1001 Uses for a Dull Gray Ioun Stone [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 Uses for a Dull Gray Ioun Stone [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Edymnion
08-16-04, 11:07 PM Yes, I know, 3.5 removed the Dull Gray Ioun Stone from the list, but hey, that doesn't stop us from using that wonderful little item.

So lets get this thread off into it's next reincarnation! Real or comical uses, its all fair game.

1) Get a dozen of them, paint them black and yellow, and run around screaming that you're being attacked by killer bees.

2) Glue little wings on them, and run around with a butterfly net trying to catch it.

3) Cast Continual Light on one as a hand's free torch

4) Use Prestidigitation to change their color to fool your enemies.
Dracoulis The Phyrexian
08-17-04, 12:06 AM Actually, in 3.5 psionics, a person can extra 1 power point out of a dull gray stone, after which it distintegrates.

Thus, it's a really, really, REALLY cheap cognizance crystal!

I suppose one might be able to use them as sling stones, as well.
flyingmoose
08-17-04, 12:19 AM 5) Hang decorations from them around the holidays.

6) Pretend to be a radar array.

7) Dress up as the sun and be The Solar System for Halloween.

8) Stuff a bunch of them into a geode and market it as an Ioun Boulder.

9) Stick one inside a hollow glass eye and teach the wearer how to activate it. What could be scarier than someone's eye floating out of their head and taking up an orbit 1d3 feet away from it?
Aramek
08-17-04, 03:12 AM 10) Wear so many and ask the DM for a circumstance bonus on your Intimidate check. "YOU FACE THE VERY POWER OF THE COSMOS!"

11) Get a hundred of them, paint them chrome, hang self upside-down from rafters, and offer "Mobile Disco Ball" to children's parties.

12) Mess up beds while sleeping with them on.
green_yawgmoth
08-17-04, 03:20 AM Originally posted by flyingmoose
9) Stick one inside a hollow glass eye and teach the wearer how to activate it. What could be scarier than someone's eye floating out of their head and taking up an orbit 1d3 feet away from it? For added effect, cast Continual Flame on it as well. Flaming eye = cool. :D

http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
flyingmoose
08-17-04, 03:31 AM 13) Play catch with yourself by flinging them near a willing participant's head and having them slingshot around it like in Armageddon.
Aimless Wanderer
08-17-04, 01:49 PM the continous flame, i use that all the time. even in 3.5 (why in Pelor's name did they take that away?) anyways...

4) Use Prestidigitation to change their color to fool your enemies.

i have soooo got to use that, even if its on the BBEG.... oh the dissapointment....

well, that said....
what's that one game where you have a volleyball on a rope, and the rope is attached to a tall pole, and you hafta hit it so it goes around the pole enough so it can't spin any more, while another person tries to do the same thing he other way?

14. the name of the game i can't figure out, as described above

15. do something similar to paper football, but a touchdown is plink'n it so it starts orbiting the other guy's head, or, just maybe, plink'n it so it stays in an empty eyeball socket

16. make a maypole, but using mage hand to control the up's and down's because your lazy.
psionichamster
08-17-04, 02:02 PM that would be "tetherball" and that would be funny with ioun stones

17. paint them pink and yellow, and have them emitting ghost sounds of "tweet" "tweet" a la warner bros.

18. get enough of them, gild them, instant halo!

19. teach the physics of the atom, your head being the nucleus, the stones electrons.

20. exectutive adventurer desk, er...head toys
shadowflamedancer
08-17-04, 03:40 PM 21. Get a large mass of them in a draw-string bag cirling your head, rig a seat to the string with use rope/magic. Now you have a cheap tilt-a-whirl!
Edymnion
08-17-04, 09:44 PM 22. Glue little mirrors to them so your Cha 18 Sorcerer can always check to make sure his hair is in just the right position.
[GSV] Kirstar
08-18-04, 03:40 AM have several and use them to enhance your head butt damage.

use then to keep the flys away in hot countries

attach fans for instant breezes

disquise them as real ioun stones, mix them in with your real stones to prevent enemies from called shotting your real stones
BlaineTog
08-18-04, 03:51 AM 27. Kill stuff, among other things (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=2518704#post2518704). :D [/shameless plug]
Aimless Wanderer
08-18-04, 03:28 PM no more ideas for the moment, just comments

psionic, thx for naming tetherball

instant halo - we had a pally (half celestial maybe?) that just had an ioun stone custom made in that shape, with continuous flame. iirc, he later had daylight placed on it, and kept walking around saying, "Squint or Divert thy eyes, lest you be blinded by my beauty"

teaching chem: one guy had a cont flame ioun stone, and took another guys, and said Look! I'm noble now!

wow.... we're such nerds

(sry about that comment, its just true, at least for my ol' group)
Kaminton
08-18-04, 09:48 PM Get a couple thousand of them... if they're all flying around your head, that's decent cover :)
Edymnion
08-18-04, 09:49 PM Kaminton's was number 28, btw.
Harmor
08-18-04, 10:33 PM 29. Use them as Sling stones (bypasses 5/magic!!!)
Aimless Wanderer
08-18-04, 11:48 PM Get a couple thousand of them... if they're all flying around your head, that's decent cover

cover.... for your enemy? with so many of those lil' buggers around your face, you prolly couldnt see anything

just a thought
shadowflamedancer
08-19-04, 02:36 PM Originally posted by Aimless Wanderer
cover.... for your enemy? with so many of those lil' buggers around your face, you prolly couldnt see anything
just a thought

Well, you could just walk close to your enemy and have him get bashed by several thousand small rocks. . . . Or use Lightning Bolt. :D
derfenrirwolv
08-19-04, 05:01 PM 30: tie a peice of yarn to it.

Felines must make a dc 20 will save or start playing with it.
[GSV] Kirstar
08-20-04, 03:19 AM bast continual flame on them......
bitnine
08-20-04, 03:48 AM Originally posted by [GSV] Kirstar
bast continual flame on them...... That also has the side benefit of giving you a splitting headache. Wait - were we only considering benefical uses? I imagine you might be able to also rig one with a bit of rope for a very odd way to commit suicide.
BlaineTog
08-20-04, 04:16 AM 31: Fuse about a bucnh into a cylinder, hollow it out, and use it to hold your drink.

32: Attach a notepad to one and a pen to another.

33: Put a hook on one and use it to carry your groceries (yes, I'm feeling very lazy right now).
flyingmoose
08-20-04, 05:15 AM 34) Make a bunch of cursed ones that insist on orbiting the user's butt. Give them to allies as a gag. "Wow, those things are smart."
flyingmoose
08-20-04, 05:17 AM Originally posted by BlaineTog
31: Fuse about a bucnh into a cylinder, hollow it out, and use it to hold your drink.

Don't forget the floating straw.
Edymnion
08-20-04, 12:47 PM 35) Enchant them with Magic Mouth spells that activate when you point at them. Program the Magic Mouths to say things like "Kiss my butt" "Screw you", etc. Instant insult machine.
jaelis
08-20-04, 01:07 PM 36) Cast permanence'd invisibility and ghost sound on one to make a high pitched whine, and then set it whirling around your buddy's head while he's sleeping.
Chachi
08-20-04, 01:11 PM 37) Take a very small frog, put it on top of an orbiting stone, and then howl with laughter as it cheerfully tries to hang on. And yes, it will be cheerful. Very small frogs are always cheerful, to the point of implied substance abuse.*

*This is probably not as funny as it sounds on paper.
Skrimshaw
08-20-04, 01:16 PM (38) Paint them to look like flies and bees (and attach wings)

Just make sure to tell yer Toad familiar they are not real !!! (True Story)
Aimless Wanderer
08-20-04, 02:36 PM 39. Paint one pale white, with a few dots. set it going around a lycanthrope's head.

AHHH!! full moon! change! AHHH!! its gone!! unchange! AHH!! full moon! change! AHH!! its gone!! unchange! .......
Aricandor
08-20-04, 04:18 PM Originally posted by Edymnion
Yes, I know, 3.5 removed the Dull Gray Ioun Stone from the list, but hey, that doesn't stop us from using that wonderful little item.

What did it do? (not the psionics version, the 3.0 or whatever it'd be)
MageofMyth
08-20-04, 05:10 PM Originally posted by Aricandor
What did it do? (not the psionics version, the 3.0 or whatever it'd be)

All it did was orbit. That was part of it's charm it was a magic item that just flew around your head, so people started coming up with fun things to do with it.
taltamir
08-21-04, 01:10 AM print a bar code on each one and require each "citizens" of my empire to have one on at all times. Ones without any are thrown in jail, ones with are easily itentifiable.

Use them as schoolpasses.

Use them as passes for playes, and other payed for things. (get one whenentering the museum, give it back when leaving.)
wolfbrother
08-21-04, 01:36 AM 43. put sticky notes on them.

44. use them as 25gp peices (is that how much they cost? The next joke only works if they're 25gp)

45. buy 200 of them (no more no less) and get a +1 insight (yes, insight) bonus to AC. i don't see why any DM wouldn't allow it.
taltamir
08-21-04, 02:11 AM i dont get it... why is it funny to get a +1 for 5000GP insight bonus to AC

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Edymnion 08-16-04, 11:07 PM	Yes, I know, 3.5 removed the Dull Gray Ioun Stone from the list, but hey, that doesn't stop us from using that wonderful little item. So lets get this thread off into it's next reincarnation! Real or comical uses, its all fair game. 1) Get a dozen of them, paint them black and yellow, and run around screaming that you're being attacked by killer bees. 2) Glue little wings on them, and run around with a butterfly net trying to catch it. 3) Cast Continual Light on one as a hand's free torch 4) Use Prestidigitation to change their color to fool your enemies.
Dracoulis The Phyrexian 08-17-04, 12:06 AM	Actually, in 3.5 psionics, a person can extra 1 power point out of a dull gray stone, after which it distintegrates. Thus, it's a really, really, REALLY cheap cognizance crystal! I suppose one might be able to use them as sling stones, as well.
flyingmoose 08-17-04, 12:19 AM	5) Hang decorations from them around the holidays. 6) Pretend to be a radar array. 7) Dress up as the sun and be The Solar System for Halloween. 8) Stuff a bunch of them into a geode and market it as an Ioun Boulder. 9) Stick one inside a hollow glass eye and teach the wearer how to activate it. What could be scarier than someone's eye floating out of their head and taking up an orbit 1d3 feet away from it?
Aramek 08-17-04, 03:12 AM	10) Wear so many and ask the DM for a circumstance bonus on your Intimidate check. "YOU FACE THE VERY POWER OF THE COSMOS!" 11) Get a hundred of them, paint them chrome, hang self upside-down from rafters, and offer "Mobile Disco Ball" to children's parties. 12) Mess up beds while sleeping with them on.
green_yawgmoth 08-17-04, 03:20 AM	Originally posted by flyingmoose 9) Stick one inside a hollow glass eye and teach the wearer how to activate it. What could be scarier than someone's eye floating out of their head and taking up an orbit 1d3 feet away from it? For added effect, cast Continual Flame on it as well. Flaming eye = cool. :D http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
flyingmoose 08-17-04, 03:31 AM	13) Play catch with yourself by flinging them near a willing participant's head and having them slingshot around it like in Armageddon.
Aimless Wanderer 08-17-04, 01:49 PM	the continous flame, i use that all the time. even in 3.5 (why in Pelor's name did they take that away?) anyways... 4) Use Prestidigitation to change their color to fool your enemies. i have soooo got to use that, even if its on the BBEG.... oh the dissapointment.... well, that said.... what's that one game where you have a volleyball on a rope, and the rope is attached to a tall pole, and you hafta hit it so it goes around the pole enough so it can't spin any more, while another person tries to do the same thing he other way? 14. the name of the game i can't figure out, as described above 15. do something similar to paper football, but a touchdown is plink'n it so it starts orbiting the other guy's head, or, just maybe, plink'n it so it stays in an empty eyeball socket 16. make a maypole, but using mage hand to control the up's and down's because your lazy.
psionichamster 08-17-04, 02:02 PM	that would be "tetherball" and that would be funny with ioun stones 17. paint them pink and yellow, and have them emitting ghost sounds of "tweet" "tweet" a la warner bros. 18. get enough of them, gild them, instant halo! 19. teach the physics of the atom, your head being the nucleus, the stones electrons. 20. exectutive adventurer desk, er...head toys
shadowflamedancer 08-17-04, 03:40 PM	21. Get a large mass of them in a draw-string bag cirling your head, rig a seat to the string with use rope/magic. Now you have a cheap tilt-a-whirl!
Edymnion 08-17-04, 09:44 PM	22. Glue little mirrors to them so your Cha 18 Sorcerer can always check to make sure his hair is in just the right position.
[GSV] Kirstar 08-18-04, 03:40 AM	have several and use them to enhance your head butt damage. use then to keep the flys away in hot countries attach fans for instant breezes disquise them as real ioun stones, mix them in with your real stones to prevent enemies from called shotting your real stones
BlaineTog 08-18-04, 03:51 AM	27. Kill stuff, among other things (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=2518704#post2518704). :D [/shameless plug]
Aimless Wanderer 08-18-04, 03:28 PM	no more ideas for the moment, just comments psionic, thx for naming tetherball instant halo - we had a pally (half celestial maybe?) that just had an ioun stone custom made in that shape, with continuous flame. iirc, he later had daylight placed on it, and kept walking around saying, "Squint or Divert thy eyes, lest you be blinded by my beauty" teaching chem: one guy had a cont flame ioun stone, and took another guys, and said Look! I'm noble now! wow.... we're such nerds (sry about that comment, its just true, at least for my ol' group)
Kaminton 08-18-04, 09:48 PM	Get a couple thousand of them... if they're all flying around your head, that's decent cover :)
Edymnion 08-18-04, 09:49 PM	Kaminton's was number 28, btw.
Harmor 08-18-04, 10:33 PM	29. Use them as Sling stones (bypasses 5/magic!!!)
Aimless Wanderer 08-18-04, 11:48 PM	Get a couple thousand of them... if they're all flying around your head, that's decent cover cover.... for your enemy? with so many of those lil' buggers around your face, you prolly couldnt see anything just a thought
shadowflamedancer 08-19-04, 02:36 PM	Originally posted by Aimless Wanderer cover.... for your enemy? with so many of those lil' buggers around your face, you prolly couldnt see anything just a thought Well, you could just walk close to your enemy and have him get bashed by several thousand small rocks. . . . Or use Lightning Bolt. :D
derfenrirwolv 08-19-04, 05:01 PM	30: tie a peice of yarn to it. Felines must make a dc 20 will save or start playing with it.
[GSV] Kirstar 08-20-04, 03:19 AM	bast continual flame on them......
bitnine 08-20-04, 03:48 AM	Originally posted by [GSV] Kirstar bast continual flame on them...... That also has the side benefit of giving you a splitting headache. Wait - were we only considering benefical uses? I imagine you might be able to also rig one with a bit of rope for a very odd way to commit suicide.
BlaineTog 08-20-04, 04:16 AM	31: Fuse about a bucnh into a cylinder, hollow it out, and use it to hold your drink. 32: Attach a notepad to one and a pen to another. 33: Put a hook on one and use it to carry your groceries (yes, I'm feeling very lazy right now).
flyingmoose 08-20-04, 05:15 AM	34) Make a bunch of cursed ones that insist on orbiting the user's butt. Give them to allies as a gag. "Wow, those things are smart."
flyingmoose 08-20-04, 05:17 AM	Originally posted by BlaineTog 31: Fuse about a bucnh into a cylinder, hollow it out, and use it to hold your drink. Don't forget the floating straw.
Edymnion 08-20-04, 12:47 PM	35) Enchant them with Magic Mouth spells that activate when you point at them. Program the Magic Mouths to say things like "Kiss my butt" "Screw you", etc. Instant insult machine.
jaelis 08-20-04, 01:07 PM	36) Cast permanence'd invisibility and ghost sound on one to make a high pitched whine, and then set it whirling around your buddy's head while he's sleeping.
Chachi 08-20-04, 01:11 PM	37) Take a very small frog, put it on top of an orbiting stone, and then howl with laughter as it cheerfully tries to hang on. And yes, it will be cheerful. Very small frogs are always cheerful, to the point of implied substance abuse.* *This is probably not as funny as it sounds on paper.
Skrimshaw 08-20-04, 01:16 PM	(38) Paint them to look like flies and bees (and attach wings) Just make sure to tell yer Toad familiar they are not real !!! (True Story)
Aimless Wanderer 08-20-04, 02:36 PM	39. Paint one pale white, with a few dots. set it going around a lycanthrope's head. AHHH!! full moon! change! AHHH!! its gone!! unchange! AHH!! full moon! change! AHH!! its gone!! unchange! .......
Aricandor 08-20-04, 04:18 PM	Originally posted by Edymnion Yes, I know, 3.5 removed the Dull Gray Ioun Stone from the list, but hey, that doesn't stop us from using that wonderful little item. What did it do? (not the psionics version, the 3.0 or whatever it'd be)
MageofMyth 08-20-04, 05:10 PM	Originally posted by Aricandor What did it do? (not the psionics version, the 3.0 or whatever it'd be) All it did was orbit. That was part of it's charm it was a magic item that just flew around your head, so people started coming up with fun things to do with it.
taltamir 08-21-04, 01:10 AM	print a bar code on each one and require each "citizens" of my empire to have one on at all times. Ones without any are thrown in jail, ones with are easily itentifiable. Use them as schoolpasses. Use them as passes for playes, and other payed for things. (get one whenentering the museum, give it back when leaving.)
wolfbrother 08-21-04, 01:36 AM	43. put sticky notes on them. 44. use them as 25gp peices (is that how much they cost? The next joke only works if they're 25gp) 45. buy 200 of them (no more no less) and get a +1 insight (yes, insight) bonus to AC. i don't see why any DM wouldn't allow it.
taltamir 08-21-04, 02:11 AM	i dont get it... why is it funny to get a +1 for 5000GP insight bonus to AC