt (Ultimate Equipment)
- Blinkback belt (Ultimate Equipment)
- Corset of Delicate Moves (Melee Tactics Toolbox)
- Gloves of Arcane Striking (Ultimate Equipment)
- Gutbite Belt (Inner Seas Gods)
- Metamagic Rods (Various, Ultimate Equipment, others)
- Metamagic Gems (Rival Guide)
- Riffle Scroll (Inner Sea Magic)
- Sash of the War Champion (Advanced Player's Guide, Ultimate Equipment)
- Tunic of careful casting (Ultimate Equipment)

Books
- Blue Book (Ultimate Equipment)
- Pathfinder Chronicles (Adventurer's Guide, Inner Sea World Guide)
- Pathfinder Chronicles (Selected volumes, Pathfinder Society Primer)

Adventuring Gear
- Burglar's torc (Dirty Tactics Toolbox) Hidden lockpicks and other tools.
-Thief's ring (Dungeoneer's Handbook) A great last backup that lets you pick manacles, while wearing them.

Alchemical Remedies
- Air Crystal (Pathfinder Society Field Guide)
- Alchemist's Kindness (Advanced Player's Guide, Ultimate Equipment)
- Blood-boiling Pill (Alchemy Manual)
- Blood-chilling Pill (Alchemy Manual)
- Elemental breath (Advanced Race Guide)
- Troll Stypic (Adventurer's Armory 2, Seeker of Secrets)

Alchemical Tools
- Alchemical Solvent (Advanced Player's Guide, Adventurer's Armory, Ultimate Equipment)
- Armor Ointment (Armor Ointment)
- Blackfinders Paste (Rival Guide)
- Efreeti Cord/Switch (Ultimate Intrigue)
- Troll Oil (Ultimate Equipment)

Alchemical Weapons
- Acid Neutralizer (Alchemy Manual)
- Artoku's Fire (Alchemy Manual)
- Blanch Bomb (Various, Alchemy Manual)
- Congealer Spray (Alchemy Manual)
- Fuse Grenade (Adventure's Armory, Ultimate Equipment)
- Ghast retch flask (Ultimate Equipment)
- Holy Weapon Balm (Advanced Class Guide)
- Liquid Blade (Ultimate Equipment)
- Pellet Grenade (Various, Ultimate Equipment)
- Slime Grenade (Alchemy Manual)
- Slime Slow (Demon Hunter's Handbook)
- Stormstone (Alchemy Manual)
- Tangleburn bag (Ultimate Equipment)

Tools
- Balancing Pole (Advanced Player's Guide, Adventurer's Armory, Ultimate Equipment)
- Bottled Sunlight (Undead Slayer's Handbook)
- Climber's Kit (?)
- Masterwork Tool (Core Book)
- Musical Instrument, Masterwork (Core Book)
- Musical Instrument, MW Silver (Occult Adventures)
- Spiritbane Spike (Undead Slayer's Handbook)


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