Comments on: Ioun Stone Complete Guide

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:24:21 +0000

Matthew: Luckily I have Dragon #331. I’ll add it to the list. Thanks!

By: Matt Hargenrader

Matt Hargenrader — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:59 +0000

Jonathan,
Didn’t see this on the list, so here’s another one…
If you have, or can get your hands on Dragon Magazine #331, article by Timothy T. Murphy, page 66 there is a magic item called the Singing IOUN Stone. It is a particularly nasty cursed stone.No color given but worth including. I have put it in my list, and have given it a “shape changing, color changing” ability thus making it appealing to whoever looks at it.
Matt Hargenrader

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:26:14 +0000

Thanks, Matthew, I've added it to the list. Feel free to send me your list of ioun stones (e-mail address is on the about page.

By: Matthew Hargenrader

Matthew Hargenrader — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:05:07 +0000

Jonathan, Still paging through Dragons, and I think I found another stone: Dragon Magazine #267, page 71, center column. IOUN Eye. IOUN stone that looks like a crystal eye. Grants user 360 degree vision.Didn’t see it on your list so take a look. Doesn’t specify a color..
Matt

By: Matthew Hargenrader

Matthew Hargenrader — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:04:27 +0000

No problem Jonathan. I am still going through the issues, and if I come across any more I will post it here for you. Any time you want to take a look at my list, let me know. Most of them are just in my campaign, and not official by any means, but they are interesting. Almost done compiling them all and it looks like I have about 210 from various official, unofficial and my own campaign.
Matt

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:54 +0000

Thanks, Matthew! I’ve added these to the list.

By: Matthew Hargenrader

Matthew Hargenrader — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:28:25 +0000

Every so oftern I page trough Dragon, and Dungeon Magazines, looking for ideas. In the Dragon Annual #2 (1997) I found four IOUN stones I have never seen before. Page 68, in the bonus Dungeon module Dragonwyr, by Christopher Perkins, center column as part of a green dragons magical items:

Red Sphere-(bestows protection from fire, as the third level priest spell).

Pale Green Lozenge- (affords nondetection, as the third level wizard spell).

Black Star- (absorbs 62 Hit Points of electrical damage)

Yellow Spindle- (+1 on saves versus all forms of petrification).

Now I have to add them to my list…
Matt

By: Matthew Hargenrader

Matthew Hargenrader — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:03:27 +0000

Pelgrane Press: PEL001 – The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game , has some very useful info on IOUN stones in it (best part is that this book is approved by Jack Vance himself, and contains lots of great information on otrher subjects). Pages 114-115 in particular are of great gaming interest.Especially the statement in the paragraph about Arch-Mages and how IOUN stones stop the aging process…added a stone that does that function to my list already. There are a few other references scattered through the rest of the book.
Finally compiling all of my IOUN stones from all of the notes and lists I’ve found… right about 210 stones of varying effects. (but not all of them “official” by any means. Most are strictly from my 1st edition AD&D campaign).
Matt

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:45:43 +0000

Forgottenprince: Thanks! I’ve added the first one to the list, and will add the others when I can find a copy of those books.

By: Forgottenprince

Forgottenprince — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:22:40 +0000

Few others you might not have seen.

1. Dragon Magazine 319, p. 54, Black & White Ellipsoid, mind blank effect for scrying only.

2. Variety of new Ioun Stones in Paizo’s Seekers of Secrets: A Guide to the Pathfinder Society, p. 43 & 57.

3. Louis Porter, Jr’s Design Studio’s The True Arcane Story: Ioun Stones.

4. Fantasy Flight Games Spells & Spellcraft, p. 171.