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Rime of the Justicar

Weapon (glaive), rare (requires attunement)


The icy blade of this glaive has been formed atop a ruined spear haft. A tattered emblem hangs at its side.

The weapon has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. When you take cold or fire damage while holding this magic weapon, you can use your reaction to expend 1 of its charges and gain resistance to that damage type until the end of your next turn, including against the triggering damage. For th...

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Serpentine Horn

Wondrous item, uncommon


This metal warhorn is coiled in a tight spiral and sculpted in the shape of a lunging serpent. You can use an action to blow the horn, which is audible out to a range of 150 feet. Each creature within 30 feet of you that can hear the horn must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can't move in a straight line, and must zigzag, moving back and forth diagonally, toward its destination whenever it moves until the end of ...

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Impromptu time off: February 13-19th

Hey adventurers!

I'll be taking next week off—my partner and I are having some work done on the house that we can't be present for, so we'll be taking the time to have the relaxing break we had hoped to have in December. Obviously the OGL debacle took precedent at the time, but now that it's over, I'm looking forward to having a bit of time off to actually take off. And for Valentine's Day, no less!

I'll still probably end up writing something. It's ve...

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[Cards] Pack of Item Cards from January 2023

Thanks for your patience with this pack, heroes!

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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Horn of Fog

Wondrous item, uncommon


You can use an action to blow this horn, which is audible out to 300 feet. When you do, you can choose one of the following effects:

Create Fog. You cast the fog cloud spell (2nd-level version; no concentration required) from the horn, centered on your location. The fog remains for 1 minute.

Defog. Any fog, mist, or similar atmospheric effect within 300 feet of you is dis...

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Warhorn of the Bronze Dragon

Wondrous item, rare


This warhorn is made from the tip of a bronze dragon's horn and decorated with an elaborate, draconic maw at its end. You can use an action to blow the horn and release an ear-splitting roar that is audible 600 feet away. When this happens, you can choose to cause the horn to release one of the draconic breaths from the options below:

Lightning Breath. The horn releases a wave of electrified power in a 30-foot cone....

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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 Clockwork Spyder is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Clockwork Spyder'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!

2023-02-04 13:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Clockwork Spyder

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)


This brass mechanical spider can fold its legs inward, allowing it to be worn as a brooch, hair pin, or similar. While being worn in this way, the spider appears as a normal pin. You can use a bonus action to speak the spider's command word followed by a single word instruction, such as "unlock" or "disarm." The spider then springs to life and carries out the task to the best of its ability, using its numerous legs as thieves...

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Celestial Tome of Healing

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard)


This golden-paged tome has a diamond embedded in its cover, which emits a soft glow whenever the book is held. The following spells are written in the book using a strange form of Celestial that's only legible to the creature attuned to it: cure wounds, guiding bolt, healing word, and mass healing word. While attuned to the book, you know the sacred flame cantrip, and y...

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Blowfish Armor

Armor (padded), uncommon


This padded armor is adorned with spiked, leathery shoulder guards. At the center of each patch of armor is a darkened spot, which feels slightly firmer than the rest of the armor. While wearing this armor, you can use an action to magically inflate and transform into a padded, 10-foot-diameter sphere. You remain in this form for 10 minutes or until you end the effect (no action required). Your body and other equipment are engulfed by the sph...

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Midnight Oil

Wondrous item, uncommon


This iridescent pitcher carries 8 ounces of magic oil, which looks like a starry night sky. You can use an action to pour out 1 or more ounces of the oil on the ground at your feet. Choose a point on the ground within 5 feet of you. The oil creates a sphere of darkness centered on that point. This darkness duplicates the effect of the darkness spell (no concentration required). The effect remains for a number of rounds equal to the nu...

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Ring of Perching

Ring, common


This copper ring is twisted to look like a wooden branch and oxidized in places to color its leaves green. While wearing the ring, you can use an action to hold the finger wearing it aloft and whistle the ring's command melody. When you do, the nearest harmless Tiny bird within 60 feet of you flies to your outstretched finger and perches there. The bird is not magically bound to your finger and can fly away again at its discretion. However, you gain a +1...

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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 Deck of Dragons is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Deck of Dragon'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!

2023-01-28 13:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Deck of Dragons

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)


This deck of cards can be used as a standard playing card set. Each card bears one of four types of dragons: black, red, bronze, or silver. The deck is made of 52 cards and comes in a wooden carrying case, which depicts each of the four dragons battling for control over their respective corners. While attuned to the deck, you gain a +3 bonus to any check you make using it as a playing card set. You can use a bonus action to m...

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Jotun Frostcleaver

Weapon (greataxe), rare (requires attunement)


When you hit with an attack using this magic greataxe, the target takes an extra 1d6 cold damage. While holding it, you can speak its command word using a bonus action to cast the enlarge/reduce spell (Enlarge only) on yourself. For the duration, the weapon's cold damage die is a d8, and whenever you make a Constitution saving throw to maintain concentration on the spell, you can roll a d8 and add the number roll...

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Dragonbolt Blaster

Weapon, rare


This magic item is a unique, two-handed ranged weapon. If you are proficient with light or heavy crossbows, you are proficient with the dragonbolt blaster. A broken piece of a blue dragon's horn is set at the weapon's center, releasing tendrils of shimmering electricity from its point.

The weapon doesn't require physical ammunition, and it has a normal range of 150 feet and a long range of 600 feet. On a hit, a target takes 2d10 lightning ...

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Viper Bracers

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement by a monk)


While wearing these twisted, emerald green bracers, you can use your reaction when a creature targets you with a melee attack to make two unarmed strikes against it. For each attack that hits, that creature is poisoned for 1 round, ending at the start of its turn on the round that it would end. This property of the bracers can't be used again until the next dawn.


Coiled and ready to strike.<...

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[Cards] Pack of Item Cards from December 2022

Thanks for your patience with this pack, heroes!


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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Seadevil's Fang

Weapon (greatsword), rare


This watery blue blade feels like a rumbling tide while held. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While holding it, you can use a bonus action to cause its blade to become inky and black until the start of your next turn. For the duration, creatures hit by the blade are marked with the black ink for 1 minute.

If a creature becomes invisible while marked or is already invisible, it instead becomes...

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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 Starmetal Constellation Scepter is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Starmetal Constellation Scepter'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!

2023-01-21 13:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Scarf of Snow's Sanctum

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)


This scarf is incredibly warm and pinned together with a silvered snowflake brooch. While wearing this scarf, you have resistance to cold damage. In addition, you can use an action to cast the wall of ice spell from it (save DC 15). When you do, the ice wall creates a hemispherical dome around you in a 15-foot diameter, centered on your location. The wall remains for up to 1 hour, instead of 10 minutes, and any cold ...

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Bag of Gifts

Wondrous item, uncommon


This soft bag is decorated with tiny illustrations of small trinkets and gifts. Striped ribbons line its side and an empty paper tag hangs from its drawstring. The bag is 6 inches across but weighs just over 12 pounds, even if nothing is kept inside it.

While holding the empty bag, you can use an action to cinch its top closed and lightly shake it. When you do, the bag magically feels full. When a creature other than you opens the bag, r...

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Prism Lantern

Wondrous item, rare

This lantern has a triangular hatch and lens for its light to shine through. A small, clear prism floats at its center. While holding the lantern, you can use a bonus action to cause the prism to glow, shedding bright light in a 30-foot cone and dim light for an additional 30 feet from the lantern. You choose the light's color, using the table below. It remains lit for 1 hour or until you use a bonus action to end the effect. You can change the light's color...

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Starmetal Constellation Scepter

Rod, very rare (requires attunement)


This metal scepter has a pair of floating astrolabe rings rotating around its head. Small stars connected by silver lines decorate its surface.

You can use a bonus action while holding this scepter to create a floating, 5-foot-diameter sphere of light in an unoccupied space that you can see within 60 feet of you. The sphere sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The light is sunlight....

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A new (personal favorite) card game from my friends at Mage Hand Press: Witchy Cakes! PLUS, an occult baking adventure for 3rd-level characters!

Psst! If you like the idea of baking witch covens, Mage Hand Press has also shared a delicious 5e adventure for 3rd-party characters! Check it out in the files below!

Hey folks! I'm super excited to share this delightful card game from my dear friends at Mage Hand Press. I've played this game for over a year with these folks, and it is truly one of my favorites to share with people. You, of course, included!

I already p...

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Potion of Puddle Scrying

Potion, rare


This potion is filled with a silvery solution. When you use an action to drink this potion, your eyes become as clear as water for 10 minutes. For the duration, whenever you open your eyes underwater, you can see and hear any recent event that's occurred from the water's perspective, up to 24 hours ago, reviewing the entirety of those events over the course of 1 minute. When you do, you relive these events as if you were just below the water's surface in...

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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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