Four Swords Adventures: Two powerful orbs

 Two powerful orbs

Crystal Ball: Crystal balls act as gashapon pods of Four Swords Adventures. Throwing a crystal ball on the ground shatters the ball, dropping a random item or treasure.

One orb makes all your dreams come true, often in a way you couldn’t even imagine. The other is a seeing stone, one of eight that were made and left connected so as to always be able to reach any other bearer of a stone. Both have been lost, and that's probably for the best.

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The Mirrari storyline introduced me to the wonderful lore of Magic: The Gathering. I still think about Chainer, Kahmal, Jeska, Balthor, and all the other important people running around Dominaria in the Odyssey block.

The Palantir and other seeing spheres are hard to draw in a very compelling way, but I hope I did an okay job with this one.

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Four Swords Adventures: A tri-color carrot medley

 A tri-color carrot medley

Carrot: Picking up a carrot causes the horse Link is riding to gallop faster. What happens when you pick up a carrot when you aren’t riding a horse? A horse is of course instantly summoned to you. As carrots are horse specific items in Four Swords Adventures, they only appear in levels and mini-games designed around horses being involved.

Let’s be honest, did you know that carrots came in all sorts of colors? Did you know that a turnip and a carrot can be the same color? Did you know that a purple carrot is even an option? Probably not because of the gastronomical mono-culture enforced by big-vegetable.

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That ranty blurb is brought to you by watching too many Brendan Lee Mulligan videos.

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Four Swords Adventures: A strange double key to an even stranger factory

 A strange double key to an even stranger factory

Big Key: Like small keys, big keys must be carried from where they were discovered to the big chest they unlock. Unlike most other big keys, these keys do not unlock the path to a boss, but instead unlock big chests which contain lots of treasure.

A contest was held that offered the rare chance to visit the fabled factory. What the participants didn’t realize was they were being assessed to possibly take over the factory. All the greedy little children failed the test and so the key was thrown into the ocean and whoever can swim down and make it back with the key will be the new owner.

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If the adventure idea wasn’t enough of a clue, this is the key to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. That scene where Wonka lays into Charlie is still really hard for me to watch.

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Four Swords Adventures: Those keys you were looking for.

 Those keys you were looking for.

Small Key: Small keys unlock regular locked doors in Four Swords Adventures. That is pretty normal, but what makes these keys more unique is the fact that a Link must carry the key from wherever it was found to the locked door above their head like a pot. If the Link is hurt, the key drops, and if the key drops into a pit, the key returns to its initial location.

Have you seen my keys? You know the ones to the car with the pocket knife? What do you mean they are on the Internet? How the heck did they get there?

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Dropping these keys in a standard fantasy game as a joke only to have the players change their entire quest to discover the minivan that this key unlocks would be something that would happen at my table.

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Four Swords Adventures: Dual dueling pistols for pistol duels

 Dual dueling pistols for pistol duels

Slingshot: The slingshot fires deku nuts that stun enemies. Charging up a shot before firing increases the shot's distance. These are the last of the pedestal items from Four Swords Adventures. If you don’t know by now, pedestal items can be found on pedestals throughout each level, but a Link can only carry one pedestal item at a time.

With the criminalization of pistol dueling came the advent of discreet pistol duels. Using small pistols that fire such an insignificant round as to rarely kill a person quickly, these duels gained popularity among the aristocratic youth. They are perfect for those ill-advised honor duels seen by young elites as exhilarating instead of foolish.

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That idea about dueling above is based on the real pre-World War I fad of sword dueling at university fencing clubs and proudly wearing facial scars earned in the duels.

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Four Swords Adventures: A ceremonial monk’s spade

 A ceremonial monk’s spade

Shovel: Shovels allow a Link to dig into soft soil with the hopes of finding hearts, treasure, or secret passages. Shovels are pedestal items so they must take up your pedestal item slot. Is prospecting for treasure worth missing out on an additional weapon?

This ornately crafted weapon was commissioned to celebrate the life and work of a famous wandering monk who was set to visit the valley soon. The monk found the bright colors charming, but the ostentatious display of gold and silver was off-putting to the monk’s simple values. The monk requested that the weapon be stripped of all extravagance and that the gold and silver be shared equally among all those who lived in the valley.

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This monk’s spade was inspired by the Monkey King’s amazing staff that can resize itself at its master’s whim and even fight on its own when commanded. You could quickly employ that in a game by using some monk npc stats and just saying that it is a dancing weapon.

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Swordtember: Skeksis Dueling Blade

Skeksis Dueling Blade

Skeksis Dueling Blade: Skeksis were much too cowardly to duel each other with blades. Instead, they take turns striking a great stone until the stone or a blade shatters.

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I routinely revisit the Dark Crystal and I always find some new prop or piece of set dressing that I've never noticed before. What a delightful film.

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