Enc.: soft=3	IS:	Aura = dim	XP: ---	GP: 5k
Miscellaneous Magic	-	Magic Items	-	DMG

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theory : all magic boots are low soft boots
reason1: boots of dancing, being indistinguishable from other magic boots
reason2: elven boots, which would probably be boots.soft.low
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Boots of Dancing: The magical boots of dancing will expand or contract to
fit any foot size, from halfling to giant (just as other magic boots will do, of
course). They radiate a dim magic if detection is used. They are indistinguishable
from other magic boots, and until actual melee combat is
engaged in they will function exactly as if they were one of the other 4
types of useful boots (see below). When in melee combat, or if the wearer
is fleeing from the actuality of same, the boots of dancing will impede his
or her movement, begin to tap and shuffle, heel and toe, or shuffle off to
Buffalo, making the wearer behave exactly as if Otto’s Irresistible Dance
spell had been cast upon him or her (-4 from armor class rating, no saving
throws possible, and no attacks possible). Only a [remove curse] spell will
allow the boots to be removed once their true nature comes forth.

IlexGarodan wrote:
Gary,

What is your opinion on gag items? Of the roleplaying games you've developed, which ones (if any) were your favourites? I know we've all hurled joke items at least once as referees.. 

Ilex G.
 

I absolutely love an occassional joke magic item. I hope that Troll Lord Games will publish my Weyland Smith Catalog as part of the Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds reference book series.
It is jam-packed with all manner of joke items, far more than in the booklet version that Hekaforge Rpoductions released on a limnited basis about five or six years back.
some are actually useful for characters to employ, and there is a method of obtaining the items given in the work.

Anyway, I have had an hilarious time with Boots of Dancing,
and I role-played my fighter Yrag with the first Ring of Contrariness ever in play, and that was a thigh-slapper for sure.
A ring of Delusion can be fun, and a Wand of Wonder is always a hoot.

Gary

P.S. From the above it is obvious that I do not take myself or RPGing too seriously