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  2. Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    The shell's a mottled purple and pinkish color, and can be 2 to 3 inches thick in places. Unlike beholders, observers have three mouths spaced evenly around their lower hemisphere, and three main eyes spaced evenly around their equator. Six minor eyes on stalks ring their dorsal surfaces.

  3. Kender (Dragonlance) - Wikipedia

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    Kender are a type of fantasy race first developed for the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game published by TSR, Inc. in 1984. The first kender character was created by Harold Johnson as a player character in a series of role-playing adventures co-authored by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis.

  4. Psionics (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    In 2nd, 3rd and 3.5 editions, psionics are divided into five or six disciplines, or groupings of powers. In 2nd edition, Psionicists gain access to additional disciplines as they advance in level.

  5. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    Svíagriss, Adils' prized ring in the Hrólfr Kraki's saga. (Norse mythology) Stone and Ring of Eluned the Fortunate, a cloak of invisibility owned by Merlin. (Welsh mythology) Angelica's ring, a ring possessed by Angelica, princess of Cathay in the legends of Charlemagne. It rendered its wearer immune to all enchantments, and renders the user ...

  6. Magic item - Wikipedia

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    Certain kinds of fairy tales have their plots dominated by the magic items they contain. One such is the tale where the hero has a magic item that brings success, loses the item either accidentally (The Tinder Box) or through an enemy's actions (The Bronze Ring), and must regain it to regain his success. [3]

  7. Tolkien and the classical world - Wikipedia

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    Plato's Republic tells the story of the Ring of Gyges that gave its owner the power of invisibility, as Tolkien's One Ring did. In so doing, it created a moral dilemma, enabling people to commit injustices without fearing they would be caught. [23] In contrast, Tolkien's Ring actively exerts an evil force that destroys the morality of the ...

  8. Magical objects in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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    In the Harry Potter universe, an invisibility cloak is a rare type of cloak used to make the wearer invisible. Rowling's 2001 book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them states that invisibility cloaks may be crafted from Demiguise pelts. Invisibility cloaks can also be ordinary cloaks with a Disillusionment Charm or a Bedazzlement Hex placed ...

  9. Principal ideal domain - Wikipedia

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    []: the ring of all polynomials with integer coefficients. It is not principal because 2 , x {\displaystyle \langle 2,x\rangle } is an ideal that cannot be generated by a single polynomial. K [ x , y , … ] , {\displaystyle K[x,y,\ldots ],} the ring of polynomials in at least two variables over a ring K is not principal, since the ideal x , y ...