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...
2023-08-19 12:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!
The Ghostly Blade'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!
Wondrous item, uncommon
This bag clatters around when shaken. Around its base is a toothed, metal rim. Inside the bag is a special demiplane that holds a variety of miscellaneous trapping and adventuring equipment. You can use an action to reach into the bag and pull out up to four random items. Roll a d8 for each item you take from the bag and use the table below to determine what each one is.
Up to four items ...
2023-08-18 16:04:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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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!
2023-08-17 21:14:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Armor (plate), very rare (requires attunement)
This gilded armor is made of purified mourningsteel and repels undead aggression. While wearing this armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC, and you have advantage on any saving throw against a hostile effect from an undead creature. In addition, you can use a bonus action to touch a creature with 0 hit points. When you do, the creature is stabilized.
If you're a cleric or paladin and are wearing this armor, immediately ...
2023-08-17 15:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Wondrous item, uncommon
This necklace bears numerous rings and charms from its leather strap. The largest charm is a crystal ball, which is grasped by a draconic claw. While wearing the amulet, you can use an action to peer into its crystal ball and predict a number between 1 and 20. Then, roll a d20. If the result of the roll has a difference of no more than 2 from the predicted number, you magically foretell a sliver of future possibility. You then ask the GM one q...
2023-08-16 15:29:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Wondrous item, common
This rolled up table cloth is secured by a wood-patterned ring. You can use an action to slide the cloth from the ring and flourish it—as if you're about to set a table with it. When you do, a wooden table magically appears on the ground beneath the cloth, provided that there's space for it. The table is 3 feet wide and 5 feet long; the cloth's ring is wrapped around one of its four legs, which can hold as much weight as a normal table's. The ...
2023-08-15 15:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Weapon (longsword), very rare (requires attunement)
This fractured sword is inhabited by the spirit of its previous wielder. While grasping the hilt, you can use a bonus action to cause a blade of ghostly energy to spring into existence, or make the blade disappear. While the blade exists, this magic longsword has the finesse property. If you are proficient with shortswords or longswords, you are proficient with the ghostly blade.
You gain a +1 bonus t...
2023-08-14 15:47:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2023-08-12 12:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!
The Tidal Fan'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!
Weapon (arrow), rare
This long, dark arrow looks as though it's been pierced through a bat. A target hit by this arrow takes an extra 2d10 thunder damage. Hit or miss, when the arrow first impacts with a creature, object, or other solid surface, it emits a brief, magical frequency, which is audible out to a range of 120 feet. Every creature that isn't deafened within the sound's range magically knows the location of every other physical creature and any obvious, unco...
2023-08-11 15:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Barbarians who walk the Path of the Tideheart are attuned to the primal forces of water, drawing strength from its unyielding power and ever-changing nature. These fierce warriors have unlocked the secrets of water’s versatility, transforming them into mighty storms that can’t be held at bay. Their rage ebbs and flows between power and agility, allowing them to tear through battlefields with unparalleled ease. Whether roaring like a wave or finding stillness beneath a waterfall, these bar...
2023-08-10 19:11:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Weapon (arrow), rare
This twig-like arrow is fletched with split leaves and dotted with tiny blossoms. Its point is a complicated, bulb-like mass, which seems to cover a collection of strange glowing pustules at its center.
A creature hit by this arrow takes an extra 2d6 poison damage from the attack, or 3d6 if the creature is a plant, and must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is poisoned for 1 hour. A poisoned creature gai...
2023-08-10 15:21:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Wondrous item, uncommon
This water-stained paper fan is sopping wet, although its paper doesn't feel weak from it. When fanning yourself with it, the air is cool and smells of salt.
You can use an action to bat the wet fan downwards, hard, to cause the water to pour out from it into a crashing wave. The wave moves away from you in a line that's 20 feet wide and 60 feet long. Any creature within the line must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failed save,...
2023-08-09 15:02:34 +0000 UTC View Post
KibblesTasty is a super talented game designer whose clever insights and community I admire. His famous Inventor class is what I'd play if asked to play an Artificer. If you've playtested any of the subclasses from the Saddlebag on Discord, you're familiar with the series of feedback questions I ask: those a... 2023-08-08 15:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Spectre Creations is, genuinely, a creator whose work I trust implicitly, creating everything between monsters, player options, game mechanics, and spells They are also a member of the team that works on the monthly Saddlebag settings, and proofreads each and every item in the Saddlebag as it's released to make sure the wording is up to snuff. Most of the time I get it r... 2023-08-08 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom Cartos is a classic name among cartographers. These maps come with tokens and variants to fully control the scene for your adventurers in person or via VTT. He's a longstanding and active figure in the community, and if you haven't seen his latest successful Kickstarter campaign for printed, ready-made map books, 2023-08-07 15:00:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Dungeon Scribe is another incredibly skilled and creative item creator. Their items are written in such a way that it's extremely digestible with minimal reading, using a clever system of iconography and choice (colloquial) language. Hos, the creator, is also just a very good friend of mine, and a fervent supporter of all creators. Everyone should hope to have a friend like Dungeon Scribe!... 2023-08-06 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Borough Bound is a talented, passionate team of writers, musicians, map makers, and game designers that come together to create fully realized settings each month. I can say with confidence that the content from Borough Bound has inspired me to play D&D more than virtually any force has before. I am so vocal about how much I love this content, I implore you to c... 2023-08-05 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Loot Tavern is one of the most prolific item makers in the 5e scene! Their work continues to fill in the game's item and flavor gaps with fun and interesting magic items. They enjoy creating items of varying rarities, so if that's a thing you really like to see in an item, be sure to check them out! They also release other content, much like the Saddlebag, so if you want to expand your haul of... 2023-08-04 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
1985 Games is a good friend and beloved creator in the TTRPG community. If you're at GenCon today, be sure to visit their booth (no. 3032)! Their map tile sets, pins, and dice are all some of my favorite physical goodies—I've actually had a sticker of theirs in my wallet for the better part of a year now! All this goes to say: supporting 1985 is always a safe bet.
Hey adventurers!
Like the title says, I'll be at the HPP booth (#2669) between 1 and 2 TODAY at GenCon! I hope to see you there!
I'll be giving out some early Book Two cards and embarrassing myself with a Saddlebag muppet. Lemme sign your books! We'll also have some extra copies of Book Two, in case yours hasn't shipped out due to the rest of your order not being in stock just yet!
Hope to see you there!
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Sinlaire is a bonkers talented artist and lore-builder who makes gorgeous and compelling items and stories! If you're the kind of person who likes art PSDs, too, you can get them from their Patreon! I mean seriously, can you see these art and description pages?
There are two sets of item descriptions, included below: if you collect multiple of th...
2023-08-02 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Wondrous item, uncommon
This fist-sized ball is made from two conjoined hemispheres. The hemispheres are lined with spinning treads, which are used in tandem to drive the ball forward or change directions.
You can use an action to wind the ball up by turning a mouse-shaped key on its side. You can turn the key up to 6 times using this action. You can then immediately place the ball on the ground at your feet and speak its command word. When you do, the ball's f...
2023-08-01 15:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Wondrous item, uncommon
You're proficient with water vehicles while wearing this hat, and you have advantage on ability checks made to navigate them. A spade-shaped pin is magically clasped to the hat's edge; you can use an action to touch it and speak the name or description of an object you're looking for. When you do, you cast the locate object spell from the pin, targeting that object, and the pin transforms into a magic shovel. This version of the spell...
2023-07-31 15:25:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2023-07-29 12:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!
The Druidic Shape Charms' 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!
Weapon (longbow), very rare (requires attunement)
Arkanobows are weapons from a far-flung age and can sometimes be found in the lairs of sphinxes that have traveled through time. You can use the bow as described below, even if you aren't attuned to it.
The item appears to be a bow handle. While grasping it, you can use a bonus action to cause a pair of bow arms to spring into existence, one from either end of the riser, or make them disappear. The bow'...
2023-07-28 15:34:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement by a druid)
These small wooden charms are carved in the shape of recognizable creatures. Each one is about three inches tall and can fit into the top of the charm below. If you have multiple charms, they collectively count as a single magic item for the purposes of determining how many items you can attune to.
When found, the creature type associated with the charm is random. Roll a d8 and use the table below to det...
2023-07-27 13:44:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey heroes!
I'll be taking a week off starting next Wednesday, returning the following one.
If you'll be at GenCon, I'll be signing and chatting and doing my best to roleplay with a Saddlebag muppet on Thursday the 3rd! I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth from 1-2pm (Booth #2669): come see me and get a Book Two magic item card, too!
As always, I'll be posting free goodies from other top-notch creators every day while I'm out. 2023-07-26 20:17:08 +0000 UTC View Post