Enc.:	IS:		Aura:	GP: 17,500
Artifacts & Relics	-	Magic Items	-	DMG

This piece of jewelry is of totally alien origin, for while its
loop appears to be of platinum and its stone a very fine spinel, examination
by the most astute dwarf or expert jeweler will discover the workmanship
to be unique and the gem of unknown type.

The Ring of Gaxx must be
placed on a finger in order to discover its powers. Its wearer can turn the
nine-faceted gem set in the Ring, and each facing of the gem gives a different
power/effect when it is faced towards the top (the finger end) of
the ring. Note, however, that the stone will TURN by itself whenever the
Ring is taken off, put on, or its wearer is asleep. Therefore, each day the
ring is used, o random facet facing must be determined (secretly by the
DM) and discovered by the wearer. Of course, once all powers/effects are
known to the possessor, knowledge of a single facet facing should enable
him or her to determine the order of the other facets and make desired settings.
It is absolutely impossible to mork either the ring or the gem stone in
any way, so random determination and discovery is totally unavoidable -
even a wish will not help determine which facet is which. The Ring has the
following powers/effects:
 

3 x I	*	*	*
2 x II	**	**	-
1 x III	***	-	-
1 x IV	****	-	-
1 x V	*****	-	-
1 x VI	******	-	-

Notes:

Author:
 

by Brian Blume

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tewligan
(Blinks) Wow. That was a big damn post.

Gary, to get this back on the, y'know, Q&A theme, here's something that Edena's novella made me think of...

Which, if any, of the really big bad guys of D&D fame started life as actual PC's? For example, was Acererak ever an actual character who was eventually judged by the DM to be too much for a PC? What about Vecna and Kas? I seem to recall (and I could EASILY be wrong) that Kas got his name from Tim Kask - did you and Tim ever have a throw down in which he got a couple of lucky hits that left your wizard with one less hand and eye, and the whole thing passed into infamy?

None, unless you count Obmi the DWarf as a big bad guy.
My players surely did,hated him thoroughly, aways did their utmost to finish him off.

When Brian BLume was bent on devising a load of artifacts he made up such items as that of Kas and Gax for Tim and me.
Inspired thus, I ccreated the Iron FLask of Tourney the Merciless in honor of sone Ernie and his evil PC, Erac's Cousin.

The fact is that none of the DMs that were influential in regards to TSR's creative output ever had very high-level PCs in their campaigns, thus neither those figures nor the NPCs opposing them were of such notable prowess.

Cheers,
Gary