Broken item

[Blackhorizon]

A myconoid in the Cloakwood mines dropped an item called Broken Item. It was also cursed. Not sure if this is intentional. I know that on the OC bashing chest could produce broken item but this was straight from monster and the only drop.

It would make little sense to pick such an item icly but as one is supposed to clean after themselves, you end up having to pick it up.

It was also bit nasty cursed item with -4 AC and -1 fort save. Since its cursed, you can't trash it in a campfire unless you have remove curse.

[Blackhorizon]

Seen these broken items drop more frequently lately from creatures.

Just now the boss - Sahuagin Baron dropped coins and broken item.

[Maecius]

In terms of mechanical use, I don't think these items can be utilized for anything (on our server). If they're dropping frequently, we may have to look at removing them from the loot table.

They can be vaguely useful for some RP scenarios, I suppose, but as far as I'm aware they're otherwise junk?

I think in the original campaign you get them sometimes when you bash a chest instead of picklocking it? But I've never played through the OC.

[Tsidkenu]

The #3 boss loot drop, behind #2 rags and #1 ale stein.

[Maecius]

The #3 boss loot drop, behind #2 rags and #1 ale stein.

So some of our bosses are moonlighting as bartenders, huh?

We can try to look at loot tables at some point after the transition. I'm not sure we've touched them much in ages. But I can understand it being a little anticlimactic to have a 0 GP item drop after a difficult boss fight.

[Blackhorizon]

I ran into the first broken item fairly recently (some weeks ago, could it even be a month ago) but since then have seen them around and about. Dropping from creatures as well as found in chests.

It is junk after all. While ale steins etc. are also "junk" at least they are items with some sort of meaning but the broken item is just broken something.

Though the worst one is definitely the cursed broken junk.

[Velaris]

Well...this is just a what if scenario...

What if, broken items could be combined via a crafting table or forge, say in a group, to reforge a new item? Would this be possible?
For instance: 1 broken item = random +1 item, 2 broken items = random +2, and so on. (with limits of course) or being changed into small coin, as per crafting rules.
Would it be difficult to add "broken item" to the crafting list alongside spider mandibles and such?

Additionally, perhaps a reforged of a cursed item, once the curse is removed, could yield a new item?

Would this encourage people to pick up some of the trash left behind, for the hopes of getting something good out of it. It might also create some positive rp situations for the remove curse spell.

Just ideas.

[Darkcloud777]

In terms of mechanical use, I don't think these items can be utilized for anything (on our server). If they're dropping frequently, we may have to look at removing them from the loot table.

They can be vaguely useful for some RP scenarios, I suppose, but as far as I'm aware they're otherwise junk?

I think in the original campaign you get them sometimes when you bash a chest instead of picklocking it? But I've never played through the OC.

we could have an event where the handyman comes to repair these broken items?

[Thorsson]

Even bosses have garbage...

[Legofsalmon]

I feel like i've been getting more junk items lately too, especially rags, also a couple of potions that don't actually do anything and can't be consumed. I'm in favor of getting rid of a few of them or giving them a purpose (except spoons, they're cool).

[Nyeleni]

That is only because of how our brain works. It sees patterns where there are none.

You will remember most likely if you had a series of bad rolls, but would not remember in the same way very high rolls.

Although getting rid of garbage would be nice, sometimes those items can make for good rp too.

[Uther3867]

i think the 3 top junk items could be used with the crafting bench,broken item could become a torch, wrought metal to be sold to a smithy or even just a chunk of gold, ale stiens could be sold to bartenders for a gold peice and rags could be sold to the lady always asking for bear hides for clothing just a thought

[Storm Munin]

Speaking for my toons I think the above is a wonderful idea.

Refilling the empty spirit bottles they find pretty much every session at a crafting station or selling them to the bartenders would make some sense.

[Maecius]

We haven't tinkered with the loot drop scripts for probably a couple of years. Certainly not since 2016 got started. So any "changes" are probably just changes in your luck.

That being said, I think at least one of our new devs was wanting to take a look at it, so that might change.