#magic items
So I was having a lovely conversation with @princeofsparrows about magic and magical items and he sent me several links to very useful lists and tables. Those can be used by any DM to improve the game and set some more fun/challenge into the game without adding enemies or limiting themselves to always better armors and weapons.
My players usually discuss for an hour about the best way to open every door with a single rune on it (even if the rune actually just means “toilets”). So if I give them an omniously glowing fork and they will turn around it for half of the evening…
We decided to share with you some links with awesome ideas for loot (or your NPC merchants). The links below include (but are not limited to):
Belt of Pants: This belt creates illusory pants on the wearer. The wearer can suppress the illusion at will.
Digging Spoon: This tiny spoon can dig through any substance with a forceful push.
Hungry coin: Cursed. Will attempt to eat other coins that it comes into contact with. Eats 100 coins an hour.
Crossbow of Whispers (Weapon, light crossbow): You can use an action to whisper a message and fire a bolt from this weapon at a target within range. If you hit, the target (and only the target) hears the message.
Scroll of Cure Blindness: Cures blindness when read.
So… The List™ :
Dakhem Uaid’s Big Book of Useless Magic Items - 200 items, some very useful some dangerous…
Alacrity’s Robe of Useful Items - 1 single item but it’s a robe of holding (kinda)
Goblin Punch: d100 Minor Magical Items - as stated in the title.
100 Interesting Magic Items: The first half - 50 items
donjon, 5e Random Generator - Weird Magic Item generator
(2) Reddit - Hilariously Useless Magical Items - Post your ideas!
RPG.NET - 101 Silly/Useless Magic Items - You need to read through 7 pages of the thread but there are some very nice ideas!
1001 most useless (dungeons and dragons) magical items - There are actually 21 of them on this list but they are really useless. It could be nice to drop something like that on the players so they can have some fun…
Now I will let @princeofsparrows to continue. He still has some things to add :)
The great thing about a lot of these items is that, despite their apparent uselessness, as with most things in D&D, an innovative player can find some use for it… and I feel it throws a bit of a wrench into the mix. Here are some other honorable mentions:
Rebloging for the screenshots.
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Item: masterpost of items that could each deserve an entry on this blog
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Resource: Bonewarp Armor
The legendary Bonewarp Armor, crafted by the hero Wulf Bonebreaker himself, can be found in the deepest pits of the new world, safely hidden away by the very creatures that it was made to eradicate. You must slash your way through breeding pits full of demons and ancient crypts swarming with zombies to attain each piece of Wulf’s plated bone armor, but the full set is worth the risk - or is it?
For better, full-page high quality imagery, take a look at the Bonewarp Armor at the Homebrewery here!
Collection: Items for Spellcasters
This small collection of magical items for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons gives you a few more options for your spellcasting PCs, that aren’t +1 arcane foci! Depending on what school or type of magic your players specialize in, some items may be very useful for them. And if all else fails, being able to prepare one extra spell every day can benefit everyone, even that pesky fighter who insists the cleric doesn’t need to prepare revivify :)
For better, full-page high quality imagery, take a look at the Spellcasting Items collection at the Homebrewery here!
Resource: Sablecat Armor
Thieves of the widespread black network known as the Grimalken were blessed by Mask, god of thieves, for their loyalty to him. Mask granted them a shred of his own ebony cloak, which was quickly multiplied by the Grimalken thieves who were skilled in transmutation magic. Talented seamstresses employed by the network sewed the fabric onto boiled leathers, reinforcing it with magically enchanted silver studs and clasps. The final product was the Sablecat Armor, designed, made, worn, and blessed by thieves, black as night and completely soundproof. Lucky initiates into the Grimalken (or some other thieves’ guilds who have duplicated the Armor for themselves) may be able to attain a set - although the armors worn by the Grimalken grandmaster thieves are the most coveted and impressive.
Treat the rogue in your life (or your party) with a set of specialized studded leather armor, and allow them to climb the ranks of their local thieves’ guild and gain more impressive sets. The Sablecat Armor can be easily placed into the hands of any network of your own design, or any existing network, such as the Zhentarim, as a future hint to any sneaky, thieving players that belonging to a faction comes with its own rewards!
For better, full-page high quality imagery, go take a look at the Sablecat Armor at the Homebrewery here!
Some of my latest homebrew creations for D&D.
You can find their stats and description for free on my instagram, the Fantastic Emporium.
Howdy all! Got another thing I’ve put together that I’m pretty excited about. A while back Risk of Rain 2 got it’s anniversary update and with it came the final 2 items in the Heresy Set. What makes these items so interesting is they actually replace your existing character abilities instead of giving you new ones. Now that we have all 4, your entire kit completely changes and you actually transform into a new survivor, known as the Lunar Heretic. Pardon me for a sec but all of this is so fucking cool to me I just had to take a stab at it.
So what I went with was a 4 piece item set that lets you transform into the Heretic if you are attuned to all 4 items (yes I’ve taken the 3 item attunement limit into account). Lots of fun mechanics at play here. I love the idea of item sets that do a special things when you have them itsall and I wish there were more in the base game. Guess that’s what I’m here for, eh? Anyway hope y'all like em.
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