AD&D- Overpowered Magic Items

Weiley31 said:

So, if a doppelganger lost their head while say, disguised as a human, would they still be able to keep the disguise up to fool people? Or does the head.chsnge back to their true form while their body is disguised?

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Lanefan said:

Which means that when wearing both, either the Gauntlets reduce your arms' Strength to 18.00 or the Gauntlets are overwritten by the Girdle and you function as Strength 25. As each of these items is trying to set your Strength to a fixed value, there's no way in hell these items should stack with each other despite anything ol' Gary might have said/written to the contrary.

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Snarf Zagyg said:

7. Helm of Brilliance. Causes 1-6 damage to undead. Makes all swords into swords of flame (in addition to their other properties), allows you to produce flame, double-strength fire resistance. Also? 40 light spells, 30 fireballs, 20 walls of fire, and 10 prismatic sprays. .... just don't fail on magical fire.

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Helm of darkness

Helms of darkness were enchanted helmets imbued with shadow magic.[2] A helm of darkness appeared as nothing more than a mundane helm, but always tarnished, battered, and well-worn. Such helmets appeared weathered even when new. However, they revealed their true appearance when worn. The true...

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Maxperson said:

I know lots of folks who drooled over vorpal swords. Not me. I always preferred the sword of sharpness. Vorpal weapons only removed heads. Swords of sharpness took arms and legs off as well. Much more fun!

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Lanefan said:

I've always called swords of sharpness "vorpal". If and when a distinction is needed, the head-only ones are lesser vorpal and the limbs-as-well ones are greater vorpal.

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rgard said:

Off with the head is more final though. Your enemy can keep fighting after losing a limb.

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