Post/Author/DateTime	Post
SOPI 06-03-06, 03:23 PM	I got this idea from the recent D&D Alumni about the Player's Handbooks. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/alumni_phbii.jpg 1. The gems are worth millions of gold peices. 2. The gems are actually disguised cupcakes. Everyone wants cupcakes! 3. The gems give the power of unlimited wish spells. 4. The theives are just greedy idiots who won't ignore the gems. 5. One of the theives hopes to impress his girlfriend with it. There. I got it started, now let's continue it!
MADGator 06-03-06, 04:08 PM	6. Gems can be exchanged for goods and services. 7. Sweet paperweight to keep scrolls from blowing away. 8. Two words: ultimate frisbee. 9. Gnome baker offered to trade for pie & chips. 10. Not just any coaster will do for an everful mug! Not worth an extra post, so I'll stick this in here: 38. Combine them with a portable ram for one impressive codpiece.
TG_Ambro 06-03-06, 04:32 PM	11- they represent the hopes af everyone who has ever held a d20 in hand, and wished that maybe, just maybe they to could be as cool and powerful as thier character. 12- they're too cool for school. 13- that rogue has been trying for nearly thirty years and still has'nt got them out, so he still wants them because he's stubborn. 14- a small universe is contained inside them. 15- they are the only thing of true value in the world...even more then friendship. :D
metamind 06-03-06, 06:59 PM	16) There so shiney :love: 17) They make the world go round 18) perfect for when gp just won't do 19) Everyone loves gems 20) If they don't get 'em those damn elves will.
buddy4031 06-03-06, 07:12 PM	21: it's easyer to carry a gem worth 1 million gold then actually carrying 1 million gold 22: they look nice
Chaotis 06-03-06, 07:20 PM	23: Because one holds to purpose of life, and the other holds the way not to be annihilated from knowing that purpose. 24: You can trade them in for a lifetime supply of PIE! Everyone lones pie! :D 25: Inside they hold a simple math equation to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop :eek: . 26: They make the world go round. No, seriously, they manipulate earth's gravity to make it rotate and revolve around the sun :teach: . 27: Three words: Vecna's ultimate secret. 28: Merely seeing both at once kills one chosen creature of CR 20 or more. Yes, it works on the Tarrasque :mymy: . 29: They hold the secret of Pun-Pun :D . 30: Summon Chuck Norris 3/day EACH. 31: Campaign hook! Possession allows Psionics/Incarnum/Epic levels to be obtained in the game, if not already available. 32: Who WOULDN'T want 2 huge gems that people have been trying to get at for 30+ years over their fireplace? Edit: Fixed my numbering.
greatamericanfolkhero 06-03-06, 07:47 PM	33: They'll look nice next to the head of Venca.
AT-AT Assault 06-03-06, 07:52 PM	30: Summon Chuck Norris 3/day EACH. :rofl: 34. Because any gem can be transformed into a diamond. True Ressurection anyone?
jaelis 06-03-06, 09:05 PM	35. Because that damn idol follows me wherever I go. Maybe it will get lost if I blind it. 36. The gems are worthless. But the cavity behind them holds Jimmy Hoffa's remains. 37. My wife told me to.
Rhomphaia 06-03-06, 10:00 PM	38. DEEE-URR! I LIEK TEH SHINY ROCKS!
Elvez4ever 06-03-06, 10:06 PM	38. DEEE-URR! I LIEK TEH SHINY ROCKS! That would be 39. 38 was already posted above :P
Thanqol 06-03-06, 10:17 PM	35. Because that damn idol follows me wherever I go. Maybe it will get lost if I blind it. :rofl: 40: Because I've spent thirty years trying to get them out - if I stop now, it'll all be wasted.
Lord Herman 06-04-06, 04:02 AM	41. The picture was misinterpreted all along. The thief isn't stealing the gem, he's putting it in the socket to finish his giant stone golem that can shoot X-rays from its eyes. Very deadly X-rays. 42. Because it will make one heck of a wedding ring (or, if he manages to steal both gems, two hecks of wedding rings). 43. How better to **** off Asmodeus than to make yourself a BIGGER ruby rod?
hmmmm 06-04-06, 04:38 AM	44. To put them in a sack and beat down people. You can be the Geminator.
Fireclave 06-04-06, 05:59 AM	45. To focus the arcane beam generated by the BBEG's Eldritch Machine, thus allowing him to send the 13 moons crashing into Ebberron's sufface and allowing the release of all the demons out of Khyber. Thus setting into motion a chain of events that will destroy the kingdoms of Khorvaire give rise to the rebirth of the 13th dragonmarked house. The rise of the 13th house will spell the fall of the dragons. With the dragons out of the way, and Khorvaire laid to waste, there is no force capable of stoping the glorious return of the Dalkyr; they who has lay waste to this world and bring it back to the glorious chaos from which it originally sprung :evillaugh Wow, that's idea is so great that I'm gonna steal it from myself :D
Traevanon 06-04-06, 08:54 AM	My favorite is #41 so far. #46 Forget the gems, there is a secret door behind them that the elf detected. #47 The statue is projecting a secret message for the rebellion onto the far wall, and its out of focus.
Andorxor 06-04-06, 09:49 AM	48. Bait for a Kendertrap
SOPI 06-04-06, 10:45 AM	This list has grown nicely. I'll add one I thought of. It's not the best, but oh well. 49. "My great grand-pappy died stealin' those gems! I'm a-aimin' to git em for his tomb!"
Fargren 06-04-06, 11:33 AM	50. Uhh, shiny!!!:D 51. Gems are tasty 52.gems are hypnotic, and they make everyone want to steal them.
Stardrake 06-04-06, 08:41 PM	53) So you'll FINALLY have the biggest stones in the party!
Bruunwald 06-05-06, 12:21 PM	54. Slugworth promised an awful lot for one of those Everlasting Gobstoppers. 55. Feh! Because Lidda thinks she's soooo damned cool. 56. That crazy Archimedes needs it for another of his kooky ship-blasting contraptions.
Androlphas 06-05-06, 12:27 PM	57. Who said anything about taking them? The guy is obviously putting the gems back to break the curse the original thief unleashed when he removed them all those years ago.
Grand Theft Otto 06-05-06, 12:36 PM	He's replacing them actually. I think he's the guy whose job it is to restock dungeons with treasure after adventurers clean em out. What, you thought you were the ONLY guys to go through White Plume Mountain? They've got crates of whelms and blackrazors back there.
Sikyanakotik 06-06-06, 01:44 AM	59. Who stuck those gems in there? It took quite some time for that guy to get the gaping iris sockets to look just right. 60. Thie... erm, "rogue" school final exam. 61. Sure, it rather obvious those things are trapped, but in Pelor's name, the guy just learned improved evasion, and he's itching to use it. 62. College prank. The Greyhawk Efreeti will be fuming when they find what happened to their mascot. 63. He's just balancing himself. He got up there to hide from Mialee after likening her face to that of a troll after an acid bath.
Bruunwald 06-06-06, 11:50 AM	64. "Giant Idol (TM) Crystal Soundsystem with the incredible new Pointy-Tooth-Mouth (TM) uni-speaker provides the clearest sound imaginable, twice as clear as CDs! Just let me pop in this Purple Gem recording of Devis & Gimble's Greatest Hits..." 65. "A little to the left, honey - no! MY left." "Yes, dear." "Hmmm... Now a little to the right. There! Now up a little..." "Yes, dear." "No... down just a smidge. Good! Now over to the left." "Yes, dear." "Perfect! Oh, Mother is just going to love how we've displayed the Cursed Fiery Gems of Damnable Condemnation she sent us for our anniversary!" "YES, DEAR!"
Platonix 06-07-06, 09:47 PM	66. Removing the gems, and then putting them back in backwards, will turn the desecrate effect currently on this temple into a consecrate effect. Won't those undead-using evil clerics who live here be surprised!
TrothgardtheMad 06-08-06, 12:22 PM	67. We're going to replace their ruby crystals with Folger's Crystals(TM), let's see if they can tell the difference... Trothgard the Mad