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I have a tendency to use swords that are imbued with certain magical properties. Flame/ice swords? No. The magic I use to imbue swords with always has a specific purpose, and elemental magic isn't one of them.

Magic items can be mundane or epic in scope. I have a magic item in my mind that I tried to once to make the center of a roleplay. It's called the Csomic Amulet. In some ways it is a little cliche, because it involves elemental magic, and whoever has a part of the amulet that represents a certain element can unlock power over that element. I suppose that sounds liek Captain Planet or something, minus the "Save the Earth" ecotones. At any rate, I tried to expand on the idea, and tried to combine science a little with the classic idea of the four elements, as well as add my own fantasy touch. So here is what it is:

The cosmic amulet is an ancient artifact used by the gods to create the universe. It had nine pieces. Eight pieces are wedge shaped and fit together like pieces of a pie or pizza, except with a round hole in the middle, which is where the ninth piece fits. The eight outer pieces are of two types. There are four pieces that represent the elemental substances, air, fire, earth, and water. Obviusly nothing new there. The other four pieces represent the elemental forces, gravity, electricity, magnetism, and light. This is my own take on things. I know that three of my four forces are actually the same, but I tried to think how forces might fit into a fantasy world where matter is divided into four elements. The amulet is designed so that the wedges fit together in a particualr order. Forces lie between substances. Electricity is between air and fire. Magnetism is between fire and earth. Gravity is between earth and water. Light is between water and air. The ninth center portion of the amulet represnts the element of life, or spirit in the universe. The entire amulet when combined is the most powerful object in existence, giving whoever it posesses not only the powers of all the elemntal substance and forces, but also the power to control, or to destroy and recreate, the universe. The nature of the object lends for obvious conflice between those who would try to gain it for their own selfish purpsoses and those who would try to stop them. I like the fragmented nature of the amulet to, because it allows various levels of conflict, depending on if a certain villain knew about and/or wanted just a portion of the amulet, or the whole thing. I don't know if that would make a good book or movie, but I though it seemed like a decent idea for the plot of a role play. The concept proved to take to long to play out though, and the role play died away - as they always seem to. Anyway, I keep the idea in my mind for when I might have a chance to use it someday. And Kudos to anyone who actually read my long post, you are more patient than I would be. smile

I really like magical rings. Like rings of teleportation, protection, rings that are the key to certain things, and rings of magic. Has anyone played the game Eternal Ring before?

I also like magical clothing. Like boots of speed, for example.

magical weapons are kool too, but i dont find them as attractive.

Indeed magical items do play quite a role in Oblivion, such as the item the game revolves around: The amulet of Kings(I think thqat's what it's called, havn't looked at it in a long time). It seems that magic items are just a conduit that have a specific purpose,which are then imbued with the power(magic energy) to perfom their task. That would explain why/how they are recharged.

i like swords and battle like items like swords and shields and stuff i actually have been designing my own shields of what they would be looking like that are incorporated in my war scenes in my book.

The same sort of thing happens in D&D, a lot. Some magic items have a certain number of times its effect can be used, a certain number of charges, before it runs out. Re-charging it tends to be somewhat involved, though, as it usually requires a fairly high-level wizard with a spell of permanent.

I want to make it significantly easier to recharge a magic item in my world, though I haven't quite figured out how to do it yet. It's still not the easiest thing in the world, since I still want it to be a limiting factor. But easier than finding an archmage and getting on his good side.

Berz.

Wow! So many posts, so little time.
I just wanna mention that I don't recall many games where magic items need any recharge. There have to be some (games and/or items) but I just can't recall any at the time... sweatdrop