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Blazeblood Signet

Ring, very rare (requires attunement)


The gem at the center of this dark silver ring is always warm to the touch. While wearing the ring, your blood feels unnaturally hot, and it feels as though the ring itself pulses to match your heartbeat. You gain the following benefits while wearing this ring:

  • You regain all of your spent Hit Dice whenever you finish a long rest.
  • Whenever you spend Hit Dice to regain hit points at the end of a short rest, yo...

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Chain Acolyte Robes

Armor (chain mail), rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)


These acolyte robes are draped in heavy chain mail. You are proficient with this armor and ignore its Strength requirement if you have a spellcasting ability score of at least 13.

Spells. While wearing the armor, you can use an action to cast either the hold monster or hold person spell from the armor, using your spell save DC. When you do, the spell hold...

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Dart of Caltrops

Weapon (dart), uncommon


The tip of this all-metal dart resembles a single caltrop. If you hit a creature with a ranged attack using the dart, that creature's speed is reduced by 10 feet until it regains at least 1 hit point (as if it had stepped on spread caltrops). Hit or miss, countless, magical caltrops burst from the dart to cover the ground in each space adjacent to the target. The caltrops remain for 1 minute, at which point they turn to dust and are destroyed....

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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 Molten Hammer is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Molten Hammer'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!

2023-07-22 12:55:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Pouch of Mephit Marbles

Wondrous item, uncommon


This square pouch contains 2d4 + 2 marbles inside it. There are four types of marbles. Roll on the table below for each marble within the pouch to determine how many of each type you have.

You can use an action to throw a marble into an unoccupied space that you can see within 30 feet of you. On impact, the marble is destroyed, and a mephit appears in the space. The type of mephit depends...

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Molten Hammer

Weapon (maul), very rare (requires attunement)


This hammer is pulled like glass from molten rock and glows with residual heat from within. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which deals an extra 1d8 fire damage to any target it hits.

Overheat. Once on each of your turns when you hit a target with this hammer, you can cause the hammer to magically overheat. When you do, the attack deals an extra ...

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Hero's Goblet

Wondrous item, rare


Whenever common wine is drunk from this gilded goblet, it tastes as if it were fine wine instead. While holding the goblet, you can use an action to speak its command word. The goblet then fills with a magical wine; drinking the full goblet of wine, using another action, grants you the following benefits for 1 hour:

  • You have advantage on Wisdom saving throws, as well as on saving throws against being poisoned.
  • You have resista...

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Relentless Stinger

Weapon (rapier), rare


You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic rapier. When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points using this weapon, the next target you hit with it before the end of your next turn takes an extra 10 piercing damage from the attack.


When you strike a hornet, you get the swarm.

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Scepter of the Tyrant's Gaze

Rod, very rare (requires attunement)


This gilded rod features a sculpted eye bound within a mass of entangled tentacles. At the center of the eye is a dark gemstone. While holding the rod, you have advantage on saving throws against spells.

The scepter has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the scepter, you can use an action to expend up to 3 of its charges, firing a beam of colored light for each expended charge. Each ...

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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 Axe of Hurricanes is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Axe of Hurricanes' 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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Gloom Shield

Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement)


This tall shield is made from the sculpted lid of a coffin. A skeletal figure rests embossed on its surface, reminding would-be attackers of their own mortality.

The shield has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dusk. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 of its charges to cast the fear spell from the shield (save DC 15). A creature that fails the saving throw also takes 4d6 psyc...

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Blade of the Unbroken Circle

Weapon (longsword), legendary (requires attunement)


This blade is made by archdruids from the branch of an ancient tree. Rejuvenating magic pulses through it. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you're a druid, you're proficient with this weapon, which can also be used as a druidic focus, and the bonus increases to +3.

While attuned to the weapon, you can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of Strength, for its attack an...

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Big Cat Slippers

Wondrous item, uncommon


These slippers come in pairs of one of four patterns. Each pattern resembles a type of cat found in a different environment. While wearing the slippers, you gain a benefit determined by their pattern.


They say a rakshasa can't change its stripes. This old cat needs only change its steps.

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Kestra's Task List

Wondrous item, uncommon


When found, this small pad of paper has 2d10 sheets remaining. Each sheet has three checkboxes next to lines on which to write.

Within 1 hour of finishing a long rest, you can choose to write three different and specific objectives on a sheet, which you then tear off the pad. Roll a d6 for each objective you wrote and record the result of each one. Whenever you make an ability check to either accomplish or help accomplish an objective you wrote...

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Axe of Hurricanes

Weapon (any axe), uncommon


You can use an action to create a powerful whirlwind around you by swinging this magic weapon. Make a melee attack with the axe against each creature within 5 feet of you (other than yourself), with a separate attack roll for reach target. Immediately after the attacks, each creature within 15 feet of you (other than you) must also make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 1d8 bludgeoning damage. It takes a seco...

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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 can submit your...

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Public Poll — The Chapel Lantern is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Chapel Lantern'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!

2023-07-08 12:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post

The Mountain of Gold — New Setting & Subclass! Cleric update v1.05!

The Mountain of Gold is situated at the center of the Dragon’s Bane Mountains, and is so-called for the vivid reddish-orange color it glistens as the sun sets. Those who inhabit the mountain range tell stories of how this light comes from the frozen blood of long-dead dragons: a belief that echoes the troubled history of the range itself.
The Mountain of Gold was founded in a time beyond mortal memory, when dragons and giantkin—not mere mortal...

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[Cards] Pack of Item Cards from June 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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Vainglorious Armor

Armor (ring mail), rare (requires attunement)


The torso of this glimmering ring mail is guarded by hundreds of golden, interlocked signet rings. It's always magically clean. While wearing it, you gain a bonus to AC equal to your Charisma modifier (maximum 5). When you make an ability check, saving throw, or attack roll and roll a 20 on the d20, you're bolstered by a wave of confidence: you have advantage on the next Charisma check or Charisma saving throw you make wi...

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Robe of Cunning

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement) This silken robe is designed in the likeness of a fox. While wearing it, you have advantage on a

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)


This silken robe is designed in the likeness of a fox. While wearing it, you have advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) check you make.

The robe has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn; a number of ribbon-like fox tails hang from the back, which represent th...

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Lunar Compass

Wondrous item, rare


This compass has a glass eye on its lid, allowing you to see it even while it's closed. At its center is a shallow moon sculpture, which is always magically shaded to match the current phase of the moon it represents. During the day, the item functions exactly like a normal compass.

While holding the compass between dusk and dawn, it emits dim light in a 5-foot radius. During this time, you can use an action to speak its command word, follow...

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Grower's Tape

Wondrous item, uncommon


This roll of tape is 1 inch wide and 60 feet long. You can use an action to cut off a length of tape and apply it to a surface. The tape immediately decomposes and turns into fertile soil once it's stuck to a surface. Plants rapidly grow from the soil, becoming fully ripe after 1 hour.

Roll on the table below once for every 1 foot of tape used to determine what grows from that stretch of soil.

2023-07-04 15:20:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapel Lantern

Wondrous item, uncommon


This stained glass lantern casts colorful lights around it while lit, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it burns for 6 hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil. Alternatively, you can fill the lantern with a flask of holy water. While holding it, you can use an action to magically reduce the light to dim light in a 5-foot radius.

When the lantern is lit using holy water, the light that i...

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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 Ouroboros Wand is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Ouroboros Wand'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!

2023-07-01 12:54:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Bottle of Spare Time

Wondrous item, very rare


This glass bottle is empty when found. When sitting upright, it's indistinguishable from a normal bottle. It's stoppered with a golden skull holding a miniature timepiece in between its teeth. Despite its appearance, the bottle nevertheless functions as a +3 club.

Time Siphon. Whenever you're affected by a haste or slow spell while the bottle is on your person, it fills partway with s...

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Captain's Wright

Staff, rare (requires attunement)


This staff is slung together and carved from the mast of a sunken ship. While on a vehicle, you can use the staff to perform a ritual over the course of 1 minute. At the end of the ritual, you and the staff are magically linked to that vehicle. While holding the staff, you gain the following benefits:

  • While you are within 10 miles of the linked vehicle, you can notice and identify damage taken by it as if you suffered the...

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