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See me at GenCon tomorrow (Friday) morning!

Hey adventurers! Just a reminder that I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth (#1538) signing books and chatting with folks until 11:30 tomorrow morning. I would love to see you there, and I'll no doubt have some item cards to hand out to folks that stop by.

Come say hi! See you then!

Armor of the Lost Angel

Armor (plate), legendary (requires attunement)

This dark armor is covered in feathery ornamentations and streaks of scarlet. While wearing it, you gain resistance to fire and poison damage, and you can use a bonus action to extend a pair of spectral wings from your back. The color of the wings' feathers is determined by your alignment: black (evil), gray (neutral), or white (good). The wings remain until you use a bonus action to end the effect, during which time you hav...

Torch of the Righteous Flame

Rod, very rare (requires attunement)

This magic torch functions the same as a normal one, but doesn't burn out after 1 hour. Once the torch is lit, it continues to burn until it's extinguished. While the torch is on your person, you have resistance to fire damage.

The torch has 7 charges and regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the torch, you can use an action to use up to two of the following properties. Each property expends 1 charge from...

Hidey Horse

Wondrous item, rare

This hollow metal horse is as large and heavy as a riding horse, although the space beneath its legs is covered by metal sheets. It has small windows and a door on its side, which can be opened using an action. The door is large enough for a Medium creature to squeeze through it. Inside the metal horse is enough space for two Medium or three Small creatures to stand; you can use an action to switch places with another creature within the horse. The bo...

Scroll of Scripts

Scroll, uncommon

Within this scroll case is a pale scroll with nothing written on it. The scroll is 10 feet long and 1 foot wide. As an action, you can press a portion of the scroll that has writing on it against a willing creature or solid surface; you then peel the scroll off, leaving behind any writing on the creature or surface. The peeled-off writing duplicates the effect of the illusory script spell on the surface: you designate what creatures can see...

Skellies playtest version 0.9 is ready for play!

Hey adventurers!

I wanted to let everyone know that I've been hard at work on Skellies these last few months (and working with some ultra-talents in the black/white art category). I'm happy to announce that you can now download all the materials you need at playskellies.com! This includes:

• The PDF, fully illustrated and designed.

• A delightfully silly (and so practical!) character sheet.

  2024-07-29 14:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Heroic Ideas — Choose 2 community item ideas to be made!

Heads up! This is a long poll, which ends on August 12th. The next week's content won't feature items from this poll, and the week after that is a vacation week!

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag items. 2024-07-27 12:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Public Poll — The Potentate's Chess Set is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Potentate's Chess Set's art and card files are now public and considered OGL content*! Grab them with the links below or on the Ledger+! Have fun with them, and keep on adventuring!

2024-07-27 12:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Griffon's Saddlebag will be at GenCon next week!

Hey adventurers!

I wanted to let you all know that I'll be in Indianapolis next week for GenCon. I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth, as usual, signing books and talking about whatever you want for an hour and a half on Friday morning!

I hope to see you there!

Compass Blowgun

Weapon (blowgun), uncommon (requires attunement)

When you hit a creature with a blowgun needle fired from this weapon, that creature becomes magically tracked by it. For the next hour after hitting a creature in this way, you can use an action to place the blowgun on the ground. When you do, the blowgun spins and rolls, like a compass needle, to point in the direction of the tracked creature. The weapon only reveals the direction to the target, and not the distance to it...

Potentate's Chess Set

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

When found, this chess set is missing half its pieces. The set is contained within a case, which often doubles as the board when opened up. The case itself isn't magical, but the pieces within it are. While the set is on your person and within its case, you can use an action to invoke one of its magical pieces. When you do, a spectral, Medium replica of that piece appears at your location before beginning to move.

A sp...

Hat of the False Wizard

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)

While wearing this hat, you can use an action to cast either the druidcraft, thaumaturgy, or prestidigitation spell from it.

Curse. This curse is only revealed and extended to you when you cast a spell that isn't a cantrip and are wearing the hat. As long as you're cursed, you can't remove the hat unless you are targeted by the remove curse spe...

Floating Tablecloth

Wondrous item, uncommon

This silk tablecloth flutters dramatically when held aloft. You can use an action to shake the cloth open with a flourish and set it on an imaginary table. When you do, you cast the floating disk spell from the cloth, which hangs suspended on the disk. This version of the spell can hold up to 100 pounds. The disk remains until too much weight is placed on it or until a creature uses an action to remove the tablecloth. When the spell ...

Mermaid Trousers

Wondrous item, uncommon

These trousers glimmer with reflective scales. The bottom of each leg widens into a fin-like, colorful lace. While you're wearing the trousers and are completely submerged in water, you can use a bonus action to tap your feet together to transform your legs into a fish's tail, as if you were a merfolk. While transformed, you can breathe underwater, you gain a swimming speed of 40 feet, and you can understand Aquan. You remain in this form until yo...

Heroic Ideas — Choose 2 community item ideas to be made!

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag items. The top two most voted-for item ideas each week get made, following back and forth workshopping and discussion.

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Public Poll — The Hero's Cookbook is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Hero's Cookbook's' art and card files are now public and considered OGL content*! Grab them with the links below or on the Ledger+! Have fun with them, and keep on adventuring!

2024-07-20 12:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Jar of Lightningflies

Wondrous item, rare

This blue glass jar was made with sand that was struck by lightning, fusing it into a glass that was then remolded into the vessel. When found, there are 2d4 miniscule, fluttering sparks inside the jar, called lightningflies. While at least 1 lightningfly is within the jar, it sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet.

You can use an action to unstopper the jar and allow any number of lightningflies to leave ...

Hero's Cookbook

Wondrous item, uncommon

In the front of this well-worn book is a magical incantation. Reciting the incantation reveals that it's a song to cook to, and follows a catchy melody. The rest of the book is filled with various persons' handwritten recipes and scrawled notes, which all include some form of meat from a creature they'd slain. You can refer to the book's writings to gain a +3 bonus to any check made using cook's utensils.

Alternatively, you can recite the in...

Iphae's Fall — New Setting and Subclasses! Subclass updates: Shadow Knight v1.1 (large), Gravetender v1.21 (small)

Iphae’s Fall (or Illinditharl, “The Way Below” as it was originally called) was founded over two hundred years ago by Illhaefen Iphae, a drow who sought to create a society free from the wicked aspirations and bitter politicking under the thumb of the drows’ patron goddess. Eventually settling far from home in the caverns below a dormant volcano called Oluth’kairn, Iphae labored to liberate her elven brothers and sisters from their religious and familial binds; other anc...

2024-07-17 18:16:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Scorpion Glaive

Weapon (glaive), uncommon

This glaive is gently curved. It magically straightens when you thrust it forward. On a hit, the weapon deals either piercing or slashing damage (your choice each time). When you roll a 20 on an attack roll made with this weapon against a creature, that creature must also succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature takes 1d6 poison damage at the start of each of its turns; it can repeat the C...

Ballista Pike

Weapon (pike), uncommon

This sturdy, adamantine pike was once a ballista bolt. If the pike hits an object or structure, the hit is a critical hit.

When you make an attack with the pike you can speak its command word to throw it, using a normal range of 120 feet and a long range of 480 feet. When you do, the pike hurtles through the air toward the target, as if it were launched from a ballista. On a hit, the target takes an extra 2d10 piercing damage, in addition to...

Eldritch Halberd

Weapon (halberd), uncommon (requires attunement)

A sickly, yellow eye stares unblinkingly from the winged blade of this magic halberd. You can use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength, for attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

While you aren't missing any hit points, you can use an action to cast the eldritch blast cantrip from the weapon, using a spell attack bonus of +5. If you're a warlock and holding this weapon, you can alwa...

Heroic Ideas — Bi-monthly Runner Up poll! Choose 2 community item ideas to be made!

Hey heroes!

Each week on Discord, community members nominate other members' suggested items to be made into official Saddlebag items. The top two most voted-for item ideas each week get made, following back and forth workshopping and discussion.

You ...