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The Kender-proof Pouch
donated by Palin W
Description: Although it's called a "pouch," it can
actually be any form of container,
including, but not limited to:
backpacks, sacks, packs, pouches, and
other similar things.
History: This item is one that just about every
kender dreads ever coming across. The
first one was manufactured by a wizard
who got fed up with trying keep
kenders' hands out of his belongings.
While he wasn't a "bad" man (he was
actually a white-robe), he did invent
this item (for which every other race
is indebted to him for). After he made
the first one, he began to recieve
orders from all over. Since he
couldn't keep up with the demand, he
got a few apprentices and taught them
how to create these items. After his
workshop mysteriously burned down, his
apprentices went out into the world,
creating these items every now and then.
Only about 600 of these were ever
created before the workshop, with about
a dozen or so new ones appearing each
year.
How it Works: Basically, it's kender-proof.
Impossible as that may sound, it's
true. If a kender (or a person with
kender blood) sticks his hand in the
pouch, it immediately seals itself
tightly around the kender's hand. The
hand remains stuck in the pouch until
the pouch's owner opens it and releases
the trapped kender.
Should the kender actually try to
remove the pouch from the owner's belt
(or wherever the owner carries it on
his/her person), it begins to
shriek "THIEF!" until the kender
releases it. Any attempt to magically
remove the pouch have the same result,
only with the addition of the
word "CUTPURSE" suddenly appearing on
the offending kender's forehead in
bright blue letters.
(Note: because of the magic of the
pouch, it cannot be removed from its
owner's person by any kender whose hand
[s} is[are} already trapped in it.)
However, these pouches aren't proof
against thieves of other races, so the
owner still must be on the lookout for
real thieves.
Interestingly enough, kender can own
and use these pouches as well. If the
owner of the pouch is a kender, then
the owner (and ONLY the owner) is
exempt from its effects. However,
since the majority of kender believe in
community property, most kender don't
use these. Those that do tend to be
less warmly recieved by their fellows (-
2 to all rolls involving Cha with other
kender).
The owner is identified by his name
stitched in bright blue letters
somewhere on the pouch's outside. If
ownership of the pouch should be
transfered through any means, the
previous owner's name vanishes and is
replaced by the name of the new owner. |
