Most sentient items are weapons. Other kinds of items can manifest sentience, but consumable items such as potions and scrolls are never sentient.
"Wait! Don't drink me. Stop! STOP!"
"Oh my sloshy goodness, what did you eat for breakfast? There is now way I am curing your wounds. You deserve that damage tenfold."
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Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.
Could be some kind of curse placed on them by a quest giver because the party was annoying and now all their consumables will annoy them in return. Or maybe its a the soul of someone or something trapped in the potion which could lead to a nice little side quest.
with some slight alteration to maybe a water canteen which makes comments about what's put it in it...
You and I are right there on the same level my friend. I was thinking something like...
"Noooo! Don't drink me! I don't want to dieeeeeeeeee.... eeeee....eeeeh? Oh wow, I'm the vial! I thought I was the potion. I'm the vial!!! Yeah! Go vial! OMG, please don't put oil in me and throw me at people you don't like! How about I hold things and you put me inside a nice, padded, velvety cushioned box?"
a potion of ressurection that is someone's distilled soul. Seller doesn't divulge whose soul might be in the potion. The party might end up with a collection of distilled souls when they go back to discuss this with the salesbeing. What will they do with all of these souls? Maybe they are the souls of a band of brave warriors who would become loyal followers? Can the party match up the souls with a reasonably similar new body? Or the original bodies from the battlefield where they fell? Or do they just start giving a soul potion to every random creature they meet/kill?
What affect would one of these potions have on the living? Possession? Voices in their head? Split personality?
with some slight alteration to maybe a water canteen which makes comments about what's put it in it...
You and I are right there on the same level my friend. I was thinking something like...
"Noooo! Don't drink me! I don't want to dieeeeeeeeee.... eeeee....eeeeh? Oh wow, I'm the vial! I thought I was the potion. I'm the vial!!! Yeah! Go vial! OMG, please don't put oil in me and throw me at people you don't like! How about I hold things and you put me inside a nice, padded, velvety cushioned box?"
All you need to do now is add the right voice. Of highly irritating and your set! :)
The Flask Of A Myriad Fluids accompanied by a d100 chart of random liquids. Think potions and rare liquors to owlbear saliva and dragon's blood.
Just picture a Dragonborn fella taking a sip and seeing his lidless eyes widen impossibly.
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In the Light, we gather to empower our brother. In its grace, he will be made anew. In its power, he shall educate the masses. In its strength, he shall combat the shadow. And, in its wisdom, he shall lead his brethren to the eternal rewards of paradise.
Ha! I dare a DM to throw Sentient liquids into a campaign. This would be so much fun to play around with. Almost as much fun as the Sending spell... or a Barbarian Path of the Totem warrior speaking freely to animals (well, sure, there is some downtime casting... do it every time they take a break and see how long it takes the DM to handwave that 10 minute cast... if they even require it at first). If you plot your escapades well, and time your moments... there is great fun to be had with talking objects. And it is fun to get a DM to be creative or have an avenue to provide alternate types of information.
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with some slight alteration to maybe a water canteen which makes comments about what's put it in it...
Nothing to stop potions being decanted into other vessels...
*Long silence*
I may of had a terrible idea.
No, this is an amazing idea! Can you imagine the fun to be had??
I'm thinking Miscability. 'You have created X combination. Your feet will now drop off'...
'This Minor healing potion was made by Father McWater of the church of Pelor, has notes of blackberry and sage'.
How about a cursed sentient vial or more appropriate Evil sentient vial “of course I’m a potion of cure wounds, looks like you could use it!”
character drinks the potion.
DM “make a constitution saving throw DC 25” Grins maniacally
It smelled like parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.... I thought it would take me to Scarborough Fair, but the effect was more a hazy shade of winter...
Then Pharaoh’s little daughter/Came down to the water/To bathe in the cool of the day...
Not terribly relevant, but your Scarborough Fair comment made me think of this. Also, in a Vampire Dark Ages campaign I once played in, the Holy Grail was a sentient item.
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Most sentient items are weapons. Other kinds of items can manifest sentience, but consumable items such as potions and scrolls are never sentient.
"Wait! Don't drink me. Stop! STOP!"
"Oh my sloshy goodness, what did you eat for breakfast? There is now way I am curing your wounds. You deserve that damage tenfold."
Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Consumables can't be sentient, because otherwise using them is premeditated murder.
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And we all know, adventurers never murder!!
pretty humorous idea at the least.
Could be some kind of curse placed on them by a quest giver because the party was annoying and now all their consumables will annoy them in return. Or maybe its a the soul of someone or something trapped in the potion which could lead to a nice little side quest.
Hmmmm.
with some slight alteration to maybe a water canteen which makes comments about what's put it in it...
Nothing to stop potions being decanted into other vessels...
*Long silence*
I may of had a terrible idea.
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a potion of ressurection that is someone's distilled soul. Seller doesn't divulge whose soul might be in the potion. The party might end up with a collection of distilled souls when they go back to discuss this with the salesbeing. What will they do with all of these souls? Maybe they are the souls of a band of brave warriors who would become loyal followers? Can the party match up the souls with a reasonably similar new body? Or the original bodies from the battlefield where they fell? Or do they just start giving a soul potion to every random creature they meet/kill?
What affect would one of these potions have on the living? Possession? Voices in their head? Split personality?
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The Flask Of A Myriad Fluids accompanied by a d100 chart of random liquids. Think potions and rare liquors to owlbear saliva and dragon's blood.
Just picture a Dragonborn fella taking a sip and seeing his lidless eyes widen impossibly.
In the Light, we gather to empower our brother. In its grace, he will be made anew. In its power, he shall educate the masses. In its strength, he shall combat the shadow. And, in its wisdom, he shall lead his brethren to the eternal rewards of paradise.
Flask of Interminable Chatter
"Teach a man to make fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Ha! I dare a DM to throw Sentient liquids into a campaign. This would be so much fun to play around with. Almost as much fun as the Sending spell... or a Barbarian Path of the Totem warrior speaking freely to animals (well, sure, there is some downtime casting... do it every time they take a break and see how long it takes the DM to handwave that 10 minute cast... if they even require it at first). If you plot your escapades well, and time your moments... there is great fun to be had with talking objects. And it is fun to get a DM to be creative or have an avenue to provide alternate types of information.
I suddenly have a new use for Magic Mouth spell.
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How about a cursed sentient vial or more appropriate Evil sentient vial “of course I’m a potion of cure wounds, looks like you could use it!”
character drinks the potion.
DM “make a constitution saving throw DC 25” Grins maniacally
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Then Pharaoh’s little daughter/Came down to the water/To bathe in the cool of the day...
Not terribly relevant, but your Scarborough Fair comment made me think of this. Also, in a Vampire Dark Ages campaign I once played in, the Holy Grail was a sentient item.
Last time this thread was active was 2017, Thread Necromancy?
REMEMBER: Wizards Of The Coast does not own DDB, they are two different companies. When you buy a physical book, WotC receives the money you bought it for, not DDB and vice versa. If you want a digital key to get an online book for free because you have the hardcopy book then DDB makes no money because you don't buy off DDB you buy off WotC, so please stop making threads about this issue. DDB needs money to continue helping people and servers aren't cheap.