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Public Poll — The Encyclopedia Creature Obscura is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Encyclopedia Creature Obscura'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!

2024-01-06 13:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Encyclopedia Creature Obscura

Wondrous item, rare


There are fourteen unique entries in this classic, hard-to-find series of encyclopedic tomes, which were originally written by renowned hunters and archdruids. When found, roll a d20 or choose from the table below to determine which encyclopedic volume it is.

If you have at least 5 levels in the ranger class and spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book's contents and practicing its guidelines, you gain the favored en...

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Angelic Plate

Armor (plate), legendary (requires attunement)


This shimmering silver armor seems to resist even the shadows cast on it. While wearing it, you have resistance to necrotic and radiant damage.

The armor produces a faint halo above your head while you wear it, which sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet. The light is sunlight.

You can use a bonus action to move the halo to the head of another willing creature that you c...

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Lucky Bowl

Wondrous item, uncommon


This bowl is embossed with various laughing monks. A ring is attached to its lip for easy carrying on a belt. When you make an ability check to use the bowl to beg or busk, you gain a +5 bonus to the roll. A creature that drops one or more coins in the bowl magically hears a soft and bell-like laugh from it.

When you finish a short or long rest while holding the bowl, you can make a DC 13 Intelligence (Religion) check. On a successful ch...

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Fire Brigade Staff

Staff, rare (requires attunement)


This staff is encircled with dangling strips of paper. At its top is a special reservoir of water; the reservoir holds 10 gallons of water. It regains 1d6 + 4 expended gallons of water daily at dawn, and it can't be refilled by any other mundane or magical means. Regardless of the amount of water inside, the staff always weighs 4 pounds.

While holding the staff, you can use an action to use one of the properties below, expendin...

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Ring of the Candle Collector

Ring, common


While wearing this ring, you can use an action to snap your fingers on the hand that's wearing it. When you do, choose one nonmagical light of your choice that you can see within 30 feet of you; if the light is no larger than 1 foot in any dimension, it winks out. A miniscule, harmless flame then magically appears above the ring. The flame emits candlelight. You can use a free hand as a bonus action to either snuff out the flame, reducing its light to th...

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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.

You can submit your...

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Public Poll — What item's art and cards should be made free?

Hey adventurers! Happy Saddleday!

As part of the weekly cycle of items, you get to vote for an item's art and cards to be made free for everyone. Some items may already be free, which accounts for any missing entries you may see in the poll.

Freeable items

Cryomancer's Lexicon

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement by a wizard)


This thick book is bound with white leather and is freezing cold to the touch. This book can be used as a spellbook and contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you're attuned to the book: cone of cold, freezing sphere, ice storm, protection from energy (cold damage only), sleet storm, and wall of ice.

The book also has 7 ...

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Cloak of the Midwinter Solsticekeeper

Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement)


This warm red coat carries a feeling of good tidings and midwinter cheer, even in the most bitter of cold. While wearing it, you have resistance to cold damage, and any Wisdom (Insight) check you make is made with advantage. The cloak also has the following properties.

Spells. While wearing the cloak, you can use an action to cast one of the following spells from it on yourself (save DC 17...

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Stoneseed Amber

Wondrous item, very rare


This large hunk of amber holds a magic seed at its center. From the seed grows a twisting vine, which turns to stone as soon as it leaves the amber.

While holding the amber, you can speak its command word using an action to cast the flesh to stone spell from it (save DC 15). This version of the spell only affects plants, despite not being made of flesh, including nonmagical plants that aren't creatures. Each time the spell is c...

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Scroll of Necrosis

Scroll, rare


The parchment of this scroll feels meat-like and is wrapped around a set of bones. You can use an action to read this grisly scroll aloud, causing nearby creatures to become plagued by necrotic magic. Each creature that can hear you within 60 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become cursed. A creature cursed in this way has disadvantage on weapon attack rolls using Strength, and makes Strength checks and Strength saving thr...

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Hunter's Cup

Wondrous item, rare


This wooden goblet is covered in a soft layer of moss. Three twisted antlers encircle it. It holds 1 cup of liquid.

When the goblet is filled from a free-flowing stream or pond, it begins to glow with a soft energy. Drinking the full goblet of glowing water using an action grants you the following benefits until you finish a short or long rest (to a maximum of 24 hours):

  • You gain a +2 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and Wisdo...

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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.

You can submit your...

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Public Poll — The Blazeblood Rapier is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Blazeblood Rapier'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!

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Amulet of Radiant Protection

Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin)


This amulet is decorated with polished platinum, gold, and stained temple glass. While wearing it, it creates an aura in a 10-foot radius around you. You and all creatures friendly to you in the aura gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws. If you have 17 or more levels in the paladin class, the radius of the aura increases to 30 feet. You can also use the amulet as a holy symbol.

The amulet ...

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Blazeblood Rapier

Weapon (rapier), very rare (requires attunement)


This twisted silver flamberge pulses faintly in your hand. It always feels warm to the touch, especially the blade.

While holding this weapon, your blood feels like it's on fire: you gain resistance to fire damage, and whenever a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with an attack, that creature automatically takes 1d6 fire damage.

Blood Conversion. While holding the rapier, you ...

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Wand of Torchlight

Wand, common


This wooden wand is twisted into a torch-like shape. Its wood is charred at its flame-shaped tip. While holding the wand, you can use a bonus action to speak its command word, causing a harmless flame to sputter to life at its end. The light sheds bright and dim light like a normal torch, and remains until you use a bonus action to speak the command word again.

The wand has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the...

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Flight of Fancy Fascinator

Wondrous item, uncommon


This raven-feathered hat is decorated with a silvery net, which drapes fashionably across your face when worn. While you're wearing it, any beast or monstrosity that has a flying speed must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw whenever it makes a melee attack roll against you. On a failure, the creature makes the attack roll with disadvantage. If the attack still hits, it deals no damage, but the creature steals the hat from your head. When this h...

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Deathbomb Arrow

Weapon (arrow), very rare


This arrow is tipped with a round head, which is decorated with a grisly skull. A series of necromantic arcane circles cover the arrow. The arrow detonates when it hits a creature as part of a ranged weapon attack, creating a wave of deathly energy that explodes outward from it. Any creature within 60 feet of the arrow must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 6d6 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a su...

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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.

You can submit your...

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Public Poll — The Silver Dragon Katana is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Silver Dragon Katana'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!

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Four Winds Aegis

Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement)


This spiraling metal shield is remarkably light. While holding it, you have a +1 bonus to AC. This bonus is in addition to the shield's normal bonus to AC.

In addition, you can throw the shield as if it were a weapon. When you do, it's treated as a +1 light hammer for the duration of the attack. The shield returns to your hand immediately after the attack, spinning through the air as if it were buoyed by wind....

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Silver Dragon Katana

Weapon (longsword), rare


This shimmering silver katana is always cold to the touch, and a flurry of snow and ice trails behind it whenever it's swung. This sword has the finesse property, and when you hit with an attack using it, the target takes an extra 1d4 cold damage.

You can use an action to speak the weapon's command word and swing it down in front of you. When you do, a blast of freezing winds erupts in a 30-foot cone from the blade. Each creature within...

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Serpentine Bolas

Weapon, rare


You can make a ranged weapon attack with these bolas against a Large or smaller target, treating them as if they were a sling. When you do, you throw the bolas at the target; on a hit, the target takes the sling's weapon damage, and it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone and entangled by the bolas. While entangled in this way, the target's speed becomes 0, and it can't benefit from any bonus to its speed. The target remains ...

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Phantom Lance

Weapon (lance), very rare (requires attunement)


This lance becomes shrouded in ghostly energy whenever it's thrust. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which deals force damage instead of piercing damage. While the lance is on your person, you can cast the phantom steed spell from it, but only as a ritual.

Ghostly Charge. When you walk 20 or more feet in a straight line on your turn, you...

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[Cards] Pack of Item Cards from November 2023

Want to use or print a lot of cards, but shudder at the thought of downloading all those files?

Never fear, hero! Download a month's worth of cards in a simple .zip file, ready for you to print at home or professionally, as well as the digital files to use for your Roll20 games!

Keep on adventuring!

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Rapier of the Black Tentacle

Weapon (rapier), rare


This dark silver rapier sounds weighty as it whips through the air. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When underwater, the weapon gains the reach property (elongating elastically when swung), and you don't have disadvantage on attack rolls with it as a result of underwater combat.

While holding the rapier, you can use an action to cast the black tentacles spell from it (save DC 15). This v...

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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.

You can submit your...

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Public Poll — The Spell Bolt Wraps are now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Spell Bolt Wraps' 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!

2023-12-09 13:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post