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Guard of the Valkyrie

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

This bronze crossguard is designed in the likeness of a pair of wings. You can spend an hour attaching the crossguard to a melee weapon, which can be done over the course of a short rest.

While a weapon has the crossguard attached to it, it gains the following properties; it gains these properties even if you aren't attuned to the crossguard:

  • If the weapon was nonmagical, it's considered to be magical and gain...

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Crown of Calamity

Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement)

This crown glows with hateful embers. While you wear it, when you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity or Constitution saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Blood and Darkness. Whenever you take damage while wearing the crown, you can use your reaction to create a 15-foot...

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Marvelous Marionette

Wondrous item, very rare

A humanoid puppet hangs from the wooden handle of this marionette. It has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the handle and controlling the puppet, you can use an action to expend 1 of its charges to choose a humanoid that you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or become charmed by you, as if by the dominate person spell. This version of the spell...

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[Cards] Pack of Item Cards from March 2025

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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Boomerang Sickle

Weapon (sickle), uncommon

You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic sickle. It has the thrown property with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. Immediately after the attack, the weapon flies back to your hand; if you rolled a 1 on the attack roll, you also take 1d4 slashing damage when it returns to your hand.

"It's not as hard as it looks. I've been using this thing for years and I can count the times I botch...

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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 ...

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Public Poll—Cursive is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

Cursive'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!

2025-04-12 12:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Battlechef Beater

Weapon (mace), uncommon

This bladed mace doubles as a hefty whisk used in cooking. It magically spins when swung, such as when whisking a mixing bowl or when used as a weapon. This weapon deals either bludgeoning or slashing damage (your choice each time), plus an extra 1d4 damage of that type whenever it hits a creature. If the creature isn't solid (but still physical), such as an ooze or water elemental, this extra damage is maximized.

Whenever you make an abilit...

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Rimewhisp Bandolier

Wondrous item, rare

Five icicles hang from the front of this bandolier. While wearing it, you can tolerate temperatures as low as −50 degrees Fahrenheit without any additional protection. In addition, you can break off one of the icicles (no action required) and use it as a makeshift dagger. When you hit a target with an icicle, it deals cold damage (instead of piercing damage) and is destroyed in a cloud of icy fog. The fog lightly obscures the area surrounding the po...

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Humblewood: Beyond the Canopy is on Kickstarter!

Visit the Kickstarter page here!

Return to the magical world of Humblewood where animal and birdfolk live, explore, and adventure. Humblewood: Beyond the Canopy takes you past the edges of the Wood to discover the continent of Wesden through a lush setting guide and globe-trotting adventure.

Uncover frozen mysteries in the Crystal Ex...

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Hammer of Nails

Weapon (light hammer), common

You can use an action while holding this hammer to speak its command word and hit an object with it that isn't being worn or carried, as if you were hammering in a nail. To be eligible, the object can't be more than 1 foot thick or deep (with respect to where you hit it with the hammer). When you hit the object, it becomes magically stuck to whatever other inanimate surface it was touching on the opposite side of where it was struck. The two...

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Skellies version 0.95: Bonebreaker Edition is now available for playtest! Please break my game!

💀 GET YOUR COPY OF SKELLIES VERSION 0.95 HERE!

Hey adventurers! Skellies' version 0.95 playtest: Bonebreaker Edition is available now, for free, at PlaySkellies.com! Playtesters that leave feedback for it (good, bad, and ugly) at 2025-04-07 18:24:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Cursive

Weapon (rapier), legendary (requires attunement)

This blade features the motifs of a fountain pen. Its guard is seemingly made of a swirling plume of ink but is solid as metal to the touch. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon, or a +3 bonus if you're proficient with calligrapher's supplies.

A creature hit with the weapon takes an extra 2d4 acid damage: the creature gains one cumulative mark for every 4 you roll on the d4s. A mark ap...

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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 ...

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Public Poll — The Moonlit Veil Candles are now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Moonlit Veil Candles' 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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Snaketongue Suckers

Wondrous item, rare

These honey-yellow candies come in a long, snakelike pouch. The pouch has 1d6 + 4 candies in it when found. You can use a bonus action to put one or more candies from the pouch into your mouth, which don't dissolve by normal means. Instead, they magically dissolve when you use an action to attempt to vocally compel another creature to do something, provided that the candies are in your mouth. When this happens, the candies melt and coat your tongue in...

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Welcome to the City of Glass: Aelorynne! New Setting and Subclass!

A young man, dressed in gray, stands upon a wooden crate. A small but raucous crowd has gathered around him. The speaker’s voice, passionate and clear, carries over the din.

He speaks of criminal waste, of magistorial overreach, of impending political sea change. Some jeer, but more still applaud. “Big things,” he promises, “are about to happen.” There are others like him. They call themselves Stonethrowers, and in the City of Glass, that is a very dan...

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Moonlit Veil Candles

Wondrous item, rare

These candles are made of clear wax and come in sets of two. While lit, they smell like warm vanilla and cinnamon. The candle's magic is activated when the candle is lit, which requires an action. After burning for 8 hours, the candle is destroyed. You can snuff it out early for use at a later time. Deduct the time it burned in increments of 1 minute from the candle's total burn time.

While lit, the candle sheds dim light in a 20-foot radius. Cr...

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Wand of Weight

Wand, rare

This iron wand weighs 5 pounds. It has 7 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand rusts away and is destroyed.

While holding the wand, you can use an action to expend 1 of its charges to magically increase the weight of a target that you can see within 30 feet of you. If the target is an object that isn't being worn or carried, its weight increases by a cumulative 100 pounds. If t...

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Horn of Verdance

Wondrous item, rare

While holding this horn, you can use an action to blow it. The blown horn exhales a plume of pollen and makes a sound that's audible out to a range of 60 feet. The sound is deep and echoes in the chest of those that hear it.

The horn has 10 charges, which are used to play various notes on the horn. The horn regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn.

Note of Brambles (3 charges). When you play this note, ...

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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 ...

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Public Poll — The Tears of Failure is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Tears of Failure'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!

2025-03-29 12:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Painsplitting Bow

Weapon (any bow), very rare (requires attunement)

This silvery bow has a fine chain tied into its bowstring. You can use an action to speak the bow's command word and make a ranged attack with it using a nonmagical arrow. When you do, the fired arrow splits into three smaller ones, using the same attack roll for each one. The attacks are simultaneous and can be against the same or different targets, provided each other target is within 15 feet of the original one. Treat ...

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Tears of Failure

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

This golden necklace features a glass vial. A weeping face is molded into the glass. While wearing it, you gain a +1 bonus to any ability check you make that uses your spellcasting ability.

Whenever a creature that you can see fails a saving throw against a spell you cast of 1st level or higher, a single tear appears within the vial. The vial can hold up to 5 tears. While wearing it, you can grab the vial a...

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Foggy Kettle

Wondrous item, uncommon

This kettle is eight inches in diameter, five inches tall, and weighs 1 pound. When filled with water, the kettle begins to rumble and swirl; a 10-foot-radius sphere of fog is then emitted from the kettle's spout after 1 minute. The fog lightly obscures the area, or heavily obscures it if the kettle has gone unmoved for 1 or more rounds. The sphere of fog spreads around corners. The kettle also releases a faint whistle while emitting fog, which ca...

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Dragon Knight's Helm

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

This helmet is designed in the likeness of a dragon. While wearing it, you gain a +3 bonus to initiative rolls and Charisma (Intimidation) checks you make, and the damage you take from any dragon's or dragonborn's breath weapon is reduced by half.

In addition, roll a d6 at the start of each of your turns while in combat to determine which of the following properties is available to you that turn.

1–...

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[Cards] Pack of Item Cards from February 2025

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!

View Post

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 ...

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Public Poll —The Fulgurite Spear is now free!

Hey adventurers! Thanks for casting your votes this week!

The Fulgurite Spear'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!

2025-03-22 12:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Fulgurite Spear

Weapon (spear), rare

This crude spear is made entirely of glass forged from lightning striking the earth. A part of the lightning still remains within the glass; the spear emits dim light out to a range of 10 feet while it's held. A target hit with the spear takes an extra 1d6 lightning damage from the attack.

Summon Lightning. If you are holding the spear while the sky is visible and unobstructed above you, you can use an action to s...

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