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Kyoto Kid
...Cinema and Televison:

Emma Peel's Lotus Elan (this actually was up for auction in DuPont's Registry a while back - the original one from the ITC production).
John Steed's Bowler and Bumbie
John Drake's Lotus 7
Groucho's' Cigar
The Ape Masks from the Nairobi Trio sketch
Ralph Kramden's bus driver cap.
Cab 804
The one button on the Mach 5's (animated version) dashboard that did literally everything (the prototype "Easy Button")
Tom Terrific's Thinking Cap
Maggie's Dummy (Pacifier)
The Holy Gourd
A stick of Beeman's

Intangibles
Frank Sinatra's cool.
Edward R Morrow's integrity
Kate Hepburn's class
John Lennon's passion
Leela Groznek's innocence
Daddy's Little Ninja
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jul 23 2008, 06:27 PM) *
Or the Bronze Statue that's in the Winnipeg Zoo?

Seeing as Winnie was named for the 'Peg. nyahnyah.gif

The stuffed toy. With his friends, he is currently in the Children's room of a public library in New York City.
in the summer of 2001 it was the subject of a debate between Parliament and NYC. A British MP thought something so very British should be returned. Mayor Guiliani responded by saying he had visited Pooh that morning and he and his friends were quite happy where they were and New York was home to many imagrints. What a time it was when that was the biggest noise on the international stage. frown.gif

As for the burning bush there is a monestary in the Siani which is at the base of the supposed mountain where Moses got the commandments. The site gave shelter to Mohamad and so has survived under his protection. They claim to have the bush there, currently not burning. But some monk with a sense of humor has stationed a fire extinguisher near it, just in case.

I thought the bodi tree leaf would be ironic since it is certainly an historical item on a par with the arc but wouldn't searching for somethnig material to own, go against the teachings he learned there?
Chrysalis
Here are some Christian relics:

The Shroud of Turin

The Holy Chalice which Jesus used for serving wine during the Last Supper. Stories of this relic are often intertwined with medieval legends around the Holy Grail.

Pieces of the True Cross, including the half of the INRI inscription tablet, preserved at the ancient basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome. Very small pieces or particles of the True Cross are preserved in hundreds of other churches in Europe and inside crucifixes. According to Gerasimos Smyrnakis[1] Rohault de Flery calculated that the total volume of the True Cross was 178,000,000 cubic millimeters but by his time only 3,942,000 cubic millimeters survived. Smyrniotakis noted the largest part (870,760 cubic millimeters) was in Mount Athos, 537,587 in Rome, 516,090 in Brussels, 445,582 in Venice, 436,450 in Ghent and 237,731 in Paris.

The Calvary of crucifixion, a small rock called Golgotha, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Inside the church is a pile of rock about 3 m high, believed to be what is now visible of Calvary.

The Sudarium of Oviedo purported to be the cloth that was wrapped around the head of Jesus after he died.

The Iron Crown of Lombardy and Bridle of Constantine, said to be made from nails used during the crucifixion

The Holy Prepuce or foreskin of Jesus, removed during his circumcision

The Holy Lance (or Spear of Destiny), the spear of Longinus used to pierce Jesus' side when he was on the cross, to ensure that he had died.

The Crown of Thorns which was placed upon the head of Jesus at his crucifixion by the soldiers

Veronica's Veil, used to wipe the sweat from Jesus' brow as he carried the cross

The Seamless robe of Jesus, which is kept at the cathedral of Trier

Letters said to be written by Jesus himself to Abgar, the King of Edessa declining an invitation to visit his palace.

The "Icon Not Made by Hands" that Jesus allegedly sent to King Abgar V of Edessa to cure him of leprosy.

The Holy Sponge, in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

The Holy Umbilical Cord

The Gifts of the Magi in the St. Paul Monastery in Mount Athos

Hair of Jesus

Tears Jesus wept over Jerusalem

Blood shed by Jesus on the cross

Milk teeth of the infant Jesus

The Column Jesus was tied to when he was scourged
Wesley Street
St. Augustine's elbow which is supposedly in a monastery in Algeria.
The chains that held Saint Peter (the first Pope) during his imprisonment (the story says an angel freed him) and pieces of the cross upon which he was crucified (upside down because he felt unworthy to die as Christ did).
The ashes of the Persian prophet Zoroaster.
The hands of L. Ron Hubbard, secreted away by early Scientologists before his body was cremated.
CanRay
Rasputin's Preserved Testicles.
HeavyMetalYeti
Pamala Anderson's first implants grinbig.gif

Ben Franklin's key that was on the kite string
Scope_47
Lyudmila Mikhailivna Pavlichenko's sniper rifle

an original "Free Silver, Free Women" pamphlet from the first gen Feminist movement

The saber that gave Otto Skorzeny his facial scar

The torque wrench that tightened the final bolt of the first Harley Davidson

Zora Duntov's '56 corvette

Goldenrod (the quad-Hemi drag car that broke 500mph and is on display in museum)

Angel's Plymouth GTX Convertible

The loincloths worn by the actors in 'The 300'

The nightsticks used in the Rodney King beating

The transcontinental railroad golden spike

Blackbeard's Treasure/sword/pistol/etc

An original Enigma machine

The saber presented to the Union leaders by Robert E. Lee at the CSA's official surrender

Andrew Jackson's cane (oft referred to as his 'VETO stick')

The tomahawk used to kill Major Ridge following the events of the Trail of Tears.

Fragments of the cell bars from Alcatraz

The Shackles used in Houdini's final performance

Original Rosey The Riveter buttons

The Zimmerman Telegram

Franklin Roosevelt's wheelchair

Winston Churchill's bowler hat
Kyoto Kid
...Tonya Harding's broken skate lace devil.gif
hyzmarca
The Edmund Fitzgerald.
Snow_Fox
The journals or diaries of:
Lewis and Clark
Leonardo De Vinci
Robert Edward Lee
Victor Von Frankenstein
Howard Philips Lovecraft
MJBurrage

Snow_Fox
ooh I like that top bullet.

That's the sort of litterary cleverness i can appreciate.

The sword once carried by the squire known as 'Wort.'
Kyoto Kid
...the Bluesmobile.
...the Wagon Family Truckster
...The Mirth Mobile
...the V8 Interceptor
...Ecto 1
...Car 54
...the A Team van
...George Jetson's flying car in a briefcase
...the Mystery Machine
...Speed Buggy
...The Black Beauty
...The Dodge Charger with 6 hubcaps
...Jim Rockford's Firebird
...Simon Templar's Volvo P-1800
...The Tanker from Duel
...Philbert Desnex's free wheeling Toranado
...the Dymaxion
...the PopeMobile
...the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile
...The Chrysler Turbine Car
...the 1954 Firebird
...The Green Monster (no, not the fixture of Fenway)
Kyoto Kid
...ohhh, and the Rat Fink
Daddy's Little Ninja
Most of those are too big to be easily moved or to be a numinous object. They start to have value for materials and stuff.
Snow_Fox
yeah, we're drifting into pop culture stuff that is untrackable. Sure they can't all be the holy grail but we're international enough here to come up with local items.
Kyoto Kid
...well, the Popemobile might have religious significance.
...the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile is an icon.
...and the Mirth Mobile...? It simply radiates Excellence.

...and yes, there really was a 3D model of the Rat Fink.
HeavyMetalYeti
Dont forget "the Love Bug" love.gif
Suppedo
The Horn of Schlep Car
evilgenius
Bob Hope's stool sample.

See the move "Salton Sea", it's friggin brilliant.





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There's a short sub-plot where insane meth addicts plan a shadowrun to get the object in question...
DocTaotsu
A piece of fused glass from the Trinity site.

Rad
Ghastly's Pipe.
The ram chips from the original Pirate Bay servers.
Muhammad Ali's boxing gloves/trunks/shoes.
Muhammad Ali's Olympic gold medal.
The original hardcopy of the Extraterritoriality act.
Betty Page's devil horns.
The horns of the first troll to goblinize.
Tusks of the first ork to goblinize.
Tooth/claw/scale of the first dragon to appear in the 6th world.
The oar wielded by Myamoto Musashi in his duel with Sasaki Kojiro.
An original copy of Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman.
An original datafile of the Anarchist's Cookbook.
D.B. Cooper's parachute.
Einstein's brain.
Einstein's patent clerk outfit.
Buster Keaton's hat.
The knife that scarred Al Capone.
Dirt from the site of the first atomic bomb test.
The preserved retinas of the people who witnessed the first atomic bomb test.
Fiberoptic cable used in the first testing of the prototype ARPANET at Berkley.
A piece of the original trans-atlantic cable.
A piece of the Spirit of St. Louis.
The original Thriller jacket.
The original computer bug, preserved in formaldehyde.
Boris Karlov's fake vampire fangs.
The bullet that killed Brandon Lee.
Zombayz
Eric Bloodaxe's axe
The longship Ragnar Lodbrok raided Paris in(and his armour from that day too).
Delta56
An original Societas Draconistrarum broach, amulet, or other symbol.

And following that thought, Vlad the Implailer's Sword and his cloak.
PlatonicPimp
I based part of my last campaign around retreiving the Joyeaux, the sword of charlemagne.

Part of the mystery is that since charlemagne's time was at the bottom of the manacycle, how did a magic item (weapon focus plus a few random powers) come into being? Was it a relic from a previous age, manufactured according to old ways, or did the collective beleif in it's legend empower the physical object when mana did return?
HeavyMetalYeti
Question?

Are these items being brought up to be used as possible modern day foci or as “magical� items in the flavor of old world fantasy?

Does Troy Aikman’s Super Bowl rings give the wearer a bonus to their throwing skill or just allow a spellcaster to increase their casting ability? I personally prefer the former. More people could use it then.

Does Mike Tyson’s boxing shorts increase a person’s unarmed skill more or less than George Foreman’s gloves?

Does Jenna Jameson’s body jewelery give bonuses to seduction tests targeting both men and women?

What about the Donald’s comb? Does it give a face a bonus to negotiations if he/she uses it to form a comb over?

I have always thought that SR needed “magical� items that a mundane could use. Who doesn’t want a magical sword of slaying +5?

Seriously though, is there any canon on the subject of non-foci magical items usable by anyone who will spend the karma to bond them?
Snow_Fox
Not at all. my idea, yup I'm the one who started this, is looking for those items that in and of themselves do not have any wealth or magical powers but which can inspire people to great quests-like the Maltese Falcon.
Rasumichin
QUOTE (HeavyMetalYeti @ Aug 23 2008, 10:16 AM) *
Seriously though, is there any canon on the subject of non-foci magical items usable by anyone who will spend the karma to bond them?


No real magic items for mundanes, but some kind of potions.
SR4 has introduced magical compounds, mostly they give you a critter power for a limited amount of time and have some side effects you suffer afterwards.
There's also an optional rule in Augmentation to create elixiers and the like that aid in healing tests.
Not exactly like a healing potion, rather like a way to substitute Enchanting for the Medicine skill, but nice to have.
CanRay
I think I remember reading about the magical compounds in one of the earlier books... Stupid brain, work or I'll poke you with the Q-Tip again!
Rasumichin
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 25 2008, 12:42 AM) *
I think I remember reading about the magical compounds in one of the earlier books... Stupid brain, work or I'll poke you with the Q-Tip again!


Street Magic had the first 3 and general guidelines for the GM to create compounds of his own, Arsenal came up with some more, including such nifty stuff as immortal flower.
HeavyMetalYeti
Wasn't there something about a magical ink that you could use in tattoos?
Delta56
Alright, here's one for the blade crazy in Shadowrun.

The Ferrium C69 Dragonslayer.
Snow_Fox
Blade, or fans of Mike Tyson

actually it's based on polyneisian magic, and osme hcinese, where basically you make the focuys part of your body.
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