(consumable) magic items that give permanent buffs?

[Yogibear41]

Other than the various tomes and manuals for inherent bonuses, are there any other magic items that are basically you use it once and then you permanently gain a bonus, without worrying about having the item lost/stolen or something similar?

[Raineh Daze]

Well, there's one in an adventure in Dungeon magazine that gives you immortality (but not immunity to ageing penalties). But it's a minor artifact. XD

[SorO_Lost]

Mantle of the Fiery Soul^SS, the SpC was printed after FB but maybe your DM will accept FB's Mantle of the Icy Soul. Lords of Darkness has several Rituals, my two favorites are the 100ft teleport and HDd6 Negative Energy Ray, requires the support of a Wand of Lesser Restoration through. Several Magical Locations offer their base ability to an definite amount of time or even up to a full year. Opalescent Glare is largely considered a misprint, but it Instantaneously grants you a Gaze Attack. You can also look into simply using Permanency, high CL and Dispel resistant items (think CM has a +5 bonus for <5k) can prevent most monsters from stealing the buffs from you.

[Raineh Daze]

Then there's Otyugh Hole, solution to spellcaster feat requirements. Not actually an item, but you can buy it.

[Keldar]

Sparring Dummy of the Master, Arms and Equipment Guide pg 137.  Can make 10 foot adjustments instead of 5 foot.  30k gp.

Magic Locations from Complete Mage can function in that way.

[Arz]

Also you can create a lot of oddities with Quick Potion and SLA.

[kitep]

In the module "Return to the temple of elemental evil", there's a demonic machine that can give you permanent abilities.  Though now that I think about it

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I think it slowly drains wisdom until you're dead

There's also a fruit in that same module that can bump a stat much like a tome does.

Various Wish items (Ring of 3 wishes, Luck Blade, Scroll)

Scroll of Permanency.

I believe there's 2 spells, one gives you the cold template, one give the fire template.  May or may not be a bonus

Deck Of Many Things

I believe it's called a "dragon-pact" where a sorceror makes a deal with a dragon to add a spell to his spells known.

Good luck!

[kitep]

Fang Scarab (Song & Silence, p10) - perm bonds to neck and only death can remove it

TAREKAZARI OF THE COILED DRAGON (Dragon Magic) - can become permanently immune to reanimation as an undead creature.

[Hades]

Not exactly magic items, but grafts can do that function.

That's 3.0 material, but here http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pse/20030628a there's the Dark Heart of Vollus, a sort of "crystallized heart" that gives some bonus to an undead. Being "inserted into the body cavity where the subject's heart used to be" I think that's quite hard to steal.

[Xervous]

Not exactly magic items, but grafts can do that function.

That's 3.0 material, but here http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pse/20030628a there's the Dark Heart of Vollus, a sort of "crystallized heart" that gives some bonus to an undead. Being "inserted into the body cavity where the subject's heart used to be" I think that's quite hard to steal.

That would be quite hard to steal barring specialized KALMIAAAAA! magic.

I believe there is a contraption of some sort in the BoVD that slaps a random graft that isn't a graft or similar onto the subject.

[Snowbluff]

There's a toxin in Pathfinder that can be used to give abilities to people who drink it.

[spacemonkey555]

Great elixir from Shining South, minor artifact that can grant a wide range of effects. If you can acquire it and rig percentile rolls it would be pretty nifty.

[kitep]

Not a magic item, but just for learning the spell Vision of the Omniscient Eye gives you a +1 competance bonus to Spot rolls - not for casting it, just for learning it.

[SorO_Lost]

Dragon Magic has a couple of those, up to Resistance to Cold 5 for a 9th level Spell I think.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Drink / mix 2 potions at the same time,
and there's a table of better or worse effects.
One of them is Discovery permanent on one of the Potions.

Found it ---> https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20060401b
(and it says April's Fool but it's actual rules)