Thoughts About Boots

I have struggled, lately, to write anything for the RPG Blog Carnival. For the sake of collegiality I like to take part if I have something to contribute, but for more than a few months this year I couldn't quite land on anything worth saying. I'm not sure if what I have to say about this month's topic is all that valuable either but, well, I think I can get something written this time, which is an improvement. And, as it happens, what I have to say concerns a pair of boots. Source: Vincent van Gogh, 1887 (via Wikimedia Commons) Vulcan Stev is hosting the Carnival again, with his post, "Magic Items, the Weirdest and Best – RPG Blog Carnival" at Vulcan Stev's Database. Clarifying the title, he writes the following: I want to know about that ONE magical item that you just can’t forget either as a player or DM. Was it homebrewed? Was it it found in seldom used expansion ruleset? Was it a mundane magical item that you or a player found a use for that made it everyone else’s jaw drop? This…