1. Acquire another item that is cursed the same way. While wearing the belt don say Boots of Speed/Cursed: Reverse Sex. Does he then revert back to being a man all the while gaining the benefits of both items or would he simply turn into a hermaphrodite?
2. Simply get another Belt of Giant Strength that is cursed exactly the same way. Take off the first one and put on the second one and voila! He's a man again and he still gets the strength bonus. Keep the other one around to leave as a trap in my gear or hold just to hold onto...just in case.
3. Would a Gem of True Seeing still reveal him as a man?
Thoughts? Anyone?
Deep in the bowels of a dungeon located in Greyhawk (I won't say where, I don't want to give anything away) my character put on a Belt of Giant Strength (+4) which does indeed function as a belt of giant strength. Unfortunately it has a drawback that changes your sex. So now my brawny Sentinel/Thief/Ranger/Dragon Slayer is a girl. We all had a good laugh and I'm seriously considering leaving things the way they are until I can find an easy way out of it. What a great way to disguise yourself, huh? Apparently a Remove Curse (4th?), Wish (9th) and some other 9th level spell will reverse it but none of those are readily available in the middle of this adventure. When this is over I need to solve this problem but it may be to my advantage to keep the belt afterall. I wanted to run a few ideas by you guys to see what you think.
Thoughts? Anyone?
Ah, the old Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity gag. I never grow tired of it. So what should you do? Play as a female character for a while until you can get it all straightened out. If you're on a dungeon crawl, it shouldn't matter much anyway.
For all intents and purposes, your character is now female until you get that curse lifted. I don't even think you'd appear as a male character under true seeing because your character is now truly (and permanently unless you lift the curse) female.
It's really a silly magic item that does this kind of thing. THere's no chance of becoming a hermaphrodite or neuter or anything sillier like that if you encounter another one.
Deep in the bowels of a dungeon located in Greyhawk (I won't say where, I don't want to give anything away) my character put on a Belt of Giant Strength (+4) which does indeed function as a belt of giant strength. Unfortunately it has a drawback that changes your sex. So now my brawny Sentinel/Thief/Ranger/Dragon Slayer is a girl. We all had a good laugh and I'm seriously considering leaving things the way they are until I can find an easy way out of it.
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Thoughts? Anyone?
:evillaugh
So now you change :fight!: and
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...*I'd personally END THE LIFE OF MY DM very spontaneously if he dared to do that with my Ivid the Bowman avatar, even as a joke...*
Just one thought:
From your name I get that you play a viking - like Suel Barbarian. I'd absolutely LOVE to see the face of your viking father if you return to your hometown exactly in the same way in which you left it as a *male*...
Deep in the bowels of a dungeon located in Greyhawk (I won't say where, I don't want to give anything away) my character put on a Belt of Giant Strength (+4) which does indeed function as a belt of giant strength. Unfortunately it has a drawback that changes your sex. So now my brawny Sentinel/Thief/Ranger/Dragon Slayer is a girl. We all had a good laugh and I'm seriously considering leaving things the way they are until I can find an easy way out of it. What a great way to disguise yourself, huh? Apparently a Remove Curse (4th?), Wish (9th) and some other 9th level spell will reverse it but none of those are readily available in the middle of this adventure. When this is over I need to solve this problem but it may be to my advantage to keep the belt afterall. I wanted to run a few ideas by you guys to see what you think.
1. Acquire another item that is cursed the same way. While wearing the belt don say Boots of Speed/Cursed: Reverse Sex. Does he then revert back to being a man all the while gaining the benefits of both items or would he simply turn into a hermaphrodite?
2. Simply get another Belt of Giant Strength that is cursed exactly the same way. Take off the first one and put on the second one and voila! He's a man again and he still gets the strength bonus. Keep the other one around to leave as a trap in my gear or hold just to hold onto...just in case.
3. Would a Gem of True Seeing still reveal him as a man?
Thoughts? Anyone?
Look at the bright side of playing a female character:
1. You can change your alignment on a whim, and then make whomever confronts you on it apologize numerous times for asking.
2. You can cry uncontrollably for no reason, and still have everyone apologizing to you for it.
3. You can go on a magical item buying binge, and then justify it by saying it was all "On Sale!"
4. Whenver your character is charmed by a bad guy, you can make his life hell by spontaneously saying "You think I'm fat!" whenever he attempts to get you to do anything. I feel sorry for him already...
5. You can practice the age-old female ability known as Selective Memory, so you can pick parts out of a conversation that suite your mood/purpose/???? and then get some poor schmuck to apologize to you for any misunderstanding you may have.
Think of the posibilities!
Just one thought:
From your name I get that you play a viking - like Suel Barbarian. I'd absolutely LOVE to see the face of your viking father if you return to your hometown exactly in the same way in which you left it as a *male*...
No, my moniker is a character I played a long time ago. You're dead on though, he was indeed a Cruskii Barbarian.
My current character's situation is much worse. Bear with me and try not to laugh, this is D&D afterall. My current PC is the son of another player's Epic PC and the Countess of Urnst. The other player, one of my best friends, passed away last February. We (the DM really) decided to elevate his PC to godhood which is what his ultimate goal was anyway after having played him for many years. He's the patron god of Dragon Slayers and other things polite people don't talk about in public. Let's put it this way, my PC's dad was THE ladies man on Oerth as well as being one very bad dude. Since his church is very new my PC is somewhat important in the scheme of things in the hierarchy of the church. It doesn't help also that my PC is the heir to the throne (does a County have a throne?) of Urnst. To top all of that off my PC has a half brother being played by another friend of mine (the son of the Epic PC and the Beygraff of Ket's daughter...like I said he was a ladies man, and he liked the rich ones).
I just know that my buddy is looking down right now and laughing hysterically.
My advice is: just relax, take a deep breath, and play as a girl. No one will think less of you for it.
The way it sounds you got your just deserts for harbinging all the holy high hecate. By the way you mention more magic in your post then I would dare utilize in any one session.
However if you were in my campaign you would be what the irishman in Bravehaert told Willaim Wallace @#$& !
If your campaign is a magical one then shouldn't you have had things throughly researched before utilizing them.
A simple identify spell won't disclose a curse on an item, usually because the item 90% of the time is set up to be delusional in nature. In this item's case it is more a drawback curse where the item does work in fact but the user must live with a side effect. In all cases I'd suggest that the oft overlooked Legend Lore be used in conjunction with each identified item. This of course could take alot of time when the PCs are more interested in dungeoneering, but then again when freely acquiring strange treasure and easily gained magic items you are bound to get burnt. ;)
It doesn't help also that my PC is the heir to the throne (does a County have a throne?) of Urnst.
Well, err, if the King of Nyrond can marry a succubus, then why shouldn't the Duke of Urnst be a hermaphrodite?BTW, look on the web on Ranma 1/2, an amime series that deals with some familiar problem. Maybe it may help you to characterize your PC in future adventures...
I just know that my buddy is looking down right now and laughing hysterically.
I am sure he does.
We (the DM really) decided to elevate his PC to godhood which is what his ultimate goal was anyway after having played him for many years. He's the patron god of Dragon Slayers and other things polite people don't talk about in public. Let's put it this way, my PC's dad was THE ladies man on Oerth as well as being one very bad dude. Since his church is very new my PC is somewhat important in the scheme of things in the hierarchy of the church..
It seems to me like this would be a perfect opportunity for you and your DM to expand on the relationship between your PC and his, er her, patron god. Perhaps this is a test layed out before your character and it'll take more than a simple remove curse to alleviate the condition. Consider a side quest that requires some level of enlightenment towards women that your new gender affords. I'm envisioning something on the lighter side, but it could be more serious depending on your group. How ironic would it be that a high ranking member of the new church would be a woman, with the divine blessing of your god non-the-less.
Anyway it sounds like your group has a blast together. I'd be interested in hearing how this plays out.
Fazzlewood
Well, err, if the King of Nyrond can marry a succubus, then why shouldn't the Duke of Urnst be a hermaphrodite?
To be fair, Lynwerd didn't go all the way with that wedding (thanks Heironeous!) and the fact that his bride was a fiend was unknown to most if not all citizens of Nyrond (except LG players, obviously..)
Moreover, you compare two different things. Lynwerd was the lawful & rightful king, a human male. Sure, I bet the commoners wouldn't have tolerated a fiendish queen but, basically, their ruler himself was "normal".
I doubt the citizens of any non-Evil human nation would tolerate for long a genderless ruler. The Middle-Age wasn't exactly known as open-minded in that regard...
I doubt the citizens of any non-Evil human nation would tolerate for long a genderless ruler. The Middle-Age wasn't exactly known as open-minded in that regard...
:embarrass Of course you're right - it's not likely to happen.Valkaun should better find a way to transform back - *jumping in the holy fountain of virility somewhere in the wastes of Zeif would be the way I would recommend* - before the holy inquisition of [insert random god] comes to know about his estate.
In any case, it fits very well that this happens in Greyhawk... It's an *accident* just in the spirit of Zagyg, the mad archmage, I believe...
However, my friend, you have to keep in mind that you're talking to the DM who let the giant violet hamster of Hepmonaland terrorize Aquaria... *Well, I was 12 then, but... You surely know what I try to express* ;)
However, my friend, you have to keep in mind that you're talking to the DM who let the giant violet hamster of Hepmonaland terrorize Aquaria... *Well, I was 12 then, but... You surely know what I try to express* ;)
Sure, as the saying goes "whatever works for your campaign.." ;)
Your comment about finding yet another Girdle of Giant Strength, with asimilar curse on it because mostly 9th level magic is not availbe disturbs me greatly. First how and why did your character put on the girdle. Then you get what you pay for. If your campaign is a magical one then shouldn't you have had things throughly researched before utilizing them.
The way it sounds you got your just deserts for harbinging all the holy high hecate. By the way you mention more magic in your post then I would dare utilize in any one session.
However if you were in my campaign you would be what the irishman in Bravehaert told Willaim Wallace @#$& !
A simple identify spell won't disclose a curse on an item, usually because the item 90% of the time is set up to be delusional in nature. In this item's case it is more a drawback curse where the item does work in fact but the user must live with a side effect. In all cases I'd suggest that the oft overlooked Legend Lore be used in conjunction with each identified item. This of course could take alot of time when the PCs are more interested in dungeoneering, but then again when freely acquiring strange treasure and easily gained magic items you are bound to get burnt.
Thanks for weighing in there Mort. I didn't know if I should be insulted or confused
by Argon's post. WTF does "harbinging all the holy high hecate" mean anyway? 
I'm sorry that the published adventure that my DM is using doesn't meet your magical standards Argon. It probably doesn't meet your "Cryptic and Confusing Cyphers Quota" either. Just kidding Argon. 
We play this group kind of fast and loose. We usually know something bad is going to happen
but we do it anyway for laughs. When I suggested getting another similarly cursed magic item it was with tounge in cheek. 
This is the second time in 20 years (Earth time, not Oerth time) that we've ever encountered such a thing and I was the victim both times. Of course the first time was in the Tomb of Horrors and it was a simple archway if memory serves me right. Argon, you were right, my PC is @$#%&*(! There is no better way to find out who's insecure in his sexuality than the good ol' girdle of femininity.
My advice is: just relax, take a deep breath, and play as a girl. No one will think less of you for it.
As I said, I'm fully prepared to play him as a woman. :D I think you have to be very confident in your sexuality to play any Role Playing Game at least in our campaigns. Interactions with female NPC's usually entail strange conversations with our male DM. I'm sure we all have our share of uncomfortable moments.
If I remember rightly, that item is one of a set of five (or so) items woven of cloth - and trust me, you got off lightly if you chose that one of the five. Heh.I recognize the dungeon to which you refer, Valkaun - an item that distinctive, I am unlikely to forget.
Yup. There were four of us so someone got screwed twice. The one useful item in the room "got loose" if you know what I mean. We all had a good laugh.
hehehehehehe
I hope your father won't send an avatar without knowing that you are now a girl... Especially if you are cute, rich and powerful...
hehehehehehe
Fearghal
"Let's put it this way, my PC's dad was THE ladies man on Oerth as well as being one very bad dude. "
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I hope your father won't send an avatar without knowing that you are now a girl... Especially if you are cute, rich and powerful...
hehehehehehe
Fearghal
Drake's Axe! I hadn't thought of that! Anybody know where I can find a relic level magic chastity belt?
I bet he'll laugh a lot, but won't be able to resist creating such a wondrous item!
Good luck (maybe you'll need it)
Fearghal