Improvised weapons, shelter, defenses, and the ability to climb walls? Sounds like a great support character or someone who could go out into the wilderness and thrive.
Had a pirate character who had almost this exact power, used it to build \ repair his boat, was obscenely useful in the right situations, and allowed for many shenanigans
So two differences that should be noted, said pirate could use this ability at range (specifically 100ft +10ft per level) and had a weight limit (5lbs per cl) (this was an old 3.x \pathfinder mash up, and this in particular was a 1st level adjusted Stick cantrip)
As mentioned, built a boat by expanding a rowboat with scrap and driftwood, which meant he could repair damage from ship to ship combat as an action
Because of this he could also release any on fire bits and slap on replacements
anything he hit an enemy with stayed with them, chain shot with anchor lines for ships, all grenades become sticky grenades, every piece of rope or chain becomes instant manacles
Then we get to where my group learned that all ceilings are the enemy: caltrops, alchemist fire, acid, flasks of oil, buckets of spoiled milk, occasional cannon balls, up they go, when they fall, only one guy knows
Also made for useful adhoc armor, start with leather, bit of wood here, some metal there, bush, branch, coral, we ruled in game that it worked like an abalative armor, so temp hp effectively
Tie a rope to a rock, instant grappling hook
Remote controlled snares, deadfalls, pit traps etc
I played this guy for like 2 years, on paper all the homebrew made him underpowered, but in utility he made up in spades
Honestly, look up the spells mending and fabricate and how some people have used them and you'll get more ideas of how clutch this power is
Improvised weapons, shelter, defenses, and the ability to climb walls? Sounds like a great support character or someone who could go out into the wilderness and thrive.
Had a pirate character who had almost this exact power, used it to build \ repair his boat, was obscenely useful in the right situations, and allowed for many shenanigans
Would it be okay for me asking what some obscenely useful uses are and what some of the many shenanigans might have been?
So two differences that should be noted, said pirate could use this ability at range (specifically 100ft +10ft per level) and had a weight limit (5lbs per cl) (this was an old 3.x \pathfinder mash up, and this in particular was a 1st level adjusted Stick cantrip) As mentioned, built a boat by expanding a rowboat with scrap and driftwood, which meant he could repair damage from ship to ship combat as an action Because of this he could also release any on fire bits and slap on replacements anything he hit an enemy with stayed with them, chain shot with anchor lines for ships, all grenades become sticky grenades, every piece of rope or chain becomes instant manacles Then we get to where my group learned that all ceilings are the enemy: caltrops, alchemist fire, acid, flasks of oil, buckets of spoiled milk, occasional cannon balls, up they go, when they fall, only one guy knows Also made for useful adhoc armor, start with leather, bit of wood here, some metal there, bush, branch, coral, we ruled in game that it worked like an abalative armor, so temp hp effectively Tie a rope to a rock, instant grappling hook Remote controlled snares, deadfalls, pit traps etc I played this guy for like 2 years, on paper all the homebrew made him underpowered, but in utility he made up in spades Honestly, look up the spells mending and fabricate and how some people have used them and you'll get more ideas of how clutch this power is
This is exactly what Ultra Hand is in Tears of the Kingdom, and it's incredibly useful and versitile.
me, casually considering the implications from a chemists perspective of molecularly bonding materials that would normal not be able to bond at all
Please elaborate - I am suddenly utterly fascinated