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Public Poll — The Nail of Mundanity is now free!

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Nail of Mundanity

Weapon (dagger), rare

This leather-wrapped spike has been hammered into a sharpened edge. Eldritch runes run along the back of its blade, and a crude, eye-like rune has been gouged into its side. A creature hit with this weapon takes an extra 1d8 force damage from the attack. An aberration always takes the maximum amount of force damage from the dagger.

When you reduce an aberration to 0 hit points using the dagger, you can choose to speak the dagger's command ...

Spirit-Shaking Salt

Wondrous item, uncommon

This glass salt shaker has a silver skull top and is filled with 1d3 + 1 uses of spirit-shaking salt. While holding the shaker, you can use an action to shake it: you can either cast the salt away from you or sprinkle it on a creature within 5 feet of you.

Cast. When you cast the salt away from you, any undead with the Incorporeal Movement trait within 10 feet of you is shunted to the Ethereal Plane (if...

Orcam's Razor

Weapon (handaxe), uncommon

This rough-hewn axe is used as a decider of arguments in certain orcish societies. A creature hit with the axe takes an extra 1d4 psychic damage from the attack unless it has an Intelligence score of 4 or lower.

When you make a check that's contested by another creature's check while holding the axe, you can choose to force both you and the other creature to make the roll without adding any modifiers to the result. Once this property ...

Xorn Eye Coin

Wondrous item, uncommon

This clay coin bears a sculpted xorn eye at its center, and is usually found in a small leaden box. While holding the coin, you can use an action to speak its command word to animate the eye. The eye remains animated for 10 minutes. For the duration, the eye swivels to face the nearest gem or piece of precious metal within 60 feet of it that's worth 10 gp or more, provided the object isn't being worn or carried. This effect can penetrate most ...

Stonebleeder

Weapon (battleaxe), rare

You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls with this magic axe, which looks to be made of red crystal. Whenever the axe hits an object or structure made of stone, the hit is a critical hit.

When you hit a creature with the axe that's either made of stone, has the Stone Camouflage trait, or is native to the Elemental Plane of Earth, that creature must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is frightened of t...

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