Item: Corndog of Ugly Truths. Appears to be a normal corndog, but if anyone attempts to eat it, an unearthly voice will whisper unpleasant factoids about how the world works until its attacker puts it down and leaves it alone.
Exquisite, disturbing objects from 500 years of human anatomical science. Article here.
Encounter: giant demilich that had to get a part-time job at a local university to pay the bills
Item: Gnomes’ Magic Tape: harnessing the famous tinkering skills of Gnomes, use this tape to attach a non-consumable magical item to a non-magical item, combining the magic of the one to the uses of the other.
- Wand of Blasting + sword = sword that causes enemies to explode when stabbed
- medallion + hat = hat that grants the powers of the medallion
- Shirt That Turns Blue When the Wearer Thinks About Dwarves + a wizard’s dachshund familiar = wienerdog that turns blue when the wizard thinks about dwarves
Inspired by the spell Weaponwand, but come on, this is better. Reblog with ideas for how to use it, there’s a lot of potential here
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Spell: Storm of Masks. When cast on a person that is under a magical disguise, they lose their sense of their true self and become confused as to their actual identity.
Encounter: CARGANTUA, MONSTER OF THE FREEWAYS, a huge robot exoskeleton controlled by a Superfast Brain Car and with storage for up to 13 vehicles.
Item: smartphone whose virtual assistant is notorious US senator Joseph McCarthy
Item: names abound, but my favorite is the “Slap Hammer”: when used as a club it deals the usual 1d8 Bludgeon for the hammer itself, but also leaves the target with a half-inch industrial staple stuck in it, dealing 1 Piercing each round a staple is left in the skin.
Encounter: G L ! + C H – C H 4 N
Item: accordion that makes all animals (and other low-to-zero intelligence creatures) within 20 ft stand up and dance. Play it constantly while walking through a dungeon so you’re not surprised by lurkers and cubes!
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