The Merchant Leeches of X'yeth
by John HareContinuing the idea of X'yeth weaponry & other things some of the twisted items they might sell might include
Phasing Cloaks: help improve AC
& saves vs directional attacks (not area), but are useless
against ethereal creatures
Phase Arrows: which discount any armour except magical pluses from
items by shifting back and forth between the ethereal plane and
Mystara
Bags of Holding: which actually stores things in a Leech tower,
thus the leeches could help themselves to what is there, or add
some sort of extra stuff
Vials of Dreamgas: this is a diluted version of the sleep gas
contained in the globes which mixed with other ingredients allows
the user to contact the Leechers from anywhere in Mystara (in
effect allowing the Leeches to insert suggestions into the user's
mind) and arrange for a portal to be set up or ask several
questions dealing with certain specific topics (ethereal creatures,
other planar creatures, such as weaknesses, habits, etc)
Staff of the Leech: this is similar to a staff of striking except
that it can strike ethereal creatures and it stores lifeforce. It
can be easily recharged at any leech tower (where they drain the
lifeforce stored in the staff and hand it out again... for a fee
:)
Rings of Protection: these rings are all +2 in power, but in
addition 1% of all damage done goes into a container in one of the
leeches towers. Bad thing is because of this mystical tie between
ring and container the wearer has an increased chance of meeting
ethereal creatures
Basically the idea behind the
majority of items the Leeches sell would benefit them or couldn't
be turned against them.